Family Support Specialist: Reunification & Growth

Four Oaks Family & Children Services; Grinnell (IA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on & retention incentive

Medical, dental & vision insurance

401k Retirement plan

Growth & Advancement opportunities

Competitive wages

Excellent paid leave time

Job summary

Four Oaks Family & Children Services in Grinnell, IA is seeking a Family Support Specialist to provide services that help children remain safely with their families, pursue reunification, and achieve permanency through family support, care coordination, and safety monitoring.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree (or an Associate’s with experience) and offers a competitive salary of $45,000–$47,000, a sign-on incentive, health benefits, retirement plan, paid leave, and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from a 4 year college or University, preferably in a social services related field.
• Associate's Degree in a Human Services related field plus 2 years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain regular contact with referring worker, family, and identified collaterals to achieve permanency goals.
• Coordinate interdisciplinary treatment, maintaining weekly contact with the Therapist and Program Coordinator on all assigned cases.
• Document service delivery, including objectives of treatment and/or intervention strategies.
• Understand and utilize defined assessment tools in working with all cases.
• Facilitate community resource planning, case progress evaluation & permanency planning.
• Coordinate interdisciplinary crisis planning.
• Participate in discharge planning & documentation.
• Schedule and facilitate quarterly staffing on all assigned cases.
• Assess treatment needs.
• Participate in the preparation and implementation of a service plan with input from client, family, therapist, program coordinator, and referral source.
• Demonstrate proficiency in use of various counseling techniques.
• Develop and implement a service agenda for each session.
• Complete on-call duties as assigned.
• Calmly and effectively provide crisis intervention in emergency situations.
• Maintain caseload and consistently achieves quota.

Education

Bachelor's Degree (4-year college)

Associate's Degree in Human Services + 2 years experience

Job description

Four Oaks Family & Children Services in Grinnell, IA is seeking a Family Support Specialist to provide services that help children remain safely with their families, pursue reunification, and achieve permanency through family support, care coordination, and safety monitoring.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree (or an Associate’s with experience) and offers a competitive salary of $45,000–$47,000, a sign-on incentive, health benefits, retirement plan, paid leave, and growth opportunities.