Family Advocate Counselor-Pediatrics (CDD)

Responsibilities

• Identifies participant’s eligibility through intakes daily via phone, walk-ins, and referrals from other agencies.
• Conducts home visits to assess family eligibility and environment-include monthly and/or quarterly contacts.
• Develops an individualized Action plan – Action plan is developed in collaboration with the caregiver in order for the family to receive appropriate services.
• Determines specific needs of families through assessments and interviews with the family.
• Completes family redeterminations, case graduations, and case closures.
• Provides monthly or quarterly face-to-face meetings or phone contact with program participants.
• Maintains accurate case notes on clients from initial contact up to and ending with case closure; submits accurate monthly reports denoting the number of client contacts and activities, successes, and challenges.
• Collaborates with outreach agencies to secure additional resources to gain greater family stability.
• Attends workshops pertaining to family preservation; links families to supports and services in the community.

Qualifications

• EDUCATION: Bachelor’s Degree. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)
• EXPERIENCE: Two (2) years of experience working with children and families; OR Master’s Degree and one (1) year of experience of experience working with children and families; OR a combination of education and experience to equal 6 years.