Family Support Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Many parents wonder about when their child should walk, talk, and be potty trained. With Healthy Families and as a Family Support Specialist, our parents obtain all the information they need to know about child development. Family Support Specialist and parents collaborate to create personalized service plans which include setting meaningful and attainable goals, administering developmental screens, ensuring home safety, connecting to community services, teaching positive discipline strategies, and helping parents navigate through the joys and struggles of all aspects of parenthood.

FAMILY SUPPORT SPECIALIST ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

• Implements effective engagement and retention strategies in order to meet and maintain caseload requirements.
• Identifies and assists families in accessing needed resources and social services.
• Works with assigned families to develop Family Goal Plans specific to their unique needs.
• Promotes effective parent-child interaction through teachings and activities that enhance and strengthen bonding and parenting skills.
• Provides in-home parent education to families using program approved curricula (i.e. Growing Great Kids, Inc).
• Establishes an individual record for each family and maintains accurate documentation of any and all activities related to service delivery and submits all corresponding data according to program requirements.
• Administers assessment tools at established intervals.
• Manages time and resources effectively through good organization and prioritization of work by utilizing positive problem solving skills.
• Demonstrates a strong work ethic and contributes to positive working relationships.
• Attends and travels to home visits, trainings, meetings, staff development activities as required.
• Attends and is prepared for weekly supervision.
• Works within the philosophy of function of the Children’s Home Network.

FAMILY SUPPORT SPECIALIST MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS :

PREFERRED QUAIFICATIONS :

COMPETENCIES & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT :

Annual Training Requirements : The following training is provided annually : Sexual Harassment, Blood-born Pathogens, Workplace Accident Prevention and Reporting, Confidentiality and Privacy Practices, Diversity / Cultural Competency, Child Abuse and Neglect Mandated Reporter Statutes and Methods, Prevention of Violence in the Workplace, OSHA–related training, Crisis Prevention, and Program Goals.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES :

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL SKILLS :

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS :

BENEFITS :

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.