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Family and Youth Support Partners… Doing What They Do Best ‘Do For’ ‘Do With’ ‘Cheer On’ Presented by: Youth and Family Training Institute for the Federation
Family and Youth Support Partners Doing What They Do Best Do
For Do With Cheer On Presented by: Youth and Family Training
Institute for the Federation of Families Conference November
13-17,2013
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2 Presented By: Christine Snyder (Family), Credentialed Family
Support Partner (FSP), Family Support Partner Specialist with the
Youth and Family Training Institute Chad Owens (Youth),
Credentialed Youth Support Partner (YSP),Youth Support Partner
Specialist with the Youth and Family Training Institute The Youth
and Family Training Institute is the High Fidelity Wraparound
Training Provider for the Pennsylvania System of Care
Partnership.
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Quotes from Support Partners FSP QUOTE Working as a Family
Support Partner is like someone giving you a puzzle without the
picture. You have to figure out how all the pieces fit in order to
help the family reach their goals. - Mary Motley YSP Quote We are
young professionals that sometimes need more than a little guidance
on how to maintain our role but are very essential to families to
have. We are worth the work. - Anonymous YSP 3
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List three activities of a High Fidelity Wraparound (HFW)
Family and Youth Support Partner Discuss how the HFW Strength,
Needs & Cultural Discovery (SNCD or Discovery) can guide the
work of the support partners To explain the concept of Do For, Do
With & Cheer On Participate in behavioral rehearsals
highlighting the skills that enhance the relationship between the
support partners and the youth/families 4 Goals &
Objectives
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Responsibilities of Support Partners Ensure and empower
youth/family voice and choice with the planning process and actual
plan Support improved self-efficacy and confidence Able to truth
tell with respect to the youth/families and team members Promote
and strengthen healthy relationships and supports. To help rebuild
burned bridges 5
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Responsibilities of Support Partners Continued Help System
Partners/Natural Supports understand the culture and strengths of
the youth/family while staying focused on the overall needs of the
team Use the youth/family personal story effectively to teach
through experiences To communicate as a team with the facilitator
and support partner to assist in positive outcomes for youth/family
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Differences in Responsibilities 7 Youth Support PartnerFamily
Support Partner Provide support directly to the youthProvide
support directly to the family Connects youth with other
youthConnects families with other families Helps others understand
the specific youth culture Can provide support to the youth when a
YSP is not assigned or present Working as a liaison between team
members and youth Working as a liaison between team members and
family members
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Qualifications of Support Partners Strong communication skills
Maintain non-judgmental attitude toward families/youth &
professionals Ability to work with a team and have strong time
management skills Ability to share story appropriately, with
passion, not emotion Should have a high school education or GED
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Qualifications Continued Should have knowledge about resources
within their own community Experience with behavioral health
challenges and self awareness Ability to work with a team of
youth/family members and System Partners Someone who is able to
share their stories to teach through experience and provide HOPE
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Qualifications Continued Must have reliable transportation
Assertive, good sense of humor and common sense Outspoken,
flexible, motivated, self- disciplined Skilled at leading and
inspiring by example 10
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Differences in Qualifications 11 Youth Support PartnerFamily
Support Partner Must have lived experience within a child serving
system (MH/MR, Behavioral Health, Child Welfare, JPO, etc.) or may
be a graduate of the HFW Process A Forever person in the parent
role who has been the primary caregiver of a child with emotional
or behavioral concerns The YSP is generally 2 to 5 years older than
the youth they are working with and under 25 when they become a YSP
Knowledge of child serving systems and capabilities to provide the
knowledge to families Must be successfully managing their own
behavioral health challenges/support (if needed) Has been there or
may still be going through it (offers a unique perspective)
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Training/ Credentialing (PA Specific) All High Fidelity
Wraparound (HFW) workforce members in PA receive 5 days of team
training Mastering of skill-sets created by YFTI for the FSP and
YSP roles as demonstrated by live observation, videotaping and
documentation reviews Completed credentialing packet that is
submitted to and maintained by YFTI Average length of time from
credentialing has gone from 27 months to 12 months since the
program began. ** FSPs and YSPs work from skill sets that are
unique to their individual roles, they receive coaching that keeps
them true to the skill sets and are working with the youth and
their families as described in their plan. 12
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Support 3 hours of coaching/supervision a week until
credentialed (and is encouraged to continue after) On-going
learning activities to be supported and documented by team coach
(Professional Development Plans) 13
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Do For: Show them how to do it Do With: Help them do it Cheer
On: Watch them run with it If you give a person a fish they will
eat for a day. If you teach them to fish they will eat for a
lifetime. 14 Concept of Do For, Do With and Cheer On
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ACTIVITY Learning how to fish 15
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Strength Need Cultural Discovery(SNCD) It is a true story about
the family and youth which includes the needs, strengths and
cultural from the information given from the family, youth,
supports and system partners. 16
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Discovery What is it Strengths Something the family and youth
enjoy The good things the family and youth do well The overall
things that are going well within the family and youth 17
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Needs Can be identified by family and youth They are not a
service Can be short or long term System partners and supports can
contribute to needs 18 Discovery
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Cultural Not just ethnicity It is what the family and youth
believe in It is how the family and youth function 19
Discovery
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Discovery/SNCD ACTIVITY 20
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How the SNCD guides the work Strengths and cultural pieces help
in planning around the needs Therefore having needs identified by
the family, youth, and team help in building the steps to help the
family be successful 21
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RECAP 22 Questions And Answers
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Thanks Youth and Family Training Institute www.yftipa.org
System of Care Partnership www.pasocpartnership.org National
Wraparound Initiative www.nwi.pdx.edu Federation of Families
www.ffcmh.org 23 Special Thanks
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Additional Information: Shannon Fagan, Director of YFTI
[email protected] Christine Snyder, Family Support Partner
Specialist [email protected] Chad Owens, Youth Support Partner
Specialist [email protected] 24