Family Intervention Specialist – Biloxi, MS

Nichols College; Dudley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job description

Family Intervention Specialist – Biloxi, MS

Recruitment began on April 2, 2025

and the job listing Expires on April 30, 2025

Position Summary: Family Intervention Specialists help identify personal and interactive problems and provide individual, family counseling and case management services to child and family in the home, with interventions focusing primarily on the family and addressing the school, peers, community and individual needs.

• Providing in-home counseling services for at-risk youth and families
• Managing a small case load of four to six families to provide quality counseling
• Meeting with youth and families three times weekly to address each family’s needs
• Providing after hours support to youth and families through being on-call to personal caseloads Monday-Friday and rotating weekend and overnight on-call duties
• Collaborating with youth, family, teachers, and other community members working towards the success of the youth; that could be attending court or meeting with teachers; it depends on what your families’ needs are in any given week
• Providing a strengths-based approach utilizing counseling and social work skills
• Attend three weekly meetings (individual, team, and clinical consultation) for professional development to help enhance clinical skills

Additional Information

• Schedule is flexible and non-traditional; based around the availability of youth and families served.
• Applicants must have a valid driver’s license, a personal vehicle to use for work purposes and auto insurance.
• Community-based staff will be reimbursed for applicable mileage

Requirements

Experience with direct case work (required)
Eligible for DMH credentials (preferred)