RAISE Parent Coach Job Tampa area,Florida USA,Social Work

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RAISE Parent Coach

Regular Full-Time Professional Buschwood, Tampa, FL, US

5 days ago Requisition

Job Summary

Responsible professional work delivering family intervention services utilizing a broad range of prescribed methods, community services, and natural support systems. Involves a broad range of training and development activities, assessment services, and consultation and requires quality documentation of services provided. Participates in the organization’s continuous quality improvement efforts.

Essential Functions

Helps parent/caregiver obtain the education and skills needed to raise physically, psychologically, and emotionally healthy children.

Provides parenting support, education, and case management to families with young children at riskof child of having experienced abuse or trauma, having limited reading proficiency, having a developmental delay or disability.

Assesses child’s needs and helps implement a plan for intervention services.

Plans, prepares, and facilitates Family Team Conferences for families of RAISE. Actively participates in a multidisciplinary team to discuss family progress, identified needs, support plans and methods of increasing effectiveness of the group's teamwork. Completes timely documentation in accordance with program requirements.

Provides direct support services to RAISE families utilizing designated curriculum.

Monitors ongoing progress and needs within the family and all supportive services. Serves as liaison to connect the youth and family, and any and all involved agencies and systems, together as identified, i.e. Educational, Community, etc.

Conducts pre and post assessments in order to measure progress and develop a plan for closure.

Coordinates parent meetings and workshops to educate parents in the area of child health, mental health, and development.

Maintains fidelity to the RAISE program model.

Participates as a member of the RAISE Team.

Evaluates effectiveness of the Family Service Plan.

Works within the philosophy and function of Children’s Home Network

Adheres to virtual office procedures

Performs other duties as assigned*

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or college required, with at least one year of experience working with children and families.

Bachelor’s Degree must be in a field related to education, psychology, social work, counseling, or educational theory.
Individual must have an understanding of issues related to parenting and child development.

Licenses & Certifications

Must possess and maintain a valid Florida driver’s license with no record of criminal driving offense of license suspension.
Must possess means of providing job related transportation and show proof of required insurance. Must be insurable under CHN’s current auto insurance policy.
Must be able to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.
Must successfully complete and maintain FDLE clearance, Federal background and state criminal background checks, and sexual predator screening.

Competencies & Professional Development Annual Training Requirements

The following training topics are required annually:
Sexual Harassment, Blood borne Pathogens, Workplace Accident Prevention and Reporting,Confidentiality and Privacy Practices, Diversity/Cultural Competency, Child Abuse and Neglect Mandated Reporter Statutes and Methods, Prevention of Violence in the Workplace, OSHA–related training, Crisis Prevention, and other Programmatic Trainings.

Knowledge

Skills and Abilities

Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing. Ability to establish effective working relationships with families, coworkers, supervisors, and other individuals. Possess effective interpersonal skills.
Knowledge of agency’s organizational structure, standard operating procedures, and policies.
Knowledge of child abuse or neglect reporting procedures and methods.
Knowledge of infant and child development inclusive of developmentally appropriate strategies.
Knowledge of intervention…