Per Diem Family Peer Advocate

Per Diem Family Peer Advocate





The Opportunity

The Family Peer Advocate will incorporate personal experience parenting a child with special needs to support parents and strengthen their ability to keep their child at home and within their community.

Responsibilities


+ Meet with families according to their scheduling needs

+ Increase awareness of and enhance family strengths.

+ Advocate for services and systems that are fair, responsive, and family driven.

+ Assist families to rediscover and reconnect to natural community supports.

+ Promote effective parent-professional system partnerships.

+ Address barriers that may prevent full service participation.

+ Empower families to make informed decisions and advocate on behalf of and in collaboration to promote shared decision making.

+ Prepare and accompany families to meetings to ensure their voice is included in the pl...