What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Support Worker position at Project Self-Sufficiency?
Interested applicants are encourage to submit a resume and cover letter to the attention of:
Deborah Berry-Toon, Executive Director
Project Self-Sufficiency
127 Mill Street
Newton, NJ 07860
Fax: 973-940-3501
Email: pss@projectselfsufficiency.org
Family Support Worker
The Family Support Worker (FSW) is responsible for establishing and maintaining a regular and long-term relationship with the family.
FSW will outreach families referred to Central Intake or through a Service Provider.
FSW will use a standardized screening tool to determine eligibility for home visitation services.
Activity will occur primarily within the participant’s home; each visit should last for at least one hour.
The interventions should be family-centered and strength-based.
Interview/conduct the Family Resilience and Opportunities for Growth (FROG) Scale with parents to identify strengths/risk factors to support the family throughout home visitation services.
Establish a trusting relationship.
Assist in strengthening parent-child relationships.
Assist parents in improving their skills to optimize the home environment
Assist in increasing the family support system and increase the family’s ability to solve problems and assume the role of advocating for themselves and their children.
Responsible for assisting the family in establishing goals and a plan for the accomplishment of those goals. The assessment of the normal growth and development of the target child.
Identify and refer to other supportive agencies, including healthcare appointments.
Screening and selection of Family Support Workers (FSW) includes consideration of characteristics including, but not limited to the following:
Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent.
Preferably at least 2 years of experience in working with or providing services to children and families.
Acceptance of individual differences.
Ability to establish trusting relationships.
Experience and humility to work with culturally diverse families, and those experiencing trauma and/or domestic violence.
Knowledge of infant and child development.
Willingness to engage in building reflective capacity (e.g., capacity for introspection, communicating awareness of self in relation to others, recognizing value of supervision, etc.).
Infant Mental Health Endorsement preferred.
Flexible availability to include weeknight/weekend hours as allowed by agency policy; and
Travel throughout New Jersey to obtain required multi-day training for the model and/or agency.
Health benefits, on-site childcare, and 401K plan available. Competitive salary commensurate with previous experience, references, and other factors.