Position Overview
Join our team as a Casual Family Support Partner!
Hours: Flexibility necessary, Weekend hours are rare.
Travel: Occasional Travel to other UPMC / Children's Hospital Satellite locations
We are specifically looking to hire someone with first-hand experience raising a teenager with Type 1 Diabetes.
The Family Support Partner will work as part of the team to assist youth and their families. The Family Support Partner will provide intensive levels of peer support, information, and teaching to the parents/caregivers to help strengthen their natural support system. The Family Support Partner will support positive outcomes for the youth and family.
Primary Responsibilities:
+ Assist the family in linking to natural and community supports
+ Assist with crisis stabilization when needed
+ Attend all mandatory trainings and become a credentialed Family Support Partner within one year.
+ Other non-essential duties as specified by the immed...