What you bring to SBHG:

• High School diploma or equivalent (e.g. GED, HiSET, etc.) required
• Personal experience as a consumer, foster parent, or parent of a child in the child welfare, probation, or mental health systems required
• Experience in a mental health, health care, or other social services agency / organization serving people with disabilities a plus
• Peer Support Specialist Certification: successful completion of the certification process within one year of employment
• Valid California Driver's License

How you will make a difference:

• Provides services to families within the community and/or at assigned sites, providing identified practices into services. Conducts a strengths interview with family members; tells own story to engage families.
• Identifies family strengths for problem solving and assists family in identifying specific underlying needs.
• Provides psychoeducation and training to families as appropriate and within their scope of practice.
• Educates family members on available resources and how to access them. Links family members to identified resources, including housing, food, education/vocation, recreation, spiritual, and social, as deemed appropriate in Partnership with the treatment team.

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