What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Support Management position at Shoulders of Strength?
Family Support Coordinator
Shoulders of Strength’s wants dedicated staff to provide exemplary services to participants and their families. Are you DRIVEN? Do you enjoy HELPING others? Help create opportunities that allow others to live the best life possible!
VISION: Shoulders of Strength, Inc. strives to continuously provide families with the appropriate supports to empower them to live and work independently in their chosen community.
NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED!
You will be a Family Support Coordinator for our Early Steps program assisting children with developmental delays aging from 0-3 years old. You are required to have reliable transportation for meetings outside of the office and willing to travel in the NW Louisiana region. You must be able to work in a fast-paced office, be susceptible to change, multi-task, and bare a caseload.
The functions of the Shoulders of Strength FSC’s include, but are not limited to:
- Maintains documentation of ongoing services that includes meeting notifications, notices of action, IFSP reviews, annual evaluations and new IFSPs, key correspondence (letters/emails to parents or providers, documentation of phone conversations regarding requests to change providers, change dates of meetings, etc,) and consents to release information in each enrolled child’s early intervention record.
- Assist family to select ongoing providers (Provider Selection Form), if a change in providers is needed.
- Create authorizations for essential and necessary developmental assessments and participation of team members at team meetings (Request for Authorization)
- Facilitating the annual IFSP Team Meeting and completing the Annual IFSP.
- Assist family in locating available provider(s) for identified IFSP services through the review of the service matrix (Provider Selection Form, Request for Authorizations).
- Facilitating and monitoring the provision of services, including revisions and 6 month review.
- Facilitate the Transition team meeting identifying next steps.
- Compiling and generating reports.
- Maintain a fifty (50) client caseload
SKILLS:
Good written and oral communication abilities
Excellent time management and coordination abilities
Team player
Good problem solving and decision-making abilities
Positive professional caring attitude
EDUCATION:
Must possess at least a Bachelor's in Psychology, Social Work, or a related Human Service Field.
