Mission Statement:

David & Margaret Youth and Family Services empowers children, youth, and families through culturally diverse services that foster emotional, educational, spiritual, and identity development.

Personal Qualities:

David & Margaret serves a population who have often experienced major life challenges and need assistance in their healing, adjustment, and recovery. Our staff participates in this healing process while preparing our clients to participate as positive members of their community.

Characteristics of successful David & Margaret employees include:

• INTEGRITY – model expectations, perform duties under guidelines of “best practices,” honest discussion of issues, openness, fiscal responsibility
• MUTUAL RESPECT – respect diversity of opinions, value cultural ideals, focus on strengths, listen, work to resolve differences with dignity, respond in a timely manner
• KNOWLEDGE – teach through instruction and role modeling, teach and encourage making wise choices, empower self-determination, instill desires to be a life-long learner
• TEAMWORK – together there is strength, no one is alone, each voice is important, listen to all sides of an issue and help make united decisions, foster open communication, develop and sustain positive family and community connections
• CHOICE & ACCOUNTABILITY – value ability to choose, ensure active participation in treatment planning, understand and follow accepted agency policies and procedures, be accountable for choices, hold self and others accountable
• SAFETY – develop a safe, caring environment and communication patterns
• SERVICE – learn by teaching others, heal by helping others

Summary Objective:

Utilizing a framework of lived experience, the Peer Support Specialist will provide trauma-informed, diversity-sensitive supportive services to non-minor dependents in the agency’s transitional housing program. The objective of the services is to assist the client with removing barriers to goals, to encourage engagement in mental health services as appropriate, and to help with efforts to stabilize the client’s placement.

PLEASE APPLY HERE:

https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=106955&clientkey=E1FBD18C2C3D38DBBAA89188BCFF1485

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $17.81 - $22.10 per hour

Expected hours: 27 per week

Benefits:

• 403(b)
• Employee discount
• Mileage reimbursement
• Referral program

Schedule:

• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person