Family Support Specialist

About the role

This position provides in-home visitation services to enrolled participants, providing linkage and referral to other services and support to enhance family functioning.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and maintain regular and long-term (up to five years) contact and support with families.
• Administer the Family Resilience and Opportunities for Growth Scale (FROG) Scale and other screening tools.
• Identify and refer families for other supportive services, including health care services.
• Aid families in establishing goals and supporting them throughout the process.
• Implement activities outlined on the Family Service Plan to address areas of concern identified on the FROG scale.
• Prepare required monthly, quarterly, and annual statistical reports.
• Maintain up-to-date and accurate records for families on GGK curriculum, HFA data, and other required records.
• Participate in training according to requirements of HFA guidelines, GKI, and DOH contract.
• Implement GGK curriculum and HFA strategies to enrollees through weekly home visits.
• Provide case management to families on caseload.
• Attend training and other mandatory meetings.

Requirements

• Experience in working with or providing services to children and their families.
• An ability to establish trusting relationships.
• Knowledge of infant and child development.
• Acceptance of individual differences.
• Experience and humility to work with the culturally diverse families.
• Willingness to engage in building reflective capacity.
• Preferred: Infant Mental Health Endorsement.

Qualifications

• Education Level: Bachelor’s degree in psychology, social work, or other behavioral health care field required.
• Years Of Experience: Two years professional experience working directly with youth and families in a child welfare, school, childcare, criminal justice behavioral health or related setting preferred.

Skills & Abilities

• Establishing trusting relationships.
• Knowledge of infant and child development.
• Acceptance of individual differences.
• Working with culturally diverse families.
• Engaging in building reflective capacity.

Benefits

Delivering care that changes people's lives starts with our employees. Below are just some of the great benefits Centerstone employees enjoy:

• Medical, dental, and vision health coverage.
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.
• 403b retirement plan with company match.
• Paid time off and ten paid holidays.
• AD&D Insurance, Life Insurance, and Long Term Disability (company paid).
• Employee Resource Groups.
• Continuing education opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Program.

Pay

$15.75--$22.00

Schedule

Full time