Bilingual Specialist - Homebuilders

Bilingual Specialist 1 - Homebuilders

Charlotte, NC 28204

Position Type Full Time

Bilingual Specialist 1 - Homebuilders

* Spanish-speaking candidates are needed for this position.

Summary

Practitioner will be responsible for providing direct social work services to each assigned client/client family as outlined by the Homebuilders® program model under which the client is receiving services.

Primary Job Functions

• Behave with families in a way that reflects the program's values and beliefs.
• Conduct behaviorally specific, interactive, ongoing, holistic assessments that include family strengths, values, skills, problems, needs, and barriers to goal attainment.
• Collaborate with family members and referents to develop behaviorally specific, attainable intervention goals and corresponding service plans directly related to the risk of out-of-home placement.
• Incorporate research-based interventions that apply cognitive and behavioral principles and strategies to facilitate behavior change.
• Assess child, family, practitioner, and community safety throughout the family intervention and incorporate strategies to promote safety.
• Individually tailor services and maintain flexibility in schedules to meet the family members' needs, goals, values, culture, circumstances, learning styles and abilities.
• Incorporate varied teaching methods to help family members acquire, maintain, and generalize skills through tailoring teaching methods, teaching moments, and assigning homework.
• Develop and maintain a positive, collegial working relationship with family members.
• Assume responsibility for motivating family members by incorporating various motivational enhancement strategies.
• Collaborate and advocate with formal and informal community support and systems impacting the family, while teaching family members to self-advocate.
• Advocate and provide concrete goods and services that are related to goal achievement, while teaching family members to meet their needs independently.
• Provide transition planning with the family by assessing goal attainment, planning for maintenance of progress, addressing concerns, and collaborating with referring social worker to address ongoing service needs.
• Conduct aftercare follow-up contact with the client/client family as specified by the program service model.

• Serves families in their home or their natural environment.
• Development of a comprehensive service plan and discharge plan based on client/client family strengths, needs and preferences.
• Develop a relationship with the client/client family that facilitates achievement of their service plan goals.
• Monitor the progress of each need area as identified in the service/person-centered plan and facilitate revisions as appropriate.
• Coordinate and oversee initial and ongoing service assessment activities and perform all social work, case management and aftercare functions in a manner consistent with the applicable program/service model and with cultural competence.
• Utilizes data from the home builder client information system to routinely self-evaluate performance for model fidelity and outcome attainment.
• Review agency consumer satisfaction, outcomes, and risk management data; follows supervisory suggestions for service modification and improvements based upon this data; and suggests ways services could be further improved in response to this data.
• Embraces Professional Development Plans, Quality Enhancement Plans and Quality improvement Plans for program improvement. Participates in required QUEST activities.

• Demonstrate and work within the Homebuilders® model which clearly shows the values and beliefs that guide program design.
• Uses behaviorally descriptive, value-neutral language, and avoids the use of labels and inference when communicating with or about family members.
• Display sensitivity to the service population's cultural and socioeconomic characteristics
• Operate in a professional work environment.
• Perform other duties related to department goals and projects as needed.

Job Qualifications

Education, Licenses &

Certifications:

- Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, counseling, or a closely related human services area.

Experience:

- Minimum of 2 years' experience working with children and families

Competencies

Knowledge of:

- Child welfare policies and programs, and local community resources

Skills and Proficiency in:

- Intermediate computer skills (Microsoft Applications as well as electronic data systems, time sheets, expense reports, use of virtual platforms for meetings)
The ability to problem-solve barriers while being sensitive to maintaining professional relationships.

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Proven effective organization and time management

Ability to:

- Ability to work independently from a home office and maintain adherence to deadlines.

Work collaboratively with colleagues, clients, and other service providers

Maintain a flexible…