Family Support Specialist

About the role

The Family Support Specialist provides home-based prevention services focusing on supporting the parent-child relationship, attachment, and family enhancement through child development education, play, goal setting, assessments, and coordination of services/activities for overburdened families. This position reports directly to the HF Supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Conducts home visits virtually or in-person and assesses family needs and provide case management services when necessary, while promoting self-sufficiency.
• Utilizes child development curriculum with each family and promote positive parent-child relationships.
• Utilizes floor time to support play within the parent and child relationship.
• Utilizes appropriate limit setting and boundaries. Acts as a positive role model.
• Maintains necessary assessments and documentation in accordance with agency and funding source requirements.
• Participates in and comes prepared for weekly supervision with Program Supervisor.
• Collaborates with other community services.
• Attends and participates in all scheduled Healthy Families conferences, seminars, in-service training and parent events.
• Maintains all Healthy Families quality assurance standards, ie. Home visitation rate, etc.
• Participates in agency Continuous Quality Improvement activities.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Associates or Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or related behavioral health field preferred.
• High School Diploma and two years of experience in related field.
• Ability to interact effectively with families.
• Knowledge in family life skills.
• Knowledge of child development.
• Experience in working with at-risk children and their families.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to cultural differences.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Able to work effectively on a family support team.
• Flexibility in scheduling (able to work limited nights and weekends).
• Ability to obtain/maintain a level 1 fingerprint clearance card.
• Bilingual Spanish preferred, but not required.

Qualifications

• Valid AZ driver's license: has a valid level 1 fingerprint clearance card or is able to pass a background check and a driving background check REQUIRED.

Skills

• Sitting for extended periods of time daily;
• Standing and walking short distances;
• Moderate twisting, bending, stooping and lifting up to 40 pounds in the performance of assigned duties;
• Normal manual dexterity and eye-hand coordination required;
• Repeated hand-wrist movement required;
• Ability to use a variety of office equipment and machines as referenced.

Benefits

Flexible scheduling (able to work limited nights and weekends);

Opportunity to improve the lives of those around you;

Accessible programming that helps parents be the best they can be and allows children to thrive;

Committed team dedicated to helping others;

Opportunity to make a difference.