Family Peer Support Position Integrated Child & Youth Team - Terrace (Coast Mountains) 
17.5 Hours Per Week
$25.75/Hour
Work from home position within the community of Terrace 

You do not need to be an expert in mental health and/or substance use, your family's experience is enough.

You
Are good at building relationshipsMake connections easily
Demonstrate compassion and care to others
Have strong ties and/or an in-depth understanding of the Kitselas and Kitsumkalum culture,  traditions and language.  
Are able to work well with Service Providers and Educators  and as part of a multidisciplinary team
Have strong verbal and written skills (adaptations are available to support the successful candidate.)
Are comfortable promoting and presenting on your work and role as a Family Peer Support Worker on the ICY team. 
Data collection and documentation is part of this role
Good working knowledge of Google Workspace, including gmail, calendar and docs
Have a Driver's License and access to a vehicle, travel to meet with families in various communities is required
Can pass a criminal records check
Have the ability to work from a home office and in the community
 
The Family Peer Support Worker will support families in person, on the phone, by video chat, and email.

FamilySmart provides excellent support, supervision and training and will help you learn and develop the skills that we have discovered to help families and service providers work well together. 

The Family Peer Support Worker provides peer support to families and caregivers by:

Working as part of the ICY team supporting Terrace and the surrounding communities of Coast Mountain School District 82
Providing emotional support to families and caregivers
Sharing information and resources with families and caregivers
Offering knowledge/education to families and caregivers 
Helping families and caregivers navigate (find their way to) services
Building on parents and caregivers strengths and offering hope

For more than 20 years, FamilySmart has been working in B.C. to help children and young people by helping their family and other caring adults. We know children and young people do better when the adults who care about them are supported.  

Family Peer Support Workers are parents and caregivers of children or youth with mental health and/or substance use challenges. Your personal parenting experience is the primary requirement for this role. Your experiences will help other families find help, comfort, hope,  and feel less alone.
 
As a Family Peer Support Worker, you are a member of the Integrated Child & Youth Team (ICY) in Hazelton (Coast Mountains). In this role, you will provide peer support  to families and caregivers whose children and youth are experiencing difficulty with their mental health and/or with substance use who are receiving services from the ICY team.  The ICY teams are part of  A Pathway to Hope – the provincial strategy for improved mental health and substance use care in B.C.  The ICY teams bring services together in a multidisciplinary team setting.  The teams make it easier for children, youth and their families to connect to the care they need, where and when they need it – at school and in the community.  

To Apply
We invite you to apply online by submitting your resume & cover letter to familysmart.ca/careers 
At FamilySmart, experience with the child and youth mental health and/or substance use system is very important to us.  Please consider including in your cover letter a little information about why this is important to you as well. 
 
Please note that the assessment of applicants will be made on an ongoing basis and continue until a hire is made.
 
We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. FamilySmart is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Personnel are chosen on the basis of ability without regard to age, ancestry, colour, family status, marital status, physical or mental disability, place of origin, political belief, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and criminal conviction unrelated to employment.