Family Safety Support Specialist

About the Role

Professional Services Group is hiring for the SAFE Worker position. Join our dynamic team dedicated to helping families achieve their greatest potential through the Rock Safety and Family Engagement (SAFE) Program. This program provides community-based services to at-risk children, youth, and families referred by CPS and Ongoing Units of Rock County Human Services. As a SAFE Worker, you’ll play a vital role in promoting child safety, strengthening family engagement, and supporting positive permanency outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct face-to-face contacts with youth and families in homes, community settings, schools, and other approved locations.
• Assess family strengths, needs, safety concerns, and barriers impacting child and family well-being.
• Review, implement, and monitor safety plans, service plans, and case plan goals to support child safety and family engagement.
• Partner with families to build skills, strengthen protective capacities, and support progress toward case plan objectives.
• Facilitate, monitor, and support safe family interactions between children and their parents or caregivers.
• Provide parent coaching to strengthen parenting practices, improve parent-child interactions, and support healthy family relationships.
• Exercise sound judgment in responding to crisis situations and utilizing de-escalation strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Criminal Justice, or a related field is required.
• Experience working in child welfare is preferred.

Requirements

• Must have reliable transportation, a valid driver's license, and automobile insurance.

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours per week. Schedule includes daytime, evening, weekend, and/or holiday hours as needed.

Pay

$21.00 per hour.

Benefits

• Mileage reimbursement.
• Competitive benefits package, including paid time off, company holidays, health, vision, dental, and life insurance.
• Short-term disability, 401k, and profit sharing.
• Pet insurance and Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• One health insurance plan with employee-only coverage offered with no monthly premium.

Location

Janesville, WI. Local travel is required throughout the Rock County area for client visits.