Family Navigator - LINK - Meridian, MS

Education

Founded in 1912 as an adoption agency, Canopy Children's Solutions is Mississippi’s most comprehensive nonprofit provider of children’s behavioral health, educational, and family support solutions. Canopy employs a diverse group of mission-driven individuals committed to honoring the voice of Mississippi children and families. Being an integral part of the Canopy team involves committing to the Core Values that drive our organization forward:

• The voice of our children and families always comes first
• Relationships matter and our differences make us stronger
• We take great joy in service to others
• Our families and our communities deserve our very best

Founded in 1912 as an adoption agency, Canopy Children's Solutions is Mississippi’s most comprehensive nonprofit provider of children’s behavioral health, educational, and family support solutions. Canopy employs a diverse group of mission-driven individuals committed to honoring the voice of Mississippi children and families. Being an integral part of the Canopy team involves committing to the Core Values that drive our organization forward:

• The voice of our children and families always comes first
• Relationships matter and our differences make us stronger
• We take great joy in service to others
• Our families and our communities deserve our very best

Canopy has been recognized as a Great Place to Work for the fifth consecutive year and is one of only nine companies in Mississippi to earn this certification for 2025–2026. At Canopy, employees are committed to fostering a healthy workplace culture built on trust and driven by a shared mission: helping children thrive and empowering families to overcome extraordinary challenges.

• Responsible for the Family Map, which will drive all services for the family.
• Work collaboratively with children and families, utilize the NCFAS, any additional assessments, and family input to create a plan of care for the family.
• Create a resource atlas complete with many local resources to assist the family advocate and families in getting resources needed to strengthen the families and create supports to achieve long term outcomes.
• Ensure family advocates adhere to trauma informed care values and fidelity to the Link model.
• Engage in regular networking activities to keep the resource atlas up to date.

• Maintain current certification in CPR and basic first aid principles.
• Demonstrate understanding of LINK program dynamics, operations, and policies and procedures through attendance of Orientation and annual retraining.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge/understanding of the Program’s forms, policies, and procedures regarding services, participant’s rights, confidentiality, and privacy.
• Demonstrate strong oral & written communication, organization & stress management skills, sound problem solving skills and the ability to prioritize work assignments.
• Demonstrate computer literacy, at minimum in the Evolv system.
• Demonstrate good teaching skills and the ability to assist clients and families in developing effective coping skills and strategies for conflict resolution, and an understanding and acceptance of individual cultural/ethnic differences and religious beliefs of participants served.
• Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and the ability to adhere to the Organization’s policies and procedures, Core values, and code of ethics; assess children’s developmental level and needs, and effectively communicate with children and families, consistent with their age and cognitive developmental level.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the appropriate social, cognitive, sexual and moral developmental changes beginning from birth to young adult
• Assess the strengths and service needs of the children and families via the NCFAS and canopy established evidence based assessments.
• Develop the Family Map with the assistance from the team.
• Provide transportation for families as needed.
• Direct services in the home and community in the least intrusive way possible.
• Provide and coordinate social services that are child focused and build on the family and community strengths.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive,…