Social Work Position : Family Support Counselor - Kid First Program

Job Description

Job Description

The KID FIRST (Family Intervention Response & Support Team) Program is an in-home family preservation program focusing on assisting families in crisis. Serving more than 500 families annually for an average of 3-4 months, Family Support Counselors meet with each family on a weekly basis to teach parenting skills and provide case management and crisis intervention.

This is a full-time position responsible for providing in-home wrap around services to at risk families. The FSC makes the initial family assessment, case plan, and discharge report and all documentation required on his / her caseload. He / she also makes referrals to a variety of agencies for the family for follow-up services. The individual must be available 24 / 7 to the families served by the program. Specific responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following :

• Make face to face contact with the family in the family's home at least once a week.
• Complete a family assessment to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the family unit.
• Develop a family preservation plan (case plan) that describes the behavior a family must exhibit to keep the child safe from further harm and / or strengthen the family.
• Maintain detailed files, case log, and weekly progress reports on each assigned family.
• Assist assigned families in improving their relationships, as well as teaching parents how to provide better care, nutrition, hygiene, discipline, protection, instruction, and supervision.
• Help families discover and gain access to community resources which would assist them in meeting their needs, including food, housing, transportation, education, employment, respite care, etc.
• Provide any other additional reasonable services for the prevention of maltreatment and unnecessary foster care as may be needed in order to strengthen a family at risk.
• Provide 24 hour emergency on-call assistance for assigned families.
• Attend court hearings as required.

Skills / Requirements

Kids In Distress is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer , a Drug Free Workplace and requires drug testing.

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