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Welcome To Lahey Health Behavioral Services is part of a vibrant and growing health care system, recognized as a trailblazer in medicine and a standard bearer in patient experience. It includes an award-winning academic medical center, a superb constellation of community hospitals, home care services, rehabilitation facilities and more. We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining top talent in a market long recognized and revered as a global leader in health. With a team approach to care, we encourage learning and growth at all levels, and we offer competitive salaries and benefits. We adhere to the principles of a just and fair work environment for all colleagues, where respect is foundational and performance is rewarded.Scheduled Hours Full Time, 40 hoursAbout Us The Lahey Model of Care—right care, right time, right place—is exactly what patients, providers and payers need and deserve. Identifying and delivering on this convergence of interests has positioned Lahey Health for further growth. Our model ensures care is highly coordinated and locally delivered, with lower costs and exceptional quality.Lahey Health is a robust, regional system including a teaching hospital, community hospitals, primary care providers, specialists, behavioral and home health services, skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, and senior care resources throughout northeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. The system has a global presence with programs in Canada, Jordan and Bermuda. Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.T-About the Job Family Support and Training is delivered by strength-based, culturally and linguistically appropriate qualified paraprofessionals under the supervision of a licensed clinician. It is a service provided to the parent /caregiver of a youth (under the age of 21), in any setting where the youth resides, such as the home (including foster homes and therapeutic foster homes), and other community settings.Family Support and Training is provided within a structured, one-to-one, strength-based peer relationship between a Family Partner and a parent/caregiver. The purpose of this service is for resolving or ameliorating the youth’s emotional and behavioral needs by improving the capacity of the parent /caregiver to parent the youth. This is to improve the youth’s functioning as identified in the outpatient or In-Home Therapy treatment plan or Individual Care Plan (ICP), for youth enrolled in Intensive Care Coordination (ICC), and to support the youth in the community or to assist the youth in returning to the community.Services may include education, assistance in navigating the child serving systems (DCF, education, mental health, juvenile justice, etc.); fostering empowerment, including linkages to peer/parent support and self-help groups; assistance in identifying formal and community resources (e.g., after-school programs, food assistance, summer camps, etc.) support, guiding, coaching, and training for the parent/caregiver.
Work with family towards meeting goal(s) established in an existing behavioral health treatment plan/care plan for outpatient or In-Home Therapy, or an Individual Care Plan, for youth enrolled in Intensive Care Coordination (ICC).2. Support the parent/caregiver’s capacity to ameliorate or resolve the youth’s emotional or behavioral needs and strengthen their capacity to parent.3. Work one-on-one and maintain regular frequent contact with the parent(s)/caregiver(s) in order to provide education and support throughout the care planning process, attends Care Plan Team (CPT) meetings, and may assist the parent(s)/ caregiver(s) in articulating the youth’s strengths, needs, and goals for ICC to the care coordinator and CPT. Meetings may occur in the office, the family's home, or another community location.4. Educate parents/ caregivers about how to effectively navigate the child-serving systems for themselves and about the existence of informal/community resources available to them; and facilitates the parent’s/caregiver’s access to these resources.5. Coordinate and communicate with members of the CPT to support the Individual Care Plan and Safety Plan.6. Complete timely and accurate documentation to reflect services provided.7. Staff person can only bill for services rendered and those that are billable according to the specifications. 8. Person carries a caseload as assigned.9. Communicate with Managed Care Entities to ensure authorization for services provided.10. Meet productivity standard for hours worked.11. Build and adjust schedule as necessary to meet the needs of persons served. Afternoon/evening hours are required. Staff must be willing to schedule and hold appointments on weekends based upon the needs of the families served.12. Uphold values and mission of the Children's Behavioral Health Initiative.13. Other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Experience as a caregiver of a youth with special needs, and preferably a youth with mental health needs.
Experience in navigating any of the child and family serving systems and teaching family members who are involved with the child and family serving systems.
High school diploma or GED
Bachelor's degree prefrred but not required
Valid driver's license with relaible transportation and willingness to tranport clients
REQNUMBER: 157610-1A
