Family Support Specialist - Douglas

Child & Family Resources; Douglas (AZ); On-site; USD 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Child & Family Resources, Inc. in Cochise County seeks a Family Support Specialist to deliver home-based prevention services, strengthen parent-child relationships, and promote child development education through structured play and goal setting.

Responsibilities include conducting home visits, utilizing development curricula, coordinating with community services, and maintaining required documentation. Evening or weekend scheduling may be required; bilingual Spanish is preferred.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent; Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or related field or two years related experience preferred.
• Ability to interact effectively with families.
• Knowledge of family life skills.
• Knowledge of child development.
• Experience working with at-risk children and families.
• Sensitivity to cultural differences.
• Ability to build trusting relationships.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work well on a family support team.
• Flexibility in scheduling, including limited nights and weekends.
• License and insurance requirements including Arizona driver’s license, vehicle registration, and liability insurance.
• Eligible and able to obtain Level one fingerprint clearance.

Responsibilities

• Conducts home visits virtually or in-person and assesses family needs and provides case management services.
• Utilizes child development curriculum to support positive parent-child relationships.
• Promotes play using floor time within the parent-child relationship.
• Maintains assessments and documentation per agency and funding source requirements.
• Participates in supervision with Program Supervisor.
• Coordinates with other community services.
• Attends health, family conferences, trainings and parent events.
• Adheres to quality assurance standards and participates in CQI initiatives.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Cultural sensitivity

Written & oral communication

Teamwork

Bilingual Spanish

Flexibility

Education

High School Diploma or equivalence

Bachelor's Degree in Social Work or related field

Job description

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The Family Support Specialist in Cochise County is responsible for providing 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.

SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• 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.
• Coordinates 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.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of High School Diploma or equivalent. Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or related behavioral health field or two years of experience in related field preferred.
• 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 build trusting relationships.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to work effectively on a family support team.
• Flexibility in scheduling (able to work limited nights and weekends).
• Adhere to the schedule agreed upon with the supervisor.
• Willing to engage in Reflective Practice.
• Infant Toddler Mental Health Endorsement preferred.
• Bilingual Spanish Preferred.
• Must be able to provide direct service to the designated client base in the Cochise County area.
• Maintain a functional and safe home working space with adequate internet connection for the job.
• Comply with all agency and program policies and procedures including confidentiality, employee conduct, computer usage and dress code.
• Meet program/department’s performance and productivity standards.
• Attend required agency and program/department meetings.
• Adhere to the schedule agreed upon with the supervisor.
• Follow and model CFR’s core values.
• Participate in PQI initiatives.
• Must be eligible and able to obtain a Level one fingerprint card.
• Must have a valid Arizona driver’s license, Arizona vehicle registration, and meet agency and Arizona liability insurance requirements.

ABILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• 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.
• Ability to use a variety of office equipment and machines as referenced.
• Normal manual dexterity and eye-hand coordination required.
• Repeated hand-wrist movement required.

The nature of the position involves a fast paced working environment with multitasking of many different duties and tasks. General daily priorities may change at a moment’s notice and the position requires quick response time and flexibility.

DISCLAIMER:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

Any offer of employment is contingent upon drug test and fingerprint clearance.