Parent Mentor (Bend) - Mothers

TITLE: Parent Mentor – Mothers
POSITION: Full-Time/ In-Person
LOCATION: City (Bend) Deschutes County, Crook County, and Jefferson County
Typical Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 4.30pm
SALARY: $21.64/hr. - $23.85/hr.
Travel Required: Yes
**Please note: This position will require travel to serve parents in Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook Counties. Candidates residing in Deschutes county are encouraged to apply.**
Morrison Child and Family Services: We are a Joint Commission and Sanctuary accredited non-profit organization that provides a comprehensive array of services to children, adolescents, and their families. As an agency, Morrison, its team members, and clients commit to the
following values of trauma-informed care:
Nonviolence - being safe and doing the right thing
Emotional Intelligence - managing our feelings so we don’t hurt ourselves or others
Social Learning - respecting and sharing ideas of our teams
Democracy - shared decision making whenever possible
Open Communication - saying what we mean and not being mean when we say it
Social Responsibility - everyone makes a contribution to the organizational culture
Growth and Change - creating hope for our clients and ourselves
Are you a parent in recovery? Do you have lived experience of addiction, recovery, and DHS child welfare involvement? Come support parents’ efforts to reunite with their children and find their path to recovery. Morrison Child & Family Services is seeking females (Mothers) with shared and or lived experiences of addiction recovery with a closed DHS Child Welfare case.
The Parent Mentor Program offers a supportive & inspiring workplace for people in recovery,
including an employee resource group for staff of color. Our motto is: RECOVERY FIRST-
FAMILY SECOND-WORK THIRD!
Position Summary:
The Parent Mentor program matches Parent Mentors who have lived experience of involvement with ODHS child welfare and are currently living a recovery lifestyle with parents currently entering the Child Welfare system. Parent Mentors are role models demonstrating the possibility of change and a healthy life as a parent in recovery