Families Together Positions
Statewide Peer Support Positions
We can accept job ads from NYSOMH licensed, designated or funded program providing Medicaid reimbursable services of family peer support or youth peer support.
Email YPACredential@ftnys.org or FPACredential@ftnys.org with a link to your published job ad or detailed description, application instructions (including deadline and contact person), website link and logo.
Family Systems Engagement Coordinator
Families Together in New York State (FTNYS) is seeking a Family Systems Engagement Coordinator to strengthen and coordinate family peer support services across programs and community partners. This role elevates family voice and lived experience in service planning and quality improvement, and supports a trauma-informed, strengths-based, and culturally responsive approach.
Qualified applicants have lived experience as a parent/primary caregiver of a child or youth with social, emotional, behavioral, developmental, or mental health needs. Family Peer Advocate (FPA) credential required at hire or ability to obtain. Experience working with child- and family-serving systems (e.g., mental health, child welfare, education, developmental disabilities).
Youth Workforce Development Coordinator
Families Together in New York State (FTNYS) is seeking to employ a dynamic Youth Workforce Development Coordinator in the Training & Workforce Development Department. This is an exciting opportunity to represent/support the voice of young people and the needs of Youth Peer Advocates (YPAs) across the state!
Qualified applicants: hold an active YPA Credential; experience providing Youth Peer Support Services; and experience planning and facilitating trainings.
Family Systems Engagement Coordinator
Families Together in New York State (FTNYS) is seeking a Family Systems Engagement Coordinator to strengthen and coordinate family peer support services across programs and community partners. This role elevates family voice and lived experience in service planning and quality improvement, and supports a trauma-informed, strengths-based, and culturally responsive approach.
Qualified applicants have lived experience as a parent/primary caregiver of a child or youth with social, emotional, behavioral, developmental, or mental health needs. Family Peer Advocate (FPA) credential required at hire or ability to obtain. Experience working with child- and family-serving systems (e.g., mental health, child welfare, education, developmental disabilities).
Family Policy Advisors
Families Together in New York State (FTNYS), in partnership with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), is seeking to employ Family Policy Advisors at the state level to assist OCFS in developing policies and procedures that promote the voice of parents throughout the child welfare system.
Family Policy Advisors are parents with personal experience in navigating the child welfare system.
Locations: Long Island (Part-time), Syracuse, (Full-time)
Western Region
Spectrum Health & Human Services is hiring a Youth Peer Advocate! (full-time) Buffalo, NY
Spectrum Health & Human Services respectfully partners with adults, children, and families as they recover from behavioral, emotional, mental health and/or substance related disorders by offering individualized and meaningful opportunities of hope, empowerment and support to achieve self-defined improvements in their quality of life.
Youth Peer Advocates provide peer support to individuals with behavioral health issues who are enrolled in Spectrum Health & Human Services’ CCBHC who are between the ages of 18 and 30.
Applicants must possess a Youth Peer Advocate Credential.
Apply directly HERE
Community Missions is hiring Family Peer Advocates! (full-time and part-time)
We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Family Peer Advocate to join our team in supporting families navigating challenges related to mental health, substance use, and other behavioral health issues. As a Family Peer Advocate, you will provide emotional support, guidance, and practical assistance to families, helping them access services and resources, and empowering them to advocate for themselves and their loved ones.
Apply directly at www.communitymissions.org
Mental Health Association of Rochester is hiring Family Peer Advocates!
Recovery Options Made Easy hiring Youth and Family Peer positions!
Recovery Options Made Easy, Inc., is a not-for-profit supported housing and community support services agency. As a peer-run organization, Recovery Options was developed and is operated by those who have lived through the recovery process. We’ve tailored our programs and services to directly benefit participants in mental health services. ROME is committed to decreasing stigma by increasing awareness of mental health and substance use through information, education, and advocacy. Our efforts are focused on participants, family members, community members, and mental health professionals in several counties across New York.
Explore Career Options at Career Opportunities – Recovery Options Made Easy careers
New Directions Youth & Family Services is hiring multiple positions!
Family Peer Advocate (full-time)
The Family Peer Advocate will provide an array of formal and informal services and supports provided to families caring for/raising a child who is experiencing social, emotional, developmental, medical, substance use, and/or behavioral challenges in their home, school, placement, and/or community. The service is needed to allow the child the best opportunity to remain in the community. Activities included must be intended to achieve the identified goals or objectives as set forth in the child/youth’s treatment plan.
