Family Support Worker

Community Care Alliance; Woonsocket (RI); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community organization is seeking a full-time Family Support Worker to provide essential home visiting services to vulnerable families. This role emphasizes relationship-building with caregivers, ensuring healthy family dynamics, and facilitating access to community resources. Ideal candidates will have 2-3 years of experience in family services and a deep understanding of early childhood development. A sign-on bonus of $2000 is offered to successful applicants.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-3 years of direct service experience working with families of young children.
• Ability to provide services in families' homes when available.
• Acceptance of individual differences and ability to establish trusting relationships.

Responsibilities

• Conducts assessments to determine eligibility for home visitation and other service needs.
• Supports families in accessing resources and planning for individualized goals.
• Maintains trustful relationships with families while providing evidence-informed services.

Skills

Knowledge of infant and early child development

Ability to establish trusting relationships

Job description

[Family Support Worker - Healthy Families America (Full Time)]{#job46}(Full Time)

Location:Woonsocket, RI

Family Support Worker - Healthy Families America

(Full Time)

**Sign on Bonus $2000**

Location:

Woonsocket, RI

Job Description

Provides high quality home visiting services to vulnerable families in accordance with Healthy Families America (HFA) model requirements.Partners with families to strengthen caregiver-child relationships, achieve positive child health outcomes, and improve family functioning.Initiates and maintains contact with families through home visitation, guides family development through Growing Great Kids curriculum and assists families with linkages to community resources. Functions as a team member and assists program leadership in community events and developing relationships with community partners.

Responsibilities Include

• Uses a variety of creative and persistent outreach methods to identify, engage, and retain expectant families and families with newborns.
• Conducts the Healthy Families America assessment tool to determine eligibility for home visitation and other service needs.
• Administers specified screenings at required intervals to identify potential concerns relating to caregiver-child interaction, child development, caregiver behavioral and mental health, and intimate partner violence.
• Actively supports families in accessing other needed resources, services and community supports.
• Assists families with identifying, planning for, and monitoring progress toward individualized, family-driven goals.
• Assists caregivers in strengthening their caregiver-child relationship through information, coaching and modeling.
• Provides services that focus on health, child development, parenting, social services, and other established outcomes.
• Utilizes an evidence-informed curriculum to promote the caregiver-child relationship and optimize the home environment.
• Conducts visits in home or community settings; establishes trusting and nonjudgmental relationships with families; maintains appropriate professional boundaries.
• Functions as a team member in program development; attends and participates in team meetings, program and community outreach events.
• Collaborates with community partners as needed to achieve family and program goals.
• Demonstrates cooperative, flexible and positive relationships,treating consumers and colleagues with dignity and respect.
• Actively participates in supervision that is regular, reflective and collaborative in nature; takes the initiative to seek supervisory support; incorporates constructive direction from supervisor.
• Maintains client privacy and program confidentiality standards.
• Completes all required documentation within required timeframes and demonstrates proficiency in using an electronic health record.
• Participates in mandatory HFA training, including core training as required by the model and RI Department of Health; takes initiative for professional learning and growth.
• Maintains model fidelity in accordance with HFA guidelines and carries out required activities as set forth by RI Department of Health.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

Minimum 2-3 years of direct service experience working with families of young children.

Knowledge of infant and early child development.

Ability to provide services in families homes.

Ability to provide services when families are available.

Acceptance of individual differences and ability to establish trusting relationships.

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