Family Support Specialist, Healthy Families
CAMBA is a community of staff, volunteers, clients, donors, neighbors and partners who work together to build an inclusive New York City, where all children and adults have access to the resources and supports they need to thrive. We take a comprehensive approach by offering more than 180 integrated programs in: Education & Youth Development, Family Support, Job Training & Employment Support Services, Health, Housing, and Legal Services. We reach almost 80,000 individuals and families, including almost 13,000 youth. CAMBA serves a diverse cross section of New Yorkers from new mothers in Brownsville to job seekers in the Rockaways. More than half of our clients are immigrants and refugees from around the globe. Over 85% of our families are living in poverty, reflecting the challenges faced by nearly 1.7 million New Yorkers today. CAMBA’s Healthy Families Program offers voluntary home visiting services to pregnant or newly parenting families living in zip codes 11226, 11233, 11218, 11225, 11210, 11238 Brooklyn communities. The Healthy Families CAMBA home visiting program matches parents with knowledgeable and caring workers who provide information and support during pregnancy and early childhood.
Location: 955 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11226. Status: Full‑time.
Responsibilities
- Initiate and maintain regular and long‑term (up to three or five years) contact and support with families.
- Conduct visits primarily in the family’s home, each visit lasting at least one hour; virtual visits as needed.
- Provide family‑centered, strength‑based interventions aimed at establishing trusting relationships, strengthening parent‑child bonds, promoting healthy childhood growth and development, and enhancing family well‑being by reducing risk and building protective factors.
- Provide support to individuals and/or families requiring social service assistance.
- Assess applicants for services and develop service plans and goals with client input.
- Provide referrals to community resources for participants.
- Create and maintain participant files.
- Provide all required information for weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in human services, Social Work, Early Education, Child Development or a directly related field; OR high school diploma plus at least 1 year of experience working with or providing services to children and their families, and/or community outreach to underserved communities.
- Good communication and writing skills.
- Knowledge of community resources to make appropriate referrals based on family needs.
- Experience working with or providing services to children and their families.
- Ability to establish trusting relationships and accept individual differences.
- Humility to work with culturally diverse families.
- Knowledge of infant and child development.
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