What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Assessment Worker/Family Support Worker - Healthy Families America position at Community Care Alliance?
Job Description
Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION :
Conducts the Healthy Families America family assessment with families to determine eligibility for home visitation services. Makes referrals to appropriate community-based services and coaches families related to parent-child relationship building. Initiates and maintains contact with families through home visitation, guides family development through Growing Great Kids curriculum and assists families with linkages to community resources. Functions as a team member to promote program growth and assist program leadership with marketing home visitation.
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE :
- Conducts the Healthy Families America assessment tool to determine eligibility for home visitation and other available services.
- Develops, monitors and updates family plans on a regular basis using family goals and priorities. Completes required documentation including database entry according to Agency standards and Department of Health guidelines.
- Assists parents in strengthening their parent child relationship through information, coaching and modeling. Identifies and guides referrals to other services in the community and as identified with the family.
- Functions as a team member in program development. Attends and participates in team meetings, program events and outreach as directed by supervisor.
- Actively participating in supervision that is regular, reflective and collaborative in nature. As appropriate, takes the initiative to seek supervisory support. Incorporates constructive direction from supervisor to improve job performance.
- Maintains agency and funding source client privacy and program confidentiality standards.
- Participate in required training and home visitation network meetings.
- Collaborate with community partners as needed to achieve family and program goals.
- Demonstrate cooperative, flexible and positive human relations, treating consumers and colleagues with dignity and respect.
- Maintains family census in accordance with HFA guidelines - prorated for part-time staff as appropriate.
- Other duties as assigned and requested by the Clinical Supervisor.
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Community Care Alliance provides an array of services and supports that are linked together so people can access help for their unique situations. Our goal is to help all members of our community become healthier, more self-reliant and better informed to meet their economic, social and emotional challenges.
Community Care Alliance is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or disability.
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