Advanced Family Preservation Specialist

Job Details:

Job Location:

Enid Office (NC) - Enid, OK 73701, Position Type:
Full Time, Education Level: 4 Year Degree, Salary Range: $48,000.00 - $52,000.00, Travel Percentage:
Road Warrior, Job Shift: 24 Hour, Job Category:
Nonprofit - Social Services

A community-based provider who conducts social services in the home to families referred through the contact with the Department of Human Services (DHS). The goal of the services is to maintain children in their own home or to reunify families after an out-of-home placement has occurred.

Position is supervised by the Program Manager assigned by the Director of Family Preservation Services.

• Promotes an organizational culture within Family Preservation Services and North Care that values excellent services, professionalism in presentation as a representative of the program and North Care and is warm and engaging. Promotes such values with interactions with fellow staff, consumers and community partners.
• Conducts services that are sensitive with respect to each family's culture, ethnic origin, race, language, gender, age, religion, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, mental and/or physical challenges. Provides services in a natural environment convenient to the family.
• Ensures families are seen a minimum of one (l) time per week, no less than an hour per family. Service intensity will increase when there are increased safety risks or needs identified in the home.
• Demonstrates the ability to teach communication and negotiation skills. Provides advocacy on behalf of families with schools and other agencies available in the community. Assists consumers in the pursuit of needed resources or services. Arranges for any follow-up services needed following the end of services.
• Assists with intake staff meetings at DHS such as:
  Family Team Meetings, Family Group Conferences or Court Reviews; and conducts home visits for providers who are on PTO or otherwise out of the office. Assists Program Manager with the training of new staff including pairing on case, offering observations, and leading training sessions.
• Completes intake documentation within 24 hours, progress notes within 72 hours, planned discharges within 24 hours of obtaining signatures and unplanned discharges within 72 hours of directive.
• Conducts a multi-level family assessment, develops an intervention plan and provides an array of needed services. Provides parent-child visitation and family reunification services to families whose children are in state custody.
• Coordinates services in a professional manner when collaborating with other service providers to maintain good working relationships in the community.
• Demonstrates the ability to teach and model skills from the Safe Care Models in Health, Safety, and Planned Activity Training to facilitate the parent's development of special skills or increase knowledge in the areas of parenting, home management, behavior management, and child development.
• Performs at least I home visits per quarter under the observation of the Safe Care Coach/Trainer to demonstrate the implementation of the Safe Care Models and maintain National Safe Care Home Visitor certification.
• Maintains professional competency in his/her discipline through appropriate professional readings, attendance at workshops and conferences and through consultation with other professionals.
• Works a 40-hour full-time schedule being available to families 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Evening and weekend hours will be required to accommodate the work schedule of each caregiver and school schedules of the children in the family when scheduling appointments.
• Utilizes the outlook calendar to submit a weekly schedule to the Program…