Parent Aide

About the Role

Under the general supervision of the Clinical Supervisor or designee, this position works to make a meaningful difference in the lives of the children and families served. The Parent Aide works closely with youth, family, foster parents, and community partners, providing advocacy and support toward the ultimate goal of living safely and successfully in the community.

Responsibilities

• Actively supports, represents, and extends the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
• Provides in-home supportive services, transportation, parenting education, counseling, community resource referral, advocacy, and other social service interventions to youth and families, meeting or exceeding established outcomes thresholds.
• Travels daily to provide community-based services to, and on behalf of, youth and families in compliance with organizational, contract, and regulatory requirements.
• Completes all required documentation and trainings in a timely manner.
• Coordinates and monitors services for youth and families in the community, including mental health, medical, educational, psychological, vocational, and social services.
• Regularly reviews and modifies youth-based plans to assure consistent progress and success on written plan goals.
• Establishes and maintains strong relationships with assigned foster parents and families of origin.
• Assists in family reunification and/or stabilization efforts with the youth’s primary family or other permanent living arrangement consistent with the youth’s case plan.
• Provides safety assessment, crisis response, and behavioral stabilization services as required to assure safety and stability for youth served.
• Consistently achieves established productivity thresholds.
• Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement activities on a monthly/quarterly basis.
• Actively participates in the weekly supervision process.
• Supervises visitations of children who are not living with their birth families, as needed.
• Assists assigned families with time management, life skill development, transportation, child development education, home management, nutrition, child supervision, and problem solving.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or comparable Human Services field from an accredited institution.
• 2 years of work experience working in direct service with youth and families strongly preferred.
• Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and automotive insurance ($100,000/$300,000 bodily injury).
• Willingness to work flexible and non-traditional hours in service of families of origin and persons served.
• Capacity to be flexible, responsive, objective, and professional in all areas of job function.
• Demonstrates tolerance and respect for diverse ideas, cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds, ethnicities, religions, and races.
• Proficient use of desktop and laptop computers, smartphones, tablets, printers, fax machines, photocopiers, and software including word processing, spreadsheet, and database programs.

All employees must hold and maintain automobile liability insurance coverage of $100,000/$300,000.

Benefits

Benefits listed are for eligible employees as outlined by our benefit policy.