Family Support Specialist

Acts as an advocate for appropriate resources for at-risk families, abused parents and children. Works with clients to improve well-being and supports the development of young children using the Parents as Teachers model. Utilizes strategies such as Trust Based Relational Intervention and Motivational Interviewing to guide families and support the wellbeing of the youth in their care.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Supports the organization’s mission and goals and quality standards. Incorporates KANA’s core values of Courtesy, Caring, Respect, Sharing, and Pride in all activities and decisions.
• Upholds KANA’s Code of Ethics by conducting professional activities with honesty, integrity, respect, fairness, and good faith in a manner that reflects positively upon the organization.
• Provides advocacy services, case management, and preventative intervention services to at risk families, abused children, and victims of domestic violence and sexual assaultin coor dination with other communi tyagencies.
• Assistsandreferrslients,assistance, during crisis and work towards stabilization; assists clients in the development of immediate, short-term, and long-term goals. Provides services to mind, body, and navigation of agency.
• Encourages the formation and maintenance of strong families and parents’ ability to care for children in their own homes by educating and empowering parents to be the best parent they can be through home visiting services and other evidence-based strategies.
• Instructs parents individually or in groups in behavior modification, physical development, language development, and conceptual learning exercises and activities.
• Supervise visits between children in out-of-home care and their family as needed in collaboration with the Tribes and OCS.
• Instructs parents individually or in groups in behavior modification, physical development, language development, and conceptual learning exercises and activities.
• Guides clients in recovery and goal setting, and assists them with identifying personal strengths. Provides coaching to clients on resolving problems that may arise during recovery and self-sufficiency. Provides clients with short-term crisis intervention and stabilization, and support clients with establishing long-term self-sufficiency plans.
• Administers relevant developmental, health, and mental health screenings to at-risk families, non-offending caregivers, abused children, and victims of domestic violence.
• Initiates and maintains supportive working relationships and regular communications with clients and other agencies.
• Identifies gaps and develops corrective action plans; or makes referrals for funding coordination with wrap-around services. Provides ongoing monitoring of clients’ basic needs assistance.
• Maintains contact with participants throughout the information (ROIs) from clients. Verifies participation in other programs necessary for client recovery and self-sufficiency, such as behavior, health, subsistence, housing, community services, among other resources. Provides instant management support to program clients in the form of face-to-face, phone conferences, or video conferences.
• Provides transportation services as determined necessary to meet the needs of the client and treatment requirements.
• Administers required assessments, intake forms, and other forms as required by the program.
  
  Attends and participates in relevant activities, regulation, monitoring, and training meetings; attends meetings to review program requirements, controls of grant policies, procedures, law and regulations, gains knowledge in ways to improve services.
• Travels as needed to the villages to provide victim and programmatic outreach to communities.

Supervisory Responsibilities This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Associate’s degree and two years related experience working in social services, human services, or community relations work involving families and youth, client interaction, referral services, and case management; or equivalent combination of education and experience.