Salary
💰 $37,875 - $47,614 per year
About the role
- The Family Partner is responsible for educating parents/caregivers about how to effectively navigate the child-serving physical, behavioral and social service systems for themselves and about the existence of informal/community resources available to them.
- This position also facilitates the parent’s/caregiver’s access to these resources and works alongside the System of Care Coordinator in their assigned counties.
- Supports a system of care for young people and families receiving child mental health and substance use services for assigned counties in the Trillium Catchment Area.
- Family Partners ensure members receive whole person care focused on all members’ needs including physical health, behavioral health, and social determinants of health.
- Participate in comprehensive System of Care planning, implementation, coordination, and training related to required core functions within the Region in which it operates.
- Provide education and support to members and families in learning about and exercising rights and responsibilities.
- Serve on a multidisciplinary care team to utilize person-centered planning methods/strategies to gather information, to get to know the members and families/legally responsible persons to adequately address specific needs of the individual.
- Support completion of discovery activities (information gathering and assessment) as a component of the planning process.
- Assist members/legally responsible persons in choosing service providers, ensuring objectivity in the process.
- Assist the member/family supported to direct the planning process/plan development, to the extent desired by the member.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED
- Minimum of four (4) years of experience as a primary caregiver for a child or youth receiving Medicaid or State funded BH services.
- Must have a valid driver’s license
- Must reside in North Carolina within Trillium’s Mid State Region, which includes the following counties: Anson, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, and Richmond.
- Must be able to travel within catchment as required.
- Preferred: Two (2) years paid experience working directly with individuals with BH/MH or IDD conditions.
- Paid experience related to the counties in which you are applying.
- Certified Peer Support Specialist