Family Connector

Starting Salary Range: $42,500 - $46,500

Agape has a current opening for a Family Connector. As a poverty-reduction initiative, Agape, through its place-based strategy, Power lines Community Network (PCN), implements a Two-Generation (2

Gen)/whole family paradigm. The Family Connector works within an identified community, building and caring for a caseload of families. The Family Connector provides meaningful interventions for families that are seeking to take steps toward getting out of poverty. The Family Connector will build relationships with the families on their caseload, including the children and the community in which they serve. The Family Connector is responsible for assessing the family’s history and needs to design interventions that are both meaningful and appropriate, provide trauma-informed and resilience-building services, and collect the required data.

Family Connectors are responsible for facilitating efforts to address the health and welfare of children and families served, appropriately addressing needs, i.e., medical, health, spiritual, emotional, social, employment, educational/training, etc.

Family Connectors are required to ensure program quality, transparency, and accurate reporting.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Conduct and update individual/family needs assessment with each family’s participation to develop an individualized service plan for the appropriate family involved, noting needed, desired, and requested services and resources

Use peer-based and holistic approaches to partner with youth and family members by connecting them to needed and desired services and resources, supporting the families throughout these interventions, moving toward success, and completing youth/family goals.

Provide two-generational/whole family, family-driven, and strength-based services to families who require particular resources and assistance.

Focus on specific programmatic obligations, goals, and objectives that align with the families' voice and choice (social and economic goals).Facilitate the connection and engagement of two-generational families to needed services, such as educational, mental health, substance abuse, workforce development, parenting/relational health (mentoring, gang resistance), homelessness, exposure to violence services, and other services provided through community agencies and resources.

Manage a caseload of up to 25 clients.

Make face-to-face contact with youth and families within 48 hours of receiving a referral, 24 hours if the situation is defined as a crisis, and minimally twice monthly thereafter.

Arrange, coordinate, and monitor services related to meeting the needs of program participants to ensure stability and individual/family goal attainment.

Coordinate events and activities onsite for program participants to encourage stability and individual/family goal attainment.

Work in partnership with all departments and other agencies involved and through the Power lines Community Network, led by Agape Child & Family Services.

Maintain current and accurate documentation of services provided to youth and families based on various requirements and, if agreed upon, provide necessary data to Agape and partnering agencies for input into the appropriate data systems.

Serve as an advocate for Agape Child & Family Services and the communities we serve.

Maintain positive and effective relationships and communication with Agape staff.

Agape is a data-informed agency. The Family Connector must accurately record data based on program standards and use data for continuous quality improvement for both school-based and site-based programs.

Must be able to work with a flexible schedule, which would allow for needed interaction and involvement for the tasks of this position, i.e., weekend and evening hours, etc.

During the summer, when school is not in session, the Family Connector may work to support Agape’s summer camp initiatives.

Complete internal reports and provide information concerning stability.

Attend and represent Agape in appropriate meetings and training with other agencies.

Attend staff meetings, Multidisciplinary Team Meetings, and other in-service training provided by the…