Family Support Practitioner - UT

Overview

What You Will Be Doing

Under general direction, and working within a designated service region, Family Support Practitioners deliver TBRI® Caregiver Training classes and in-home coaching services for families and facilitate monthly Implementation and Connection Groups to support implementation of the TBRI® model, offering opportunities for participants to practice tools, discuss challenges, and build networks amongst families.

Who We Are

We believe that every young person deserves to go through life knowing they have a caring adult by their side. So, every day, we show up for kids in foster care by listening to their needs and introducing them to adults they can rely on. We then surround those connections with support so that they grow into meaningful, lasting relationships that help our youth heal from the past.

Because to truly raise the future, we must raise the bar for what it means to support vulnerable youth and families as they navigate life. That's what Raise the Future is all about.

• Provide in-home coaching for interested families who have completed at least one of the TBRI® Caregiver Training courses. The in-home coaching services and goals will be developed with the family and reflect the family’s needs. Coaching will involve observation, hands-on guidance, feedback, goal setting, and action planning. The number of visits and hours involved will vary based on each family’s needs (weekends and/or evenings may be required).
• Document family assessment and progress within coaching notes and within the organization’s database.
• Provide family support as needed, either in person, virtually, or via phone, including but not limited to assistance with implementation of TBRI® principles, utilization of these tools with caregivers, collaborating with related professionals on behalf of the family, and providing ongoing organic support such as brief check ins or linking with other resources.
• Plan and facilitate monthly “Implementation and Connection Groups” in designated service area for families who have participated in at least one TBRI® Caregiver Training course to provide ongoing implementation support, learning opportunities, and natural points of connection for families to develop support networks with other families who have a mutual understanding of their children’s needs and behaviors. This includes being the primary person responsible for the planning and logistics of the groups as well as facilitating the caregiver portion.
• Deliver the TBRI® Caregiver Training curriculum, as requested (weekends and/or evenings may be required).
• Travel to meetings, sessions, groups, events, or trainings with families, professionals, and in the community as needed to market the program and build collaboration.
• Adhere to the fidelity of the program and agency protocol and structure.
• Provide respite in family homes in the region as needed.
• Support internal and external communication about the program, conduct data entry, attend meetings, submit required reports, perform other administrative tasks as needed. Submit paperwork in adherence with prescribed timelines.
• Track monthly mileage and expenses associated with job duties.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a social work, psychology, human development, or human services related field.
• 2 years’ experience working within adoption, child welfare or related area.
• Demonstrated understanding of complex developmental trauma, trauma-associated behavioral and developmental delays, and challenges related to permanency achieved through reunification, guardianship or adoption.
• Ability and willingness to work evenings and weekends as needed.
• Up to 50% travel required.
• Must have dependable car and be insurable as a driver on the auto liability policy of Raise the Future.

• Master’s degree in a social work, psychology, human development, or human services related field.
• 5 or more years post-graduate experience working with children and families.
• Experience caring for or working with children and families who have experienced trauma.
• Accredited through TCU Karyn Purvis…