Peer Mentor
Company: FRED FINCH YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES
Location: Oakland
Posted on: January 25, 2023
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Job Description:
Description
Who is Fred Finch?
The Youth Partner/Peer Mentor is a primary agent for direct care
and engagement of, youth, young adults and/or families in a
community, home, or school setting. The primary role is to provide
hope, one-on-one support, and mentorship to participants by sharing
experience with recovery/resilience and expertise in navigating
systems and programs (e.g., Regional Center, Children & Family
Services, Special Education Systems, Juvenile Justice Systems,
Behavioral Health Care Services, or Residential Centers). Along
with the rest of the team, the Youth Partner/Peer Mentor is active
in supporting and implementing recovery/resilience/wraparound
philosophy and its individualized, strengths-based, culturally
competent, family-centered approach. The Youth Partner works
collaboratively with other program staff and the assigned Team to
provide the best therapeutic care possible. The position is also
responsible for documenting patterns of behavior and incidents and
participating in training and supervisory meetings as needed.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Direct Care and Interventions: 1) Provides one-to-one support and
intervention as assigned to participant in home/school/other
community setting; 2) Assists in development and implementation of
positive behavioral interventions and implementation of treatment
plan goals; 3) Assists participants to achieve goals; 4)
Accompanies participant to scheduled meetings, work, or leisure
activities as planned; 5) Facilitates transportation for
participant to community activities, medical appointments, and
therapy appointments as needed; 6) Assists participant with
developing life skills in the areas of daily living including but
not limited to social relationships, symptom management, daily
activities, health, problem-solving, managing anger, conflict
resolution, emancipation issues, and other areas of need as
identified by the Team; 7) Observes and supports child and family
during visits as needed; 8) Provides crisis response and support as
needed to participants. 9) Provides mentoring and support to
participants as assigned in daily meetings or by team.
Participant Services, Outreach and Engagement/Service Coordination:
1) May participate in various aspects of outreach to potential and
current partners, which may include but are not limited to:
outreach, marketing, reception, resource development, group
leadership, and public speaking. 2) May be assigned responsibility
for coordination, oversight and scheduling of activities with youth
and families. 3) In collaboration with team, may participate in
identifying relevant community resources and linking
participants/families to those resources.
Documentation/Administrative Duties: 1) Maintains participant
records in an orderly and timely manner. 2) Utilizes the Electronic
Health Record system(s) or other computer- based means to
effectively complete all clinical documentation. 3) Demonstrates
knowledge of and meets all charting and billing deadlines. 4)
Adheres to administrative and productivity goals (up to 65%
depending upon program). 5) Participates in internal and
community-based quality assurance as assigned. 6) Verifies all
aspects of documentation meet or exceed county, state and federal
guidelines. 7) Meets all HIPAA standards including but not limited
to in exchanging information, keeping Protected Health Information
(PHI) secure, and following procedures to protect electronic
transmission/access to PHI at the agency and in the community.
Communication: 1) Responsible to communicate effectively with
peers, participants, and supervisory staff. 2) Flexibly responds to
daily client needs; 3) Available by cell phone during scheduled
work hours and non-work hours when assigned.
Professional Conduct: 1) Maintains excellent professional
boundaries and adheres to all professional ethical standards
including abuse reporting, and maintenance of participant
confidentiality. 2) Adheres to all agency and program policies
including Boundary Code of Ethics, Core Competencies, Code of
Conduct, Employee Handbook and state and federal regulations.
Professional Development: 1) Participates in weekly individual and
group supervision meetings as assigned. 2) Participates in
trainings and provides training as assigned.
Other Duties: 1) Other related duties as assigned. 2) May drive on
agency business as required.
Qualifications:
Required
Preferred
Physical Demands:
The physical demands and work environment described here are
representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to
perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work
environment is usually quiet and, at all times, maintained within
safe California Division of Occupational Safety and Health
(CAL/OSHA) standards.
Communication:
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Keywords: FRED FINCH YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES, Oakland , Peer Mentor, Other , Oakland, California
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