Family Service Rochester

Parent Partner - Family Recovery in Recovery and Restoration

ROCHESTER, MN
Part Time
Entry Level
Family Service Rochester looking for a compassionate Parent Partner to join our team. In this role, you will use your own lived experience with recovery and involvement in the child welfare system to support parents who are currently navigating similar challenges. The Parent Partner offers understanding, encouragement, and guidance to help families work toward recovery, strengthen connections with their children, and successfully engage with child protective services.

Responsibilities:
  • Provide peer support to parents involved with child protective services who are working through substance use challenges.
  • Share personal recovery and parenting experiences to inspire hope and resilience.
  • Help parents navigate the child welfare system, treatment programs, and community resources.
  • Attend meetings with parents as a support and advocate when needed.
  • Encourage family voice and help parents build skills to achieve their goals.
  • Work closely with staff and partners to promote positive outcomes for families.
Qualifications:
  • Personal lived experience with recovery and child protective services.
  • Ability to connect with and support parents in a nonjudgmental, respectful way.
  • Strong communication and advocacy skills.
  • Commitment to confidentiality and maintaining healthy boundaries.
  • Knowledge of recovery supports, treatment, and local family resources preferred.

For your expertise, FSR will provide a collaborative and safe work environment where all identities are welcomed and valued. You can expect agency-lead continuous improvement in understanding our own privileges and how that may impact our work with others.  

FSR offers a competitive compensation program, an employer sponsored retirement plan, professional development opportunities, Public Service Loan Forgiveness as well as EAP resources and a flexible, family friendly schedule, We offer a culture of learning, listening and growth where employees regularly meet with senior leadership to provide ideas and feedback. At Family Service Rochester (FSR) we believe that our employees are our greatest asset. We are guided by our values in where we believe that everyone needs to be understood, and that partnership is a process. We believe that everyone desires respect and that partners share power. We believe that everyone has strengths and that judgements can wait. We are a dynamic and compassionate organization committed to making a positive impact in the lives of individuals and families in our community. If you share in our values and desire to listen to what people need and together, build better lives we have an opportunity for you. 


 
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