ACCS Family Partner - Part-Time-20 hrs 99

The role

The ACCS Family Partner provides information, support, assistance, and advocacy for recipients and caregivers of ACCS clients. The role involves providing feedback on the mental health system and offering peer-based counseling to support client recovery.

What you will do

• Provides expertise and consultation from a mental health/substance use consumer perspective to the team
• Collaborates with the team to promote client self-determination and decision-making
• Assists clients in identifying and combating stigma and discrimination
• Assists team members to identify and eliminate culture-wide stigma
• Increases awareness of and support client participation in consumer self-help programs
• Serves as the liaison between the team and consumer-run programs
• Organizes and leads individual and group social and recreational activities

Required qualifications

• Current or previous experience as a family member/caregiver of someone currently/formerly receiving mental health services
• High School Diploma
• Valid driver’s license and access to personal vehicle
• Flexible
• Team player
• Ability to grow and learn in the position
• Ability to provide support and quality care to well-being of individuals served
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision

Nice to have

• Peer Specialist Certification
• Bilingual skills and/or experience with multicultural populations
• One-year experience in an acute mental health setting

Benefits

• Competitive package of compensation and benefits

About the company

Aspire Health and Community Services is a compassionate, accountable community that believes mental health is the foundation of a person’s overall health.