Family Support Advocate

Description

The Buckeye Ranch is seeking a Family Support Advocate to join our Permanent Family Solutions Network (PFSN). The Family Support Advocate will provide direct case management services and support for children and families and will also provide service coordination and linkage to community resources for both children and family. The Family Support Advocate is skilled in parenting education from infancy to young adulthood, budgeting, home maintenance, childcare, etc. The Family Support Advocate will provide quality enhanced and increased visitation to families of children in kinship and/or foster care to maintain a connection between the child(ren) and their parents and community. The Family Support Advocate is an integral part of the team which includes the family itself, CPS worker/service team and any other team members as desired. The Family Support Advocate will provide additional support to the Family Support Team and all other Agency Departments.

Learn about The Buckeye Ranch:

For decades, The Buckeye Ranch has been restoring hope and providing healing for children, youth, and families in Central Ohio. Our continuum of care addresses every stage and aspect of what children may be experiencing after traumas caused by mental illness, abuse, or neglect. With help from The Buckeye Ranch, they’re empowered to overcome obstacles, tap into their resilience, and move forward toward healthy, fulfilling lives.

What you’ll do:

• Determines the level of immediate and future risk of abuse or neglect to children.
• Establish and maintain contact with area community resources.
• Provide hands-on support and/or training in home maintenance, budgeting, applying for community resources, and any as needed training identified by family, FSS worker or PFSN CPS.
• Complete on-going case utilization management on assigned cases to ensure cases are progressing on the treatment goals.
• Give continued feedback about what to expect with visitation and normalize parent and child feelings and behavior about visitation and involved in the child welfare system.
• Coordinate and lead visitation planning meetings with the service team, family and support within one week after contact is made with the family.

Our benefits:

Benefit effective date: First of the month following 30 days of employment.

• Wonderful medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid Time Off (Three weeks within the first year)
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Company Paid Short Term Disability
• 401K Employer Contribution
• Non-Profit Student Loan Forgiveness Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Referral Program

Qualifications

Who you are:

• You have a high school diploma or GED; bachelor's degree preferred.
• You have at least a year of child welfare, or related, experience.
• You have an active driver’s license and proof of auto insurance.

Applicants are considered for all positions in accordance with statutes and regulations concerning non-discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, non-disqualifying disability, veteran status, or other protected classification. The Buckeye Ranch is an equal opportunity employer, as well as a substance and tobacco free workplace. All offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory pre-employment drug screen, references, FBI/BCI background check, ARCS registries check, and SACWIS database checks.

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Salary : $19 - $24