At Beech Acres Parenting Center, we uncover the natural gifts of children by unleashing the power of parents and caregivers. As a contemporary parenting center, Beech Acres serves over 30,000 people annually through a wide range of services including foster care, kinship care, adoption, behavioral health support in schools, parent coaching and much more. All of our programs are founded in our Natural Strength Parenting™ framework which enables parents to unlock their own potential by building on their unique strengths. For more information, visit www.beechacres.org

Why you will love working at Beech Acres:

Culture That Matters

Intentional. Strength-Based. Mindful.

At Beech Acres Parenting Center we are empowering parents and strengthening kids together. A career at Beech Acres will help you discern your unique purpose, discover and develop your own natural strengths, and learn to be present, fully engaged and accepting in the moment. It’s how we empower our families and it’s how we empower each other.

We're a spirited team that believes in having fun and making an impact in our community and beyond. We’ve built a culture that values our team members’ strengths where we embrace our differences and live the value of Inclusion to all. We believe that cultivating a feeling of belonging among our employees, partners, children and adults in a child’s world begins with a just, equitable and diverse organization. We work towards this through our policies, practices, and our daily personal interaction.  Beyond that, we aspire to influence the systems and communities in which we do our work by providing thought leadership, co-creation, advocacy, and support.

That’s culture that matters.

Our Perks at Work

• At Beech Acres, we take pride in offering you a competitive benefits package, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and other benefits. Your total compensation includes benefits that go beyond wages and are provided to you. Our Perks at Work includes a Bonus Points recognition, Cell Phone Reimbursements, Flexibility in the way that you work, paid leave plans, and best in the city Paid time off plans amongst many others.

• Beech Acres success is dependent upon our people, and our total rewards are designed to create and sustain an environment that encourages and rewards outstanding commitment to client service, personal accountability and the achievement of results. We believe working here offers more value and rewards than just your total compensation. We work in an environment that encourages commitment, spirit and collaboration and we provide outstanding results to our community. We are committed to not only our mission but to your growth and development as an employee and individual.

If you have what it takes and have the heart and passion for helping support families and children, then we invite you to apply to be part of positive change in schools, pediatric offices, workplaces, and our community!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Provides family peer support services to parents with children that have behavioral health challenges and/or mental health diagnosis within the school system who are in need of support in navigating various systems.  Supports families within the school system with resource connection, mentoring and coaching. 

• Primary conduit for referrals to Behavioral Health through sharing lived/shared experience. Builds and fosters relationships with parents and caregivers to reduce stigmas associated with mental health, behavioral health and treatment services.
• Completes needs assessments for families and provides resource connection (food, housing, transportation, etc.)
• Conducts parent outreach activities within the school and communities, including home visitation for hard-to-reach families. Facilitates and supports the establishment of parent networks within the school community.
• Establishes a collaborative relationship with team members and other key stakeholders in the school as a means to facilitate the behavioral health referral process and build cooperative relationships within the school environment.
• Supports the coordination of Beech Acres Parenting Center hosted events and activities based on the needs of the priority population in partnership with the Beyond the Classroom Team Lead.
• Provides support to school-wide and student population specific events and activities and assists in making recommendations to the school(s) based on experience and learnings from the parents and children they serve.
• May lead and/or facilitate parent group meetings, trainings, etc.
• Works collaboratively and cross-functionally as a school team member to ensure holistic needs of kids and families are met.
• This role is school based in nature and may require work outside of standard business hours to support family events, school events, parent meetings, client needs, etc. Travel throughout the community and to BAPC campuses is required

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Certification in Family Peer Support through OHMAS
• Bilingual in Spanish language preferred.
• High School Diploma or equivalent + Shared experience as a parent or caregiver of a child with a developmental disability or behavioral health or mental health diagnosis.
• Willingness to share personal lived experience with others to build relationship and support ongoing family involvement.
• Familiarity with community resources and community wrap-around philosophy.
• Intermediate computer proficiency (MS Office – Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Ability to work collaboratively to support the team’s achievement of shared goals and outcomes.
• Must possess active Ohio Driver’s License and maintain agency required auto insurance of $100,000 per person, $300,000 per accident, and $100,000 property damage.

Beech Acres is an Equal Opportunity Employer

BAPC provides equal employment opportunities (“EEO”) to all persons, consistent with applicable federal, state and local equal employment opportunity laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, religion, ancestry, military or veteran status, color, national origin, or any other applicable statutorily protected group status under local, state, or federal law. This applies to all phases of the employment relationship including recruitment, hiring, compensation, advancement, and discipline.