Family Support Worker Job Tallahassee Florida USA,Social Work

Location: Tallahassee

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Family Support Worker

Part-time Hourly Tallahassee, FL, US

2 days ago Requisition

Foster Care – Family Support Worker

Department: Foster Care

JOB SUMMARY

The Foster Care Family Support Worker plays a pivotal role in serving children and families in need through the Foster Care program of One More Child. The Family Support Worker will provide support services to appropriate personnel, programs and clients and enhance the agency’s overall effectiveness in providing Christ-centered services to children and families in need. This position will focus primarily on reporting, placements, quarterly home visits, and client file documentation relating to the agency’s Foster Care program, along with additional support assignments.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS

To meet and maintain the One More Child caseload standards and goals, as outlined by the Director of Foster Care Ministries and Executive Director of Foster Care in the annual goals.
To assist with the recruitment of Christian foster homes that meet or exceed the quality standards of the program.
To represent OMC at booths/speaking events as well as internal meetings as requested by the Director/Executive Directors.
To provide and/or ensure foster families are linked with opportunities to receive all necessary training and to ensure that training is complete, current, and compliant with program standards.
To assist the Licensing Specialists with the licensing and relicensing of all Foster Homes on the caseload in a timely manner.
To ensure that every child placed in an OMC foster home for 30 days or more has a documented exposure to the Gospel.
To provide general support for all OMC Foster Families and to assist with providing 24-hour on-call support/coverage to the families, which includes, but is not limited to, answering/returning calls related to placements and emergency support requests in a timely manner.
To coordinate placements and discharges for foster clients and to ensure at least 70% utilization of available placement beds.
To maintain updated case records, files, and database records in an efficient manner.
To participate in continuing education opportunities, including agency in-service training, professional seminars, workshops, and conferences and to ensure that all training required by OMC, statutes/administrative codes, and/or the local CBC/DCF are fulfilled annually.
To perform all other duties as assigned. of all structures on campus, including repairs as needed.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
Successful completion of required background screenings
Florida Driver’s License within 30 days of hire

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Two years of related experience, preferred.

COMPETENCIES

Present oneself, both at and outside of work, in a manner keeping with One More Child’s Core Values of Humble, Hungry, Wise, and Called.
Strong customer services skills with the innate ability to recognize one’s customer and to respond accordingly.
Ability to establish and nurture trusting and supportive relationships.
Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse group of people, in varying settings and often during challenging life circumstances.
Strong attention to detail; the position requires completing quality and timely case file reports.
Strong writing, grammatical and punctuation skills.
Ability to effectively prioritize and shift gears when necessary to meet changing circumstances.
Excellent time management skills with the ability to manage multiple responsibilities and non‑ negotiable deadlines while traveling extensively.
Good understanding of healthy family dynamics, conflict resolution, problem solving, interpersonal relationship skills and child development.
Ability to relate positively to families needing support services and establish nurturing, positive relationships.
Ability to assess needs and determine suitability of referrals/placements.
Ability to observe and make accurate assessments of situations.
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