Family Support Specialist - Psych CBHC Administration in Malden, Massachusetts at Cambridge Health Alliance
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Job Description
Location: CHA Malden Care Center
Category: Human and Social Services
Department: Psych - CBHC Administration
Job Type: PT Less Than 20 HPW
Union Name: Non Union
Work Schedule: Day / Evening
Length Of Shift(s) In Hours: 5 hours
Shift Details: Monday and Friday, hours TBD
Hours/Week: 10.00
Weekend Requirements: no
Holiday Requirements: no
On Call Requirements: no
Department Description
Exciting opportunity to provide new models of care for walk-in/urgent care access including days, evenings and weekends. The new CHA CBHC Cambridge and Malden program provides behavioral health evaluation, resource referral, and initial treatment services for individuals of all ages.
Summary
The Family Support Specialist (FSS) brings a key family perspective to clinical teams providing outpatient mental health care. In that context, they can help “translate” between the professional culture and the family’s culture, building trust and facilitating critical information sharing. That two-way process, clarifying communication about symptoms, diagnosis and treatment planning, enhances engagement between parents and clinicians, so that children and youth are more likely to receive needed mental health services.
- Work Experience: Experience as a parent or caregiver of a child with special health care needs — important for other parents to know the FSS person has “been there,” and “can understand what families go through”.
- Prior experience advocating for families beside their own, learning when and how to share their own stories as examples, and how to collaborate with clinicians and/or other professionals.
- Ability to represent “family voice” on the clinical team when interventions are being discussed, but, also, at a leadership level, if asked. For example, having the capacity to represent the family perspective regarding such things as development of useful resource materials for clinic families, or strategies for health promotion in the community.
- Positive interpersonal presence as a team member. Preferably bi-cultural and bi-lingual, when needed for the population being served.
Please note that the final offer may vary within the listed Pay Range, based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.
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