Family Support Worker

About the role

Embracing Heart Supportive Services is seeking a Family Support Worker to help families stay together and come back together. This position ensures safe, nurturing family contact by supervising parent-child interactions and assisting parents in learning and improving parenting and life skills.

Responsibilities

• Supports case plan goals through teaching, role modeling, and demonstration
• Provides intensive, hands-on assistance and education to the family in an effort to successfully complete their goals
• Serves as a resource for life skills, parenting skills, supervised visitation, and other services in the client's home or a community-based setting
• Maintains safety by monitoring family interactions and client behaviors, identifying and protecting the safety of all participants, and assisting in finding community resources
• Attends family team meetings, client assessments, stakeholder meetings, and case conferences, school conferences, and court appearances as appropriate
• Provides transportation of clients, as needed, using a personal vehicle
• Completes written documentation for the client's file in a timely manner

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a human relations field or enrollment in a related field within two semesters of completion
• Associate degree or some college plus two years of experience or lived experience equivalent to a bachelor’s degree
• High School diploma and relevant experience or lived experience in the human services field
• Pass required background checks and have a valid Nebraska driver’s license without serious driving-related offenses
• Have access to a reliable vehicle and carry minimum requirements of auto insurance
• Be at least 18 years of age
• Be eligible to work in the United States
• Pass physical examinations and drug tests if required, and have no history of child abuse or neglect

Qualifications

• Ability to pass physical examinations and drug tests if required

Skills

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Knowledge of human services principles and practices
• Experience working with families and children

Benefits

• Flexible schedule with the option to work weekends

Pay

• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications