Family Preservation Worker - Homebuilders Program

Family Preservation Worker - Homebuilders Program

Job Category :
Social Services - Domestic Programs

This position includes a $1,500 Signing Bonus. $3,000 Relocation Bonus available.

Note:

Internal candidates do not qualify for the bonus.

This position is based out of your home office in Maine and requires significant travel, with 50% of your time spent in the community providing in-home and local support to families. Candidates must be able to serve clients in the listed Maine counties:
Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford.

Rooted in our Christian faith, Bethany Christian Services works to ensure children are safe, loved, and connected through family. Across 29 states, we strengthen families, support foster care and adoption, and walk alongside refugees with compassion. Here, living out your faith means using your gifts to bring hope and make a lasting impact.

As a Family Preservation Worker, you’ll support families at risk of separation due to challenges like neglect, substance use, or conflict. Through the Homebuilders model, you’ll provide intensive, in-home services that help families stay together, build on their strengths, and keep children safely at home.

How Your Role Makes a Difference

• Conduct interventions that are consistent with HOMEBUILDERS standards;
• Conduct data collection, and reporting in a thorough and timely manner;
• Provide client-interactive, comprehensive, strength and behavior-focused assessments;
• Work collaboratively with family members and referents in developing intervention goals and service plans directly related to the risk of out-of-home placement, while monitoring the progress, analyze barriers to goal achievement, and help families revise goals or plans as needed;
• Serve as a client and family advocate, while also providing concrete goods and services such as transportation as it relates to the family's goals and teach them how to meet these needs on their own;
• Serve as a back-up and support other specialists, as needed;
• Comply with service definition and guidelines outlined in the HOMEBUILDERS standards for services;
• Assess the safety and structure of the home environment and use intervention strategies that promote safety;
• Maintain clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts;
• Available to clients 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, while also arranging the appropriate coverage, when needed;
• Keep up-to-date and accurate client progress notes for all activities and submit reports in a timely manner in accordance with contract requirement, agency expectations, and program policy;
• Effectively utilize appropriate systems for data gathering, submission, and tracking client services rendered in accordance with time-bound expectations based on contract requirements, agency expectations, and program policy;
• Conduct sessions with families as outlined in the HOMEBUILDERS standards;
• Work collaboratively with direct supervisor to implement quality enhancement or quality improvements plans;
• Establish and maintain referral and community resources;
• Facilitate flexible appointment times outside of regular business hours, and work nontraditional hours in the community, as needed;
• Attend weekly meetings with supervisor to review case plan and direction, and to evaluate client participation and progress;
• Attend weekly group consultation with HOMEBUILDERS team to consult on cases;
• Keep abreast of community resources and refer families for support, as needed;
• Stay abreast of all agency, federal, and state regulatory requirements related to social services;
• Stay up-to-date on intervention and teaching modalities and complete trainings as required by funding sources, by attending conferences, seminars and journal reading;
• Essential job responsibilities may vary based on the specific needs of each program/department;
• May be required or asked to participate in a Bethany sponsored event;
• Complete other duties as assigned.

What Will Make You Successful

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Social Sciences, Human Services, or related field of study from an accredited college with at least two (2) years of experience working with children and families or a Master's degree in Social Work, Human Services, or related…