Family Resource Partner

Company: Porthealth
Location: New Bern
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

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 compassionate and dedicated Child First Family Resource Partner (FRP) to join our team in Pamlico and Craven counties, 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.The Family Resource Partner (FRP) partners with a Licensed Mental Health and Developmental Clinician to engage families who are referred to the Child First home-based intervention.The Family Resource Partner plays a crucial role in stabilizing the entire family system, while the Clinician provides psychotherapeutic caregiver-child intervention to facilitate and enhance this critical relationship. The FRP takes the lead in connecting the child and family with desired, community-based services and supports while maintaining Child First's reflective, relationship-based stance. Flexible schedule, competitive salary and full benefits. If you want to impact the daily lives of others, then this opportunity is for you! Must be willing to travel between both counties to support combined caseload.

• Provide community resource expertise to Child First team and families, including identifying and collaborating with community-based service providers and supports.
• Engages with the Child First family and the Clinician in the collaborative family assessment process (i.e., use data from interviews, observations, interactions, and standardized measures to identify family strengths, needs, and challenges).
• Promotes family stabilization by identifying all needed and desired services, integrating those service needs into the Child and Family Plan of Care, and addressing barriers to services as they arise.How You'll BenefitYou'll earn a competitive salary based on experience and join a growing team making a difference in our community.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
  • Lots of Merchant Discounts to improve your purchasing power!What We're Looking For
    • Bachelor's degree in child development, psychology, nursing, human services, or related field from accredited institution.
    • A minimum of three years working with culturally diverse families and young children under the age of 6 years old.
    • Knowledge of early childhood development, parent education, parent-child relationships, and individual, family, and community-level risk factors (e.g., poverty, homelessness, maternal depression, domestic violence, substance abuse, teen parenthood).
    • Knowledge of and experience with community-based services and supports in service area, highly valued.
    • Experience working in home and community-based settings with vulnerable populations of diverse cultures and ethnicities.
    • Bilingual (Spanish, Portuguese, Creole, other), highly valued.If you seek a rewarding career opportunity where you can make a huge difference in the daily lives of the people you will help, then please apply now at our website: www.eastersealsucp.comAbout Easterseals PORT HealthEasterseals 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!
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Keywords: Porthealth, Greenville , Family Resource Partner, Other , New Bern, North Carolina