Child & Family Aide

Position: Child & Family Aide (20 - 40 hrs / wk)
Do you have a desire to help others and serve your community? Portage County Health & Human Services has a part-time Child and Family Aide opening! This position is 20 - 40 hrs / week and is still eligible for benefits!

Pay range starts at $19.95 / hr

What are the primary job duties?

Provides supervised and monitored visitation for families and assists in mentoring and coordination of schedules with other Child and Family Aides.

* Arrange and coordinate supervised and/or monitored visits for parents and children.

* Be within sound or sight for supervised visits

* Recognize unsafe parenting practices and intervene when safety concerns arise

* Model and redirect parent to safe parenting practices.

* Contact parents, foster parents, in advance regarding visitation.

* Maintain regular communication with the assigned Social Worker.

* Report any safety concerns immediately to the Social Worker.

* Complete documentation for all visitations.

* Provide transportation as needed.

* Include parent education/coaching as requested by the Social Worker.

* Clean visitation room after visits as needed. This may include vacuuming, disinfecting, etc.

Conducts safety checks to clients' homes including drug/alcohol monitoring.

* Collects UAs and gives breathalyzer tests as requested.

* Conduct checks at homes and observe for safety concerns as requested.

* Report safety concerns immediately as requested and contact on-call for emergencies.

* Document all safety checks.

Provides Home and Financial Management (HFM) to child welfare clients.

* Meet regularly with the Ongoing Worker to determine appropriate goals to meet.

* Establish budget within limits of resources and obligation as requested.

* Teach clients mechanics of budgeting including decision-making about priorities.

* Assist clients to seek out employment, or other programs to assist with income.

* Assist clients to seek out housing and develop working knowledge of housing options.

* Assist clients to enhance skills in cleaning, parenting, and basic home management.

* Assist clients to bring their home to a safe and clean condition.

* Document HFM meetings.

* Assist to hold family meetings.

* Attend family team meetings and internal staffing meetings.

What are the minimum qualifications?

* High school diploma or equivalency required

* One year experience with child welfare programs or work with children and families strongly preferred

* Knowledge of mental health and parenting skills strongly preferred

* Experience dealing with challenging clients and/or children under emotional duress strongly preferred

* Must be a licensed driver and have access to an insured vehicle.

Portage County offers a GREAT benefit package, which includes the following;

* Vacation - available on day one!

* Health insurance- your choice of two health plans- (Health Savings Account associated with a High Deductible Health Plan with a County contribution or a PPO Co-pay plan)

* Wellness incentive plan offered with health insurance enrollment! Earn up to $600 per year!

* Flexible spending account

* Dental insurance

* Paid holidays

* Paid sick leave

* EAP (Employee Assistance Plan) - paid by the County

* 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan

* Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program

Final date to receive applications: 4:30 pm on Wednesday, May 27th

Portage County is an Equal Opportunity Employer