Navigator Family Advocate

Job Description

Job Description

For more than 126 years, Epworth has grown and adapted to the individual needs of children and families by providing a safe and nurturing environment, evidence-based practices, and programs across the continuum of care and across the state of South Carolina.

Summary

Responsible for walking alongside families who have been identified as needing assistance with more intense community referrals or basic needs, legal capacity, financial stability, or caregiver support

Primary Performance Objectives

• Partner with kinship families to assess their needs and make appropriate referrals
• Develop case plans, providing the necessary level of coaching and support to help families achieve their goals
• Responsible for quality case records on each client, tracking families served
• Ensure integrity of case files and fidelity to model
• Help caregivers to obtain and complete / submit forms and applications in office
• Assist kinship caregivers in utilizing community resources and social support systems
• Maintain regular and consistent contact with kinship families in the office, in the community or remotely as needed.
• Facilitate regular information sessions, groups and trainings designed to educate kinship families and foster connections among caregivers
• Collaborate with community partners, attend outreach events as scheduled
• Advocate alongside kinship families for access to services to achieve their goals
• Participate in Epworth's 24-hour emergency on-call assistance

Duties and Responsibilities

Qualifications

What Epworth Children's Home offers full time employees :

The mission of Epworth is to serve children, youth and families through caring, safe, Christian communities, where hurts are healed, hope is nurtured, and faith in God, self, and others is developed.