Parent Partner (50881)

About Us: St. Anne's Family Services is dedicated to transforming lives and communities. We're committed to providing unwavering support to families, from pregnancy to parenthood and childhood to adulthood. Our work brings about life-changing transformation, and we're seeking an Parent Partner Family Based Services to join our team and be a vital part of this mission.

Why Choose Us: Making a Difference: Every day, you'll contribute to breaking the cycles of poverty and ensuring families stay together, creating a lasting impact by supporting our teams. Collaborative Environment: Join a passionate team dedicated to our mission, where your insights and expertise are valued. Professional Growth: We support your career development and offer training to help you grow. Community Impact: Become part of a trauma informed organization that makes a positive difference. Work-Life Flexibility: We offer hybrid schedules for many roles and a 9/80 work schedule.

Salary and Benefits: Salary is $21.35 per hour

Paid Time Off: 10 paid holidays, and a generous PTO policy

Compensation: In accordance with California law, the expected salary range for this position is posted with this position. The actual compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.

Schedule: Monday through Thursday: 10:00 AM to 07:00 PM with a flex Friday 10:00 AM to 06:00 PM;

Job Summary: In collaboration with the Child and Family Teams, provide peer support to parents served by the program and assists them to successfully engage with the Wraparound process and staff.

Essential Job Duties: Utilize personal and professional life experience to provide peer support to parents and caregivers served by the program. Access community-based resources appropriate to the family's needs commensurate with the wraparound philosophical principles. Interface with Department of Children and Family Services, Department of Mental Health, court systems, schools, health care providers and other community liaisons. Assist family with developing a needs/strength assessment, comprehensive Plan of Care. Provide support and advocacy which are family-centered, community and strength-based. Provide 24-hour availability and crisis intervention on an as needed basis or regularly scheduled basis which may include weekends and evenings. Conduct visits to homes and or other service providers in order to help client achieve their plan of care goals. Facilitate a monthly parenting support group and collaborates with team members regarding its implementation and promotes participation from clients. Provide parenting education to parents utilizing a parenting curriculum. Follow states laws and agency guidelines regarding child abuse reporting. Maintain weekly service provision requirements. Active participation in administrative and clinical supervision and meetings. Ensure accuracy in work and that all deadline expectations are met. Maintain consistent and regular attendance. Follow up with supervisor in a timely manner regarding significant issues. Demonstrate ownership of work responsibilities by incorporating feedback, taking initiative, and interacting in a professional manner within assigned role and adhering to agency guidelines. Maintain confidentiality as required by St. Anne's, licensing, HIPAA, and other regulatory agencies. Follow and adheres to all field safety guidelines.

Secondary Job Duties: Participate in mandatory training, in-services and meeting. Participate in the Performance and Quality Improvement (PQI) of the agency. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: Must be a parent/legal guardian of a child(ren) who have previously been involved in LA County DCFS, Probation Department, Department of Mental Health, or Regional Center. Cannot have an open DCFS or Probation case within the past year. High School Diploma/GED preferred. Previous Parent/Family Partner, Peer Advocate and/or Parent Advocate experience preferred. Previous experience working with high-risk children and families preferred. Bilingual English/Spanish preferred. Must posses and maintain a valid CA drivers' license, automotive liability insurance, and a driving record acceptable to agency's insurance carriers. Good oral, written and organizational skills. Physical ability to perform Pro-ACT, administer first aid/CPR, and operate a motor vehicle. Ability to receive and implement constructive feedback. St. Anne's values the dignity and worth of every person we serve. Employees are expected to support children's emotional and social development by encouraging understanding of others and promoting positive self-concepts. All employees must have the ability to treat those served by our agency in a caring and respectful manner, mindful of individual differences and cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity. As providers of social services, St. Anne's employees work with clients dealing with complex emotional and mental health issues, many of whom are facing significant personal crises on a daily basis. Employees must remain aware of any personal emotions, transference, and/or countertransference that may hinder the ability to remain professional. As such, employees are expected to maintain composure during all interactions and crisis situations, implement a self-care plan, and utilize crisis communication to deescalate client crisis and prevent any serious bodily injury or harm.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job; While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, use hands to finger, hand or feel objects, tools or controls and talk or hear. The employee is often required to stand and sit; reach with hands and arms; at times may be required to stoop, kneel, crouch, to crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Employee may occasionally be required to drive a motor vehicle. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.