Do you have a passion for making a real difference in the lives of people living with mental health challenges and disabilities? At Easterseals PORT Health (ESPH), we’re seeking a compassionate and dedicated full-time Family Support Partner (FSP) to join our team in Goldsboro, NC. As a valued member of our collaborative and supportive team, you will work together to transform the lives of individuals by providing a comprehensive range of services that treat the whole person and empower patients to find their way forward.
What You’ll Do
The Family Support Partner (FSP) provides one-on-one structured supports and strengths-based interventions that promote self-determination and self-advocacy with a focus on recovery and resiliency for the benefit of the eligible youth. Supports provided to the family are directed towards positive outcomes and to increase the overall capacity for the family to manage their own services while building healthy, positive relationships. The Family Partner meets with families, collaborates with the whole care team, and supports the family by assisting them with outside agencies and community referrals.
How You’ll Benefit
You’ll earn a competitive salary of $18-20/hour and join a growing team making a difference in our community. The service area for this position is Wayne, Wilson, Duplin, Lenoir, Sampson, Green, and Edgecombe counties. We also offer competitive benefits to benefits eligible positions.
Our benefits include:
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Health Benefits + an optional Flexible Health Spending Account (FSA)
- Life Insurance, Disability Insurance and more
- 403(b) Retirement Plan
- Employee Assistance Program and Legal services, when needed
- Applicable work mileage reimbursement
- Lots of Merchant Discounts to improve your purchasing power!
- Public Student Loan Forgiveness qualifier (PSLF)
What We’re Looking For
To join our team, you must be willing to provide care in community and home-based settings, participate in the crisis phone support rotation, have strong communication skills and able to link clients to community resources. We also require the following:
- Required: you must be or have been the parent or primary caregiver of a child who has received services for mental health, substance use, or developmental delays when they were under the age of 21
- Experience needed:
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree, OR
- An Associate’s degree in Human Services field AND 2-year’s of experience working with youths and adolescents, OR
- A high school diploma or GED AND a minimum of 4-year’s of experience working with youths and adolescents
- A valid driver’s license, current auto insurance and a good driving record
- Experience with navigating child and family serving systems
If you are a kind, compassionate clinical professional looking to make a significant impact, we invite you to apply for this position and join our mission of enhancing lives and our community. Apply now via our website: www.eastersealsucp.com OR by sending your resume to recruiter@eastersealsucp.com
About Easterseals PORT Health
Easterseals PORT Health is a trustworthy, compassionate partner providing exceptional disability, behavioral health and addiction treatment services to help our neighbors live their best lives. Our diverse and inclusive 2,600-member team provides meaningful support to 40,200 kids, adults and families in 11,000 home, facility and community locations across North Carolina and Virginia.
Our working environment supports employee and client health with a ‘no tobacco’ use policy (tobacco free and smoke free) in all offices, client facilities, properties, and agency vehicles.
We believe that by leveraging the unique strengths and perspectives of our workforce, we can advance our just cause, while building a healthy, sustainable organization. That’s why we listen, seek to understand & act to make ESPH an Inclusive, Diverse, Equitable, Authentic & Learning (IDEAL) organization.
Applicants of all abilities are encouraged to apply!