Father Support Specialist

Description

The Father Support Specialist builds partnerships with fathers and professionals. The Father Support Specialist is committed to promoting a non-judgmental and respectful attitude when working with fathers and families, assisting them with their plan goals through empowerment, education and skill-building activities that increase confidence in parenting their children.

Primary Functions:

• Provide peer support to fathers and families.
• Assist fathers in achieving their stated goals.
• Deliver education and activities that meet needs, build on strengths and achieve outcomes.

Collaborate with other individuals involved in providing support and care to fathers and families receiving services.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

• Support fathers as a peer parent, someone with common experiences and to assist with partnering with other child-serving agencies in the community.
• Participate with fathers and the family in forming and maintaining effective individualized service plans.
• Offer support and encouragement to fathers and families in their homes, the community and/or trainings at the Family Involvement Center.
• Serve as a mentor and advocate, supporting fathers in communicating their needs and accomplishments.
• Promote the individual family culture through individual strength-based support services.
• Build partnerships with professionals through non-adversarial advocacy.
• Responsible for meeting productivity, quality and supervision standards as determined by Program Manager.
• Assist in the ongoing development and evaluation of the service plan.
• Establish and maintain positive and effective working relationships with internal staff, community resources and stakeholders.
• Responsible for understanding; adhering to all internal policies & procedures and training expectations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must be able to demonstrate empathy and clarity to the father and encourage collaboration in working with family, and service plan.
• Must have capacity to work flexible hours including some evening/weekend availability based on the needs of the family served.
• Must be able to drive to father/families’ homes, community events, and meetings at service provider offices or schools.
• Must have skills necessary to engage and work with others from diverse ethnic and cultural groups.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills,
• Must have basic typing/computer processing skills.
• Must have good organization and time management skills.
• Must have High School Diploma or G.E.D. or working towards obtaining either or.
• Must be at least 21 years old
• Must be able to obtain fingerprint clearance through the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and proof of car insurance and dependable transportation.
• Read, understand and abide by Family Involvement Policies and Procedures, Employee Handbook and Training Expectations. Be familiar with the RBHA Provider Manual.
• Attend at minimum, bi-monthly individual supervision with Program Manager.

Employee is responsible for meeting all training requirements in expected timeframes as determined by Program Manager.