Family Support Specialist - Safe Families Oklahoma - FT

Description

Safe Families Oklahoma, a project managed by It’s My Community Initiative, is a mission-driven, innovative strategy for offering temporary living solutions for children. We focus on minimizing the risk for abuse or neglect, while giving vulnerable parents the time they need to help their families thrive, through the engagement of churches and a volunteer network of host families, coaches, and family friends.

This position matches a social worker or case manager with a heart for connecting the local church with vulnerable children and families, a background and interest in helping people take steps to grow and a passion to empower volunteers to discover and use their gifts to move the mission forward. Strengthening families through hosting support, community referrals and volunteer connections. This person will assess family needs, identify opportunities for support and make referrals to other community partners to strengthen their overall support system.

• Screen incoming referrals to confirm program eligibility and conduct initial intake assessments. 
• Collaborate with participants and their support system (Circle of Support) to establish an individualized goal plan. 
• Provide referrals to community resources. Educate participants and their support system of available resources and assist them in establishing needed services. Act as an advocate and empower participants to increase self-sufficiency.
• Provide supportive counsel in response to the psychosocial impact of coping with but not limited to unemployment, houselessness, physical and/or mental illness, intimate partner violence, grief and trauma.
• Provide crisis intervention through rapid assessment and work with other service providers to develop crisis intervention plans. 
• Complete all program documentation and ongoing case notes into the Safe Families National database, ensuring timeliness, accuracy and proper procedures are followed.
• Based on identified needs create, plan, and coordinate volunteer training opportunities and connection for regional volunteers and church partners.
• Strategically connect all volunteers to their network and help provide initial connection and ongoing support.
• Plan and coordinate Family Coach Training events throughout the year for ongoing support, training and development.
• Collaborate with Leadership Regional Community Engagement Leader to present at community outreach events and cultivate partnerships with other nonprofit organizations, schools, hospitals, and other agencies or service providers that fit within the scope of Safe Families Oklahoma.
• Contribute to SFO social media accounts and webpage.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work or related fields, required.
• 4 years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of Bachelor’s degree
• Master’s degree in Social Work or related fields, preferred.

• 3 years of experience working in social services, child welfare and/or human services, preferred.
• Experience working with database/management information systems, preferred.

• Familiarity and experience with faith-based or similar programs/services, to include outreach, intake, and case management, preferred.
• Experience regarding customer service/volunteer management, preferred.

• Proficient in all Microsoft Office Applications, required
• Excellent verbal and written skills, required
• Ability to work independently, required
• Strong attention to detail, organizational and critical thinking skills, required
• Must have high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations with tact and diplomacy
• Must have valid Drivers License
• Frequent in-state travel, occasional overnight travel