Peer Counselor - Youth Partner (FBH Certified Peer Counselor)

Overview

Are you tired of working 9-5? Do you need flexibility?
WE ARE GROWING!

PEER COUNSELOR (YOUTH PARTNER)
OPENINGS SERVING YOUTH & FAMILIES IN:
Burien, WA (Serving South Seattle Latino/Latinx Communities)
Tukwila, WA (Serving South King County Communities)

OUR CLINICAL TEAMS WORK IN THE HOMES OF FAMILIES AND IN THE COMMUNITY; PLUS, IN AN OFFICE SITE

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE!

This position may be based in our Burien office which is a shared site with the Latino Civic Alliance building; or at the Tukwila site serving South King County. Burien site serves many families who are Spanish-speaking only. You would be an integral part of this team of innovators who explore and develop new approaches and implement novel strategies for engaging families.

WHO WE ARE:

We are a values-driven organization, providing family-oriented behavioral health care for children, youth and families, primarily in their own home and community. Our enthusiastic clinical teams provide whatever is needed to help children and youth remain safely in their own home with their family, restoring hope, providing intense behavioral health services and supports, and helping to strengthen the family unity. The office locations are in South King County (Tukwila and Burien), Washington offering comprehensive, intensive, Wrap-around behavioral health services to the Latino/Latinx community. Family Behavioral Health employs almost 800 energetic and compassionate employees from our offices across Washington and in Portland, OR.

WHAT WE VALUE:
Compassion Diversity Strength-Based-Approach Social-Justice & Our Staff!

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Starting Pay Range: $25.18 - $27.07 per hour

Additional Pay for:

• Coverage after hours: $75.00 per pay period (2 times per month)
• Bi-lingual fluency skills in Spanish and English: $100 -200 per pay period (2 times per month) for service provision in support the families we serve. Tiered language stipend based on language proficiency and youth and family needs.
• Ability to earn additional pay: based on performance

Training and Supervision:

• Daily and Weekly supervision with your Clinical Supervisor

BENEFITS:

• 12 paid holidays; plus 1 personal holiday each year!
• 3 weeks’ vacation per year
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance (1 times annual salary)
• Retirement Plans: 403-B Employee Savings Plan and an Employer Contribution Pension

We strive to help children and families live together safely and securely with hope and promise. We serve as a catalyst for change when appropriate, challenging long-standing service traditions in community behavioral health. We behave with Humility, Passion for our Mission, and Compassion and Respectful Interactions. We value learning and offer alternatives and we stand strong to help child-serving systems understand our alternative paradigm while strengthening partnerships. We do not compromise our values.

Responsibilities

Peer Counselors (Youth Partners) are individuals with personal history as a youth/child who has been a recipient of behavioral health, child welfare, complex medical coordination or juvenile justice services who use that personal experience in building support with families. Successful applicants must have first person experience as a youth who received system services and prepared to disclose their personal experiences with youth, parents and others.

JOB SUMMARY:

Youth Partners collaborate, provide support and help facilitate services for youth and their families receiving Family Behavioral Health Services. Working as a member of a team, the Youth Partner helps a youth voice their own perspective and assure that other team members are able to understand their perspective and use that perspective in treatment planning. This position helps youth, parents and families achieve confidence in their abilities to team on a recovery journey and maintain hope for their success after formal behavioral health services have been completed.

Emphasis is on achieving incredible outcomes with children, youth and families by actively partnering with them along with their natural and community services and supports to achieve long term safety and stability in our neighborhoods and communities.

This position will be based out of the FBH Tukwila/ Burien office. This position requires scheduling flexibility to meet the needs of youth and families served. The services we offer will be provided in community-based settings and in family homes.

A full job description with qualifications may be shared with candidates identified for an interview.

Qualifications

WHAT WE ARE SEEKING IN A CANDIDATE:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Age 21 or older.
• Personal (lived) experience as a child who has received community / mental health services within the past ten year
• Burien staff serving the Youth and Families we are seeking bi-lingual fluency skills in Spanish and English.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
• Demonstrates the necessary attitudes, knowledge and skills to deliver culturally competent services and work effectively in multi-cultural situations.
• Preference for a flexible schedule rather than a traditional, fixed 8-5, Monday through Friday, facility-based position.
• Demonstrate the necessary attitudes, knowledge and skills to deliver culturally competent services and work effectively in multi-cultural situations.
• Must be able to driver to youth and family homes and in the community, have reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, automobile insurance and provide current auto registration per CCS policy.
• Must have an acceptable driving record per CCS’ driving policy (required to provide current driving abstract).
• Applicant must successfully pass required background clearances prior to an offer of employment.
• Support and uphold the mission, beliefs and values of Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services.

ABOUT BURIEN:

Since the incorporation of Burien in 1993, the city has been busy defining and redesigning itself as a vibrant King County city. Enjoy all the area has to offer:

• Located just south of Seattle, Washington, the City of Burien's residents see a 100-year old community with a rich heritage, as a friendly community with well-established neighborhoods and a small-town atmosphere.
• Burien is a vibrant and creative community, where the residents embrace diversity, celebrate arts and culture, promote vitality, and treasure the environment.

ABOUT TUKWILA:

Tukwila’s earliest residents were members of the Duwamish Tribe with homes along the Black and Duwamish Rivers. They named the area Tukwila for the lush forests of hazelnut tress which grew throughout the area. Enjoy all the area has to offer:

• Located just south of Seattle, Washington, the City of Tukwila is dynamic and unique. It is recognized as one of the most diverse communities in the country, with more than 80 languages spoken in its schools. While the City has fewer than 20,000 residents, the daytime population includes more than 47,000 who work in Tukwila plus over 150,000 who visit the city on a daily basis.
• Tukwila, nestled in the hills surrounding major commerce corridors are quiet residential neighbors. Residents of the City enjoy small-town warmth, involvement and caring, while having the benefits of high-quality services and goods associated with larger cities.
• Perhaps, you are a runner, walker, or biker – Tukwila offers many trails, along rivers and parks, while enjoying a spectacular view of Mt. Rainier. Shop ‘til you drop at the largest retail mall in the Pacific Northwest.

If you are passionate about providing strength-based mental health services for children, youth and their family, we would love to hear from you!

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