Family Training Coordinator

Position Summary

The Family Training Coordinator will provide leadership and coordination for the training, credentialing, and technical assistance offerings within the Family and Youth Support and Education Program. The types of peer training that will be offered include both formal and informal training opportunities that will be interactive and use best practices in adult education for both in-person and online training opportunities. The Family Training Coordinator will work with their program team members to develop the trainings and certifications, and the trainings and certifications developed by the program staff for local and State partners will be in line with national certification and training standards (e.g., the National Federation of Families’ National Family Peer Specialist Certification).

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• This position requires that the employee has relevant lived experiences related to personal and/or caregiving/family experience with a Serious Emotional Disturbance for at least 12 months. This position required that employees have experience working in some form of paid or unpaid Youth/Family Peer Specialist, Navigator, Partner, or other similar roles.
• Applicants should be able to demonstrate experience with skills in the following areas: written and verbal communication skills, organization, and cross-agency collaboration and coordination.

Preferred Qualifications

• Applicants who are certified or eligible to be certified as a Certified Family Peer SpecialistTM is preferred.
• Candidates who have experience working in a leadership role related to Youth and/or Family Peer Support and/or Education is preferred.

Key Responsibilities

Family Peer Specialist Training, Credentialing, and Technical Assistance Coordination (60%)

• Develops and sustains a training and credentialing curriculum for Family Support Partners, Family Navigators, and Family Partner Coordinators.
• In partnership with local family organizations, provides workshops addressing the mental health needs of children and youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED).
• Supports the development of parent/family support providers, including training and credentialing.
• Coordinates and provides training and technical assistance to grassroots family and youth-driven recovery support service organizations in areas including, but not limited to, the following: Organizational development, Non-profit management, Community development, Business practices, Services financing, Respite care, Sustainability, Leadership development, and Recovery programming.

Build Family Capacity (20%)

• Identify and link families to partners across the State to address identified needs.
• Develop peer support networks across the state.
• Develop leadership and advocacy skills among families.
• Link families with state networks representing adult and youth mental health consumers.

Program Outreach and Information Dissemination (10%)

• Develop and update content monthly and disseminate information via program website, electronic newsletters, integrating information from ongoing technical assistance and collaboration with key federal, state, and local partners (e.g., SAMHSA, NC DMH/DD/SAS, System of Care Collaborative, etc.).

Statewide needs assessment to inform program goals and evaluation (10%)

• Collaborate with the PI develop the content of the statewide needs assessment.
• Conduct stakeholder interviews and focus groups.
• Collaborate with the evaluator to translate quantitative and qualitative data into goals and objectives for the scope of work as well as develop the ongoing program evaluation.