Location: Chesapeake,VA, USA
The Chesapeake Interagency Consortium (CIC) is looking for experienced volunteer parent representatives to serve on its Family Assessment and Planning Teams.
This position is an opportunity for a parent from the community to sit amongst representatives from community partners to effectively collaborate to identify services for youth and families.
Duties include volunteering your time one designated Wednesday for four (4) or eight (8) hours per month (subject to change around holidays). Collaborating with private service providers and representatives from Social Services, Court Services, Public Schools, and the Community Services Board (CIBH); Communicating and problem-solving youth/family specific issues from a strengths-based approach; Maintaining objectivity in emotionally charged situations; Actively participating in service planning, and being sensitive to varying races, cultures, religions, and/or sexual orientations.
Required Qualifications
Must be a resident of the City of Chesapeake;
* Be a biological, foster, or adoptive parent or guardian of youth whom have had interaction with one or more areas of our mental health system.
Preferred that as part of the individual's employment, he/she doe not interact directly on a daily basis with children as part of a public/private agency who is receiving funds or represented on a FAPT.
Able to volunteer one designated Wednesday per month from 8:30am - 4:30pm (day subject to change around holidays) or at a minimum half of the day: 8:30am - 12pm or 1pm - 4:30pm.
Preferred Qualifications
* Are you a biological, foster, kin or adoptive parent of a child with mental health concerns and has been involved with one or more systems to include, Court Services, Dept. of Juvenil Justice, Chesapeake Integrated Behavioral Health (CSB), Public Schools Special Education, or Department of Social Services? Yes or No
* Are you actively receiving CSA funded services in the City of Chesapeake or any other locality? Yes or No
* What personal experience do you have navigating mental health within your own family?