Family Support Specialist

Who We Are

For more than 140 years, The Family Partnership has built strong families, vital communities, and better futures for children. We fulfill our mission through counseling, education, and advocacy, primarily in the greater Minneapolis and St. Paul area. The Family Partnership was founded in 1878 as the Minneapolis Humane Society to protect and serve children that were being abused or exploited. Along with a few name changes, our work has continually transformed to anticipate and address the evolving needs of families and individuals, many of whom are the most vulnerable in our community.

At The Family Partnership, we partner with you and in turn, we partner with those we serve. Our programs holistically address the needs of people in our community. Through our two-generation (2

Gen) or whole family approach, we work with people so they can heal from trauma and adversity and move towards greater health and well-being. Our shared values establish a common purpose across our array of programs and services. You can bring your authentic self to the workplace, while practicing both cultural competence and inclusivity. We’re known for developing future leaders in the non-profit space and we expect employees to share their views.

Our culture is one of open communication and transparency regardless of job level.

$24.00 per hour

• Generous paid time off, plus 10 paid holidays
• Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and options for Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Long-term disability insurance – the employer pays the premiums
• Employer-paid basic life insurance with the option for additional coverage paid by the employee
• Voluntary benefits:
  Accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness, short-term disability insurance
• TFP sponsors a retirement plan with a tiered vesting schedule based on years of service, plus a 2% employer contribution after one year of service.

Because TFP is a member with Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (MACC) who partners with St. Mary’s University, TFP employees and their spouses are also eligible for the following benefits y’s University:

• Discounted tuition for Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate programs
• Professional development opportunities
• Access to advancement (internships, job placement, field practice)

This is a regular, part-time, hybrid position that will work 18.75 hours per week.
This role requires the use of a personal vehicle to travel to families’ homes.

The Family Partnership is seeking an Family Support Specialist to provide intensive, strengths-based home visiting services to high-risk families, including helping parents build protective factors, strengthening parent-child relationships, and achieving family goals to prevent child abuse and neglect. Using the Healthy Families America (HFA) model, this role delivers parenting education, crisis intervention, assessments, advocacy, and long-term support to promote healthy child development and family stability.

• Maintain a caseload of families and deliver weekly home-visiting services to families, pregnant mothers, or mothers with an infant under the age of 24 months.
• Advocate for services to families that are at risk of or engaged in children protection.
• Initiate and maintain regular long-term (up to five years) contact/support with families.
• Observe parent-child interactions through Growing Great Kids (GGK) curriculum activities.
• Provide family-centered and strength-based parenting education and services to families.
• Assist families in establishing goals and celebrating goal progress, goal completion, tier level changes, program services, and program completion.
• Schedule and conduct a minimum…