Family Support Worker III

chfs; United States; On-site; USD 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Christian County Health Department is seeking a Family Support Worker to initiate and maintain support to HANDS parents, using an extensive knowledge base to enhance parenting skills and empower families. You will conduct home visits, refer to community resources, and maintain detailed case records while upholding non-judgmental and flexible approaches.

Responsibilities include monitoring family progress, coordinating referrals, and providing crisis assistance as needed.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Three years of experience as a Family Support Worker.
• Must be 18 years of age, have telephone accessibility, reliable transportation and a valid driver’s license.
• Must be willing to work beyond normal health department hours to serve families.

Responsibilities

• Conduct initial home visit with families to establish rapport and service plan.
• Provide regularly scheduled home visits and monitor progress; document services.
• Maintain thorough, accurate, and timely documentation of each home visit.
• Collect data, assist with evaluations, and participate in supervision and mentoring.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

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Pay Grade:

Grade 12

Salary:

$15.17 - $18.86 Hourly

Time Type:

Full time

Health Department:

Christian County Health Department

Summary:

Responsible for initiating and maintaining support to HANDS parents at a fully proficient level. Displays an extensive knowledge base and ability to enhance parenting skill development while building on the existing strengths of the family. Empowers families to make their own decisions while remaining non-judgmental, flexible and respecting the values of participating families.

Description:

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CLASS

CHARACTERISTICS OF A CLASS : ARE GENERAL STATEMENTS INDICATING THE LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY AND DISCRETION OF POSITIONS IN THAT JOB CLASSIFICATION.

Responsible for initiating and maintaining support to HANDS parents at a fully proficient level. Displays an extensive knowledge base and ability to enhance parenting skill development while building on the existing strengths of the family. Empowers families to make their own decisions while remaining non-judgmental, flexible and respecting the values of participating families. The responsibilities include home visitations that may take place in the client’s home or community site, that include (a) monitoring of the child’s, mother’s and family’s progress by making referrals to community resources, tracking appointments, performing follow-up services as identified and performing periodic evaluations of the participants’ changing needs, (b) maintenance of case records with contacts, services needed, reports and progress, (c) consultations and (d) crisis assistance. Works independently while consistently meeting productivity goals. Positively mentors staff members and serves as team leader.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Three (3) years of experience as a Family Support Worker.

SUBSTITUTION CLAUSE

EDUCATION:

(None)

EXPERIENCE:

(None)

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.)

Must be 18 years of age, must have telephone accessibility, must have reliable transportation and valid driver’s license. Must be willing to work beyond normal health department hours when necessary to serve families who work or attend school.

POST EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:

EMPLOYEES IN THIS CLASS WILL BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN CREDENTIALS OUTLINED BELOW WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME, OR IF EMPLOYEES POSSESS SUCH CREDENTIALS AT THE TIME OF HIRE THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THOSE CREDENTIALS SO LONG AS THEY ARE EMPLOYED IN THIS CAPACITY.

Complete ten (10) hours of annual wrap-around training requirements (per HANDS training requirements).

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES OR RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CLASSIFICATION:

Under the program’s policies and procedures, conduct initial home visit following Parent Visitor assessment with families to establish rapport and service plan. Provide regularly scheduled home visits with program participants. Demonstrate increasing ability to engage program participants in consistently receiving services. Demonstrate an increased level of skill development while consistently utilizing the program-designated curriculum during home visits, interactively engaging parents through the use of activities and demonstrations. Demonstrate a proficiency at utilizing communication strategies to advocate for the nurturing parent-child interaction environment and develop positive parenting skills. Demonstrate increased knowledge of community resources in order to assist families in securing of prenatal/child health services, referrals and appointments with other supportive agencies. Provide follow-up and documentation for all referrals. Maintain thorough, accurate, and timely documentation of each home visit. Collect data through completion of program forms for program evaluation. Facilitate developmental assessments of the target child as well as screening for depression and domestic violence for caregiver, providing appropriate referrals as indicated. Participate in weekly supervision with licensed supervisor. Consistently meet weekly home visit expectation with a full caseload based on weighted caseload. Assist in training, orientation and mentoring of Family Support Worker I and II. Assist with fulfillment of program responsibilities, such as organization of materials, and supplies needed t