Parent Support Worker

Job Description

The Family Support Worker for Parent Support works with parents of children who have been removed from the home to help them develop and obtain resources to complete case plan activities.

• Provides direct in-home services including, but not limited to, parenting skills, life skills, child development and behavior management.
• Support case plan goals through teaching, role modeling, and demonstration.
• Participates in case conferences, family meetings, client assessments, and in the team, decision making process.
• Supervises and transports children and families, as needed.
• Assists families to establish a support network with family, kinship, and community.
• Refers clients to community services, assists in arranging appointments as needed, and getting clients to pertinent appointments as needed.
• Build community resources to help clients complete case plan activities and maintain a positive support system.
• Assists in gathering information for bio-psycho-social assessment.
• Assists in crisis situations.
• Liaison with DFPS, courts, schools, other providers, and communities.
• Completes and maintains written documentation in child / family's case record accurately and within established time frames.
• Supports resource families to maintain placements and help children work toward permanency.
• Participates in supervisory and team meetings, sharing pertinent information about children / family's progress, collateral contracts, and relationships with other agencies / communities.
• Monitors and supervises family interactions.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to working culturally, economically and / or socially diverse populations.
• Provide consistent unconditional support, encouragement, and hope to parents.
• Plan, organize and prioritize responsibilities to ensure adequate, timely services to the parent(s) and documentation of services provided.
• Ability to lead support groups to maximize parent voice, choice, and involvement throughout the reintegration process.
• Reports critical incidents to DFPS verbally within 12 hours, written within 24 hours.
• Implements Saint Francis Ministries policies and follows directives as required. Follows and adheres to all pertinent Saint Francis Ministries Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's), rules personnel policies, and procedures; related accreditation and licensure standards; and federal, state, and local rules, statutes, regulations, and contractual terms.
• Is knowledgeable of and follows all safety procedures.
• Reports unusual incidents through appropriate Risk Management, clinical and safety channels.
• Ensures clients' rights are protected.

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