Family Support Specialist

TITLE OF POSITION: Family Support Specialist
COMPONENT: Healthy Families

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent; college coursework preferred. Experience working with or providing services to children and families.

•  An ability to establish trusting relationships;
• Acceptance of individual differences;
• Experience and willingness to work with the culturally diverse populations present among the site’s target population;
• Knowledge of infant and child development;
• Open to reflective practice (i.e. has capacity for introspection, communicates awareness of self in relation to others, recognizes value of supervision, etc.)
• Infant mental health endorsement preferred

Forty (40) hours of agency training relevant to: Healthy Families project goals, services, policies and operating procedures; relationships with other community resources; child abuse/neglect indicators and reporting requirements; history and philosophy of home visiting; universal precautions for violence; client rights; confidentiality; client grievance; incident reporting; cultural competency; HIV/AIDS information; infection control; safety; community resources. Completion of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Basic First Aid training (within six months of hiring). Compliance with minimum standards for screening of mental health personnel as contained in FS 394.4572. Successful completion of State sponsored Healthy Families core training.

Life Management Center maintains and enforces a drug-free workplace policy. Applicants are required to be drug tested prior to employment. Under certain circumstances, employees may also be required to submit to drug and/or alcohol testing. Information on the Drug-Free Workplace Policy is contained in the employee Handbook and set forth in the Drug-Free Workplace Policy, available through the Human Resources Department and the organization’s website at www.lifemanagementcenter.org.

POSITIONS SUPERVISED: None
SUPERVISED BY: Healthy Families Program Supervisor
POSITIONS SUPERVISED: None
WAGE AND HOUR STATUS: Non-exempt/Hourly

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Participate in Family Support planning and reviews.
2. Perform away-from-Center intervention activities that:

• Identify unmet needs and link with community resources
• Strengthen parent/child relationships
• Optimize the home environment
• Strengthen family problem solving activities and self-advocacy skills
• Monitor the normal growth and development of the target child.

3. Coordinate client services with other internal providers.
4. Review hospital and clinic records.
5. Staff referrals with program staff.
6. Travel between multiple work sites.
7. Obtain and forward for data entry all information necessary for case openings. Maintain client service delivery schedule.
8. Assist with preparation, planning, and/or set-up for Healthy Families fund-raising events and working events that are specifically geared for family appreciation events and fund raising for the Healthy Families Bay program. 9. Perform client related documentation in accordance with program and Center policies and procedures and contract provisions as applicable.
10. Perform data collection as specified by contract.
11. Initiate and participate in activities for staff, program and Center development.