Family Empowerment Specialist

Family Empowerment Specialist for SAFE Program

Are you looking for an agency that is fun, friendly, collaborative, exciting, and rewarding? You have found the right place. Rebekah Children's Services is passionate about mental health and providing the best care to our clients, employees, and community. We are looking for individuals who share in our passion of mental health and quality care. We are committed to building a diverse staff and strongly encourage all people to apply.

Our programs are deeply engaged in conversations and trainings on diversity, equity, and inclusion in order to bring equity and justice to the youth and families we serve.

We are looking for a Family Empowerment Specialist for our SAFE Program (Strengthening All Families Equitably)!! Rebekah Children's Services has been serving children and families since 1897 and is committed to seeing our community flourish by building pathways of hope, happiness, and well-being. Our agency offers family-centered mental health services, education, and training that promotes healing, healthy development, and future success of those we serve.

We are always striving to be the best agency for quality care, education, and employment!!!

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• 401K matching plan
• 7.5% bilingual stipend
• Excellent medical benefits
• Up to 5 weeks of combined PTO and sick time accrual
• 13 holidays observed per year
• 24 hours of mental health time provided
• Opportunities for growth and further training
• Family oriented environment
• Work, life balance focused
• Individual and group supervision provided

Position summary:

Under the direction of the Strengthening All Families Equitably (SAFE) Program Manager, the Family Empowerment Specialist will follow established procedures. Family Empowerment Specialist will provide promotion, outreach, prevention, and early intervention information, resources, and support to the families in the community through activities focused on capacity-building, linking families to resources, and health and wellness. Examples of activities include family workshops, Strengthening All Families Equitably (SAFE) activities, brief home visits, fairs, etc.,

identifying and engaging families in the Pathway Candidacy and Service. Performing typical responsibilities and duties requires the ability to perform job duties and other job-related matters of limited to moderate complexity.

Typical responsibilities and duties:
Community worker activities will include, but may not be limited to:

• Develop and maintain meaningful, productive relationships with families. Create a trauma-informed safe space where families can build connections and natural supports.
• Support the prevention's priority population in building protective factors and meeting basic needs, including families with children with disabilities and behavioral health and immigrant families, prioritizing new arrivals and those with no or mixed documentation, under-resourced families including low-income and "gap" families not eligible for government-funded programs, court-impacted families affected by justice, child welfare systems, and families with unstable housing, underserved populations, child victims of crime, families of color, homeless families, economically deprived families, families exposed to violence, relative caregivers, single parents, young parents, parents with substance abuse issues, parents with mental health concerns, and parents with disabilities.
• Outreach, engagement, and education of diverse families and community members in identified communities.
• Help in hosting annual events to provide families with supplies that meet basic needs, as well as to create community and other events hosted by the prevention department.
• Partners with other organizations, agencies, and entities (i.e., faith-based, schools, parent groups) to increase the capacity and knowledge of the entire community.
• Plan and lead Strengthening All Families Equitably (SAFE) Programs and Components; workshops, and activities, including but not limited to the following:
  Evidence-based Parent Education (i.e., Incredible Years, Life Skills, Strengthening Families Program, Be Strong Parent Café, SEEDS for Parents, Triple P, Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors) as well as Evidence-based Childcare/Kinder-readiness classes and activities, Community Outreach Events, Community Education/Training, Developmental Playgroups, and Community Interest Groups.
• Provide mobile and "pop-up" services at various sites throughout the community, including schools,…