About this role
Role Overview
- Initiates and maintains regular and long-term (up to three years) contact/support with families.
- This activity will occur primarily within the familys home; each visit should last for at least one hour.
- The interventions should be family-centered, strength-based, and directed at: establishing a trusting relationship; assisting in strengthening the parent-child relationship; assisting parents in improving their skills to optimize the home environment; improving the family support system; and increasing the familys ability to problem solve and assume the role of advocate for themselves and their children.
- The activities may also include identifying and referring for contact/appointments at other supportive agencies, including health care appointments.
- Assists the family in establishing goals and a plan for the accomplishment of those goals, as well as the assessment of the normal growth and development of the target child.
- Maintains necessary documentation, participates in program evaluation, attends team and program planning meetings, cross-systems training, and acquires knowledge of community resources.
- Meets billing productivity requirements established by Integrated Services for Behavioral Health.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Experience in working with or providing services to children and their families
- Associate's degree required
- Ability to establish trusting relationships
- Acceptance of individual differences
- Experience and willingness to work with the culturally diverse populations present among the sites target population
- Knowledge of infant and child development
- Open to reflective practice
- Infant mental health endorsement preferred
- Minimum three years of directly relevant experience
- Demonstrated a high degree of cultural awareness
- Experience with multi-need individuals and families
- Broad knowledge of community service systems
- Licensed and able to operate a motor vehicle with an appropriate level of insurance coverage
- Willing to participate in and lead cross-systems team-building activities
- Able to effectively communicate through verbal/written expression
- Must be able to operate in an Internet-based, automated office environment.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Short-term Disability
- Long-term Disability
- 401K w/ Employer Match
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides support and resources to help you and your family with a range of issues.