What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Support and Engagement Specialist-Healthy Families position at Kids in Distress?
This position is responsible for initiating and maintaining regular long-term home visiting services and providing referrals to other needed support services. Specific responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: making weekly (or less frequent) home visits for a caseload of families; providing education on parenting, child development and child and home safety; completing child developmental and various parent screens; modeling and facilitating positive parent-child interactions using curriculum; assisting families in creating and achieving goals; linking families to community resources, as needed; completing and submitting all required documentation; participating in weekly supervision; attending required training, team meetings and community related events.
Additional duties may include but are not limited to:
- Reviewing screens/referrals to determine eligibility
- Initiating outreach to potential participants
- Completing the HFFAT within 30 days of enrollment
- Making appropriate referrals for ancillary services.
Requirements:
- Bilingual in English and Creole (preferred but not required).
- Must have at a minimum, a high school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) and at least one year of experience working with children or families.
- Must have the following skills, experiences, and abilities: ability to establish trusting relationships, experience in working with or providing services to children and families, acceptance of individual differences, experience and humility to work with the culturally diverse populations which are present among the program's target population, knowledge of infant and child development, willingness to engage in building reflective capacity.
- Candidate must be computer literate and have the ability to complete documents in Microsoft Word.
- Strong organizational and scheduling skills, and the ability to work independently conducting home visits within the community.
- Must be able to work flexible hours to meet the needs of participants in the program.
- Must have transportation and be willing to visit clients in their homes. Valid Florida Driver's License with full access to a reliable vehicle with appropriate insurance coverage (proof of insurance is required).