Youth Peer Advocate (part-time)
The Youth Peer Advocate works directly with youth experiencing emotional, behavioral, or co-occurring challenges to build confidence, develop skills, and connect with needed supports. This role involves mentoring, advocacy, and co-leading peer support groups, empowering youth to engage in their own growth and recovery journey. Candidates must be between 18–30 years old and have personal, lived experience with these challenges.
Apply direct at https://www.fosteringgood.org/employment
Compeer Rochester is hiring Peer and Youth Engagement Specialist positions!
The Youth Engagement Specialist will work with individuals ages 5 to 21 with behavioral health challenges to reduce interpersonal/environmental barriers and improve functioning and integration within their family and community. Services are delivered face to face in 1:1 and group settings using person-centered, recovery-oriented interventions.
This person will serve as a peer mentor to youth, adults, and families with mental health and/or substance use disorders. The Peer Specialist will work with referred individuals on life skills, socialization, and other areas as needed to assist in mental health and substance use recovery.
Apply directly at https://www.compeerrochester.org/join-our-team
Hudson River Region
Northern Rivers Family of Services hiring a Family Peer Advocate!
As a Family Peer Advocate, you will help children with emotional and mental health challenges through support and advocacy with parents and caregivers. You will report to the Program Manager, Community Solutions and Peer Support and you will work onsite with travel required.
Responsibilities:
- Provide support, advocacy and resources to the family based on the child’s needs as identified by the parent/caregiver
- Provide services within a Family-driven Care framework, including respecting family choice and voice, believing in each family’s potential to learn and grow, and utilizing strategies that empower families
- Work with family members to identify goals and objectives of treatment
- Educate parents/caregivers on how to advocate if services are not meeting their needs
- Participate in relevant treatment meetings and attend all required trainings
- Complete all documentation
Apply directly at Parent Advocate
St. Anne Institute hiring a Family Peer Advocate!
Family Peer Advocates are responsible for supplying advocacy services as well as exercising the roles of mediator, broker, educator, advocate, and outreach worker on behalf of The St. Anne Institute’s clients and families. Family Peer Advocates will provide culturally competent and sensitive services. As part of a team within the agency, they are expected to work closely with all direct and support staff, including psychiatric staff, to ensure the appropriate treatment interventions for the client and their family.
Apply directly at Employment-Application-SAI-3.pdf
BHSN hiring a Family Peer Support Specialist!
As a Family Support Peer Specialist you are someone with “lived experience” who provides engagement and support in the community and/or office setting as a member of the clinic team including assisting with risk assessments, brief interventions, care management and follow up support post crisis or post appointment. At the discretion of the program director, may be assigned to train and supervise other staff as deemed appropriate. Expected to provide excellent patient care and compassion in every counter, aligned with the organizations core values.
Learn more and apply here: Career Center | Recruitment
Family Ties of Westchester hiring Family Peer Advocates!
Have you faced life’s challenges, overcome them and want to give back to your community? Your experience has power. Share it and help others like you be heard, supported, and empowered. We need people with strong, active voices. As Westchester’s only independent, family-run, peer support organization, we are dedicated to achieving equity and social change. We value your lived experience navigating service systems and your ability to advocate for yourself, family, and community.
Vanderheyden hiring a Family Peer Advocate!
The Family Peer Advocate provides an array of formal and informal activities and support to families caring for/ raising a child who is experiencing social, emotional, medical, developmental, substance use, and/or behavioral challenges in their home, school, placement, and/or community. Family Peer Support Services provides a structured, strength-based relationship between a Family Peer Advocate (FPA) and the parent/family member/caregiver for the benefit of the child/youth. Services are delivered in a trauma informed, culturally and linguistically competent manner.
Click here for qualifications and instructions to apply today!
New York City Region
Community Counseling & Mediation hiring Family Peer Advocates!
The Family Peer Advocate will use their lived experience to support, empower, and guide parents and caregivers navigating the complex systems associated with their child’s emotional, behavioral, or developmental challenges. This role centers on providing peer-based support, skill-building, advocacy, and connection to services and resources. Learn more and apply at Community Counseling and Mediation Careers and Employment | Indeed.com
ACMH, Inc. hiring Young Adult Peer Advocates – Safe Options Support (SOS)!
Youth Community Outreach on the streets and places where unhoused young adults frequent; coordinating participants needs before and after move from street to home, enhancing their daily living skills, accompaniment to appointments, and advocating on their behalf when faced with discrimination or healthcare inequities.
Minimum High School Diploma or equivalent or higher. New York State Certified Youth Peer Advocate (YPA) preferred or required Completion of an internship or comparable training in peer advocacy; experience in providing advocacy services to people who are mentally ill and/or homeless. Past or current participant of behavioral health, substance services or homeless services preferred.
