Child & Family Aide

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.

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 (e.g., vacuuming, disinfecting).

Conducts safety checks to client’s 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Portage County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.