About Northside

Northside Center for Child Development serves over 4,000 children annually through high-quality, outcomes-driven behavioral health, early childhood, and enrichment services. With over $30 million in annual funding, the organization provides children and their families with the support they need to overcome adversity, thrive, and pursue their dreams.

Northside has been a staple of the Harlem community since its founding in 1946 and a pioneer at the intersection of education and behavioral health for Black and Latino children. Several of its programs were the first in Harlem and established the standard of care for many social service agencies. Northside’s founders, Doctors Kenneth, and Mamie Clark were psychologists whose breakthrough Black/White Doll Study was used as evidence in Brown v. Board of Education, which declared public school segregation unconstitutional. The philosophy behind this landmark decision, now on its 70^th anniversary, continues to inspire Northside to create and drive innovative programs that focus on the strengths of families and the importance of children’s self-esteem.

For more information on Northside Center for Child Development, please visit https://www.northsidecenter.org/about/.

Job Title: Family Peer Advocate

Department: Perinatal + Early Childhood Mental Health (P+ECMH)

Hours: Full Time

Reports to: Program Manager of Perinatal + Early Childhood Mental Health Program

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIILITIES

• Works with P+ECMH clinicians and consultants to support socio-emotional needs of children and parents/caregivers.
• Facilitate groups/workshops and hold individual one-on-one peer support sessions focusing on engagement, planning, and coordinating that will support growth of their child and their family
• Helps families plan, coordinate, and access services that will support the needs of their child and family.
• Accompany youth and families to social service agencies, as well as meetings/appointments, as needed.
• Seeks to support child and family so that child can remain in the home setting
• Bridge and transition support to help increase parent/caregiver strengths to navigate systems, self-advocate and better meet their child’s social, emotional and/or developmental needs.
• Monitor families’ progress in achieving individualized goals.
• Maintain ethical standards including HIPAA compliance.
• Complete required documentation within required timeframes and within standards.
• Meet weekly and annual programmatic service goals as defined by the program
• Participates in supervision, team conferences, training, staff meetings and demonstrate integration of these into all program work.
• Conduct outreach activities and participate in community events.

COMPENSATION:

• $44,000/annual

CORE COMPENTENCIES:

• Excellent work ethic
• Commitment to working in a mission-driven organization
• Demonstrated personal ethics and values
• Cross-team collaboration and cooperation
• Team player who works well with a diverse group of people

QUALIFICATION AND CREDENTIALS

• High school graduate, some college, or college graduate.
• Lived Experience as a parent or primary caregiver to a child with social, emotional, behavioral, mental health or development disability
• Have FPA credential or be able to obtain credential within 6 months of employment
• Ability to work in the field and travel between multiple locations, including some home visiting
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as a team
• Bilingual preferred to meet the needs of communities being served.