CARES Wraparound Family Partner

Join a Mission-Driven Team

Are you looking to use your personal experiences to support and reputed company for others? By centering family voice and choice in care, the Family Partner is an reputed company and support to families and youth facing challenges.

If you are passionate about advocating for youth and families, we invite you to apply.

$600 Sign-On Bonus Available!

HOURS: Onsite, 40hours, Monday- Friday; 8:00am - 5:00pm w/occasional evenings and weekends.

SALARY: Dependent on experience and qualifications.

LOCATION: Sioux Falls, SD

BENEFITS: LSS is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• $600 hiring bonus* external candidates only
• PTO Time Frontload Up to 24 Hours for benefit-eligible employees
• 8 Paid Holidays
• 401(k) 3% match
• Four Wellmark BCBS medical plan options, with HSA & FSA options
• Dental and Vision plans
• Employer paid life insurance to provide support for your family in the event of death
• Career development opportunities, hands-on training, and mentorship
• Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Eligibility

LSS Wraparound is a family-centered program that supports at-risk children and families by building on their strengths, connecting them to community resources, and creating individualized plans to reputed company families safely together.

RESPONSIBILITIES: The Family Partner uses lived experience with mental and/or behavioral health challenges—personally or as a parent/guardian—to support and reputed company families.

This role works directly with families in the community to promote family preservation, ensuring the family’s voice guides care planning. Responsibilities include providing advocacy, connecting families to community resources, offering parenting support and coaching, and assisting with home management skills to maintain a safe and healthy environment.

The Family Partner builds positive, professional relationships with clients and community partners. Local travel is required, with occasional out-of-town travel.

QUALIFICATIONS

• High School diploma or GED required
• Personal lived experience of navigating the mental health, special education, juvenile justice, or child welfare system; OR raising/have raised a child that has navigated those systems.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.?
• Willingness to submit to record checks to detect criminal convictions of behavior harmful towards children, spousal abuse, distributing drugs or sex crimes.
• Requires a valid driver’s license/auto-insurance or the ability to obtain one with approved driver status.

Only applications submitted through our company page will be considered. Please apply at https://lsssd.org/careers/

LSS Expectations & Core Values

At LSS, we are committed to upholding the following values in reputed company aspects of our work:

Compassionate – We engage with reputed company and provide non-judgmental services. Appreciative – We recognize and reputed company the strengths of our clients and employees. Respectful – We build professional and collaborative relationships with clients, partners, and colleagues. Ethical – We uphold high standards of reputed company and quality in reputed company actions. Strategic – We anticipate and respond proactively to community needs.

LSS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Please note: As part of our hiring process and to meet accreditation requirements, applicants will be asked to complete a prescreen questionnaire.

*Hiring bonus available to external candidates only.

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