Family Specialist

Wesley House Family Services is a nationally accredited not-for-profit organization dedicated to protecting and nurturing children and strengthening families with services spanning Monroe County, Florida. Social services provided by WHFS include:
Full case management, Intensive preservation services, Enhanced-in-home services, Intensive family reunification services, Prevention & intervention services, Foster care & adoption services, Health families Monroe and Inez martin child development center.

• Engage families in developing and implementing strength-based child safety and service plans
• Provide timely and ongoing in-home services to assigned families
• Assist with Full Case Management functions
  , including documentation, coordination of services, court‑related tasks, and collaboration with child welfare professionals, as assigned.
• Obtain and maintain Child Welfare Case Manager (CWCM) certification and comply with all requirements related to CWCM duties.
• Participate in on-call rotation requirements accepting referrals 24 hours a day, seven days a week through the Citrus Intake process.
• Complete accurate and timely documentation and reports
• Participate in supervision, trainings, and staff meetings
• Implement evidence-based models including Nurturing Parenting, Safe & Together, PQI, and QPI
• Collaborate with community partners and stakeholders
• Adhere to agency policies, ethical standards, and confidentiality requirements
• Produce high‑quality, accurate, and timely documentation, reports, and records in compliance with contractual, regulatory, and agency requirements.
• Actively engage in professional development, including supervision, training, meetings, and required certifications.
• Demonstrate cultural humility, flexibility, and professionalism
• Adhere to all Wesley House policies and procedures, ethical standards, confidentiality requirements, and applicable state and federal regulations.
• Demonstrate cultural humility and sensitivity, respecting the culture, traditions, languages, and practices of the families served.
• Adapt with flexibility to changing program needs, family situations, and contractual requirements.
• Support agency‑sponsored events and initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Master’s degree in Counseling or a related field or bachelor's degree with three years or more experience required.
• Experience in social services
• Independent decision making and flexible scheduling
• Strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
• Ability to drive long distance. Key West to Key Largo weekly.

• 80% paid medical and dental insurance
• Paid time off
• 12 paid holidays
• Birthday paid day off
• 403(b) with employer match

Job Type: Full-time

Pay:
From $58,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• clinical social work: 2 years (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)
• Spanish (Preferred)
• Haitian Creole (Preferred)

Willingness to travel:

• 50% (Required)

Work Location:

In person