The Family Support Worker works with parents of children who have been removed from the home to help them develop and obtain resources to complete case plan activities.
- Provides direct in-home services including, but not limited to, parenting skills, life skills, child development and behavior management.
- Support case plan goals through teaching, role modeling, and demonstration.
- Participates in case conferences, family meetings, client assessments, and in the team, decision making process.
- Supervises and transports children and families, as needed.
- Assists families to establish a support network with family, kinship, and community.
- Refers clients to community services, assists in arranging appointments as needed, and getting clients to pertinent appointments as needed.
- Build community resources to help clients complete case plan activities and maintain a positive support system.
- Assists in gathering information for bio-psycho-social assessment.
- Assists in crisis situations.
- Liaison with DFPS, courts, schools, other providers, and communities.
- Completes and maintains written documentation in child/family’s case record accurately and within established time frames.
- Supports resource families to maintain placements and help children work toward permanency.
- Participates in supervisory and team meetings, sharing pertinent information about children/family’s progress, collateral contracts, and relationships with other agencies/communities.
- Monitors and supervises family interactions.
- Demonstrate sensitivity to working culturally, economically and/or socially diverse populations.
- Provide consistent unconditional support, encouragement, and hope to parents.
- Plan, organize and prioritize responsibilities to ensure adequate, timely services to the parent(s) and documentation of services provided.
- Ability to lead support groups to maximize parent voice, choice, and involvement throughout the reintegration process.
- Reports critical incidents to DFPS verbally within 12 hours, written within 24 hours.
- Implements Saint Francis Ministries policies and follows directives as required. Follows and adheres to all pertinent Saint Francis Ministries Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), rules personnel policies, and procedures; related accreditation and licensure standards; and federal, state, and local rules, statutes, regulations, and contractual terms.
- Is knowledgeable of and follows all safety procedures.
- Reports unusual incidents through appropriate Risk Management, clinical and safety channels.
- Ensures clients’ rights are protected.
Pay: $16.20 - $17.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
Work Location: In person