Click here for qualifications and instructions to apply today!
Vibrant Emotional Health Hiring Family Peer Advocate, Allyship Services
Join a mission-driven team dedicated to creating safe, affirming spaces for LGBTQIA+ youth and their families across NYC. As a Family Peer Advocate, Allyship Services you’ll use your lived experience and relationship-building skills to guide families through youth-serving systems, connect them with meaningful resources, and support their overall well-being.
In this role, you’ll facilitate support groups, conduct community outreach, organize family-centered activities, and collaborate with Vibrant’s programs to strengthen mental health support citywide. You’ll be a trusted partner to families and a vital advocate in communities that have historically been hard to reach.
Click here to learn more and apply today!
Saint Dominic’s Family Services hiring Youth and Family Peer Support Services Workers!
The Youth Peer Support Services Worker will be responsible for engaging youth and their families in order to assist them in identifying their needs as well as achieving their goals. The Youth Peer Support Services worker will be an integral part of the Children and Family Treatment Support Services (CFTSS) Program and will participate in supportive, recreational and educational activities offered to youth and families.
The Family Peer Support Service Worker assists the program in providing services to families in the areas where support and advocacy is needed, but do not require the full services of the Care Manager. Duties include escorting, advocacy, assisting families to access community resources, and family support. Accompany and transportation of children and families are essential components of the position.
To apply online, and to read the complete job description, please visit the agency website: www.sdfs.org/careers. Select desired work location; Rockland or Bronx. Please email mgabella@sdfs.org for additional information or assistance.
Peer Support positions at Families On The Move of NYC, Inc.!
FOTM employs approximately 25 people in 8 different programs throughout New York City and Westchester County, and provide training, consultation and technical assistance to other family support organizations throughout the New York City Metropolitan area. FOTM also offers, from time to time, a limited number of volunteer opportunities for members of the community looking for another way to get involved. Apply at https://fotmnyc.org/careers%2Fvolunteer
The Child Center of NY: Credentialed Family Peer Advocate (FPA-C)
The Child Center of NY is hiring Credentialed Family Peer Advocates (FPA-C) to work at its Macari Family Wellness Center a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) located in Queens, NY.
The Macari Family Wellness Center provides trauma-informed, family-centered behavioral health services with a strong focus on family advocacy, care navigation, and community linkage. In this role, Credentialed Family Peer Advocates support families as they navigate complex service systems, strengthen natural supports, and increase access to behavioral health and community-based resources. Responsibilities align with the core standards of the FPA-C credential and center lived experience, family voice, and empowerment.
Candidates must hold the Family Peer Advocate–Credentialed (FPA-C) credential and have lived experience as a caregiver of a child with behavioral health needs. Strong communication skills and a commitment to family-driven care are essential.
This opportunity is shared for informational purposes only. All hiring decisions and application processes are managed by The Child Center of NY.
Click here for job description and instructions to apply!
Central Region
Helio Health hiring Youth ACT Family Peer Specialist (FPA)
Be a part of a ground-breaking new program! Join Helio Health’s Youth Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team (Formerly Circare), serving families and youth in Onondaga County. This multi-disciplinary team will work with children ages 10 to 21 and their families to provide intensive intervention to support complex needs, as well as keeping children at risk of hospitalization or residential care in their homes.
Helio Health is seeking a credentialed Family Peer Specialist for the Youth ACT team, who will provide formal and informal support, based on lived experience, to families who are raising a child experiencing social and emotional challenges. This FPA position is full-time, during regular business hours, M-F. We are looking for a candidate interested in community-based work and who is committed to supporting children with complex mental health needs and their families.
Click here for job description and instructions to apply!
Long Island
Lodestar Children’s Services hiring Youth Peer Advocate!
Lodestar Children’s Services is a nonprofit organization that provides one-on-one support to youth up to age 21 who are diagnosed with mental health challenges. Our mission is to empower young people by helping them build skills, confidence, and resilience through individualized care. We are dedicated to a strengths-based approach, empowering families to build on their strengths while supporting the youth’s social, emotional, and behavioral growth. Our work takes place directly in the home and community of clients and their families, where meaningful change happens.
A Youth Peer Advocate (YPA) is a young adult, between the ages of 18 and 30, who self-identifies as an individual with firsthand experience with emotional, behavioral challenges, or co-occurring disorders. YPAs use their lived experience to destigmatize mental health challenges and support recovery, resiliency, and wellness in the youth they work with.
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