Family Support Specialist

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Job Summary:

This is a professional position responsible for family support assistance with caregivers (relatives, non-relatives and kinships).

• Establish and maintain positive working relationship with HFC internal and external customers
• Work collaboratively with the kinship caregivers and caregiver support team
• Assist kinship caregivers with resources identification/development and service navigation
• Provide support, resources and referrals as needed to assist with placement support and stability
• Facilitate ongoing continuing educational training to further build caregiver skills and knowledge
• Assist with event planning for kinship family events
• Participate in meetings and/or staffing’s involving or regarding caregivers as appropriate with goal setting, barriers, placement stabilization and permanency planning
• Assist with reaching out to case management and provider staff to ensure service engagement is occurring
• Work with other departments collaboratively that will also be supporting caregivers regarding benefits and permanency goals
• Lead and/or assist with support groups as needed
• Ensure quality and timely documentation of work
• Perform special projects as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work or related field.
• Two years of experience working with children, adolescents and families in a child welfare setting is preferred.

• Excellent benefits package with tuition assistance, domestic partner coverage, retirement and generous paid time off.

Drug free workplace. Drug testing required. EOE/M/F/D/V.

• Establish and maintain positive working relationship with HFC internal and external customers
• Work collaboratively with the kinship caregivers and caregiver support team
• Assist kinship caregivers with resources identification/development and service navigation
• Provide support, resources and referrals as needed to assist with placement support and stability
• Facilitate ongoing continuing educational training to further build caregiver skills and knowledge
• Assist with event planning for kinship family events
• Participate in meetings and/or staffing’s involving or regarding caregivers as appropriate with goal setting, barriers, placement stabilization and permanency planning
• Assist with reaching out to case management and provider staff to ensure service engagement is occurring
• Work with other departments collaboratively that will also be supporting caregivers regarding benefits and permanency goals
• Lead and/or assist with support groups as needed
• Ensure quality and timely documentation of work
• Perform special projects as assigned

Drug free workplace. Drug testing required. EOE/M/F/D/V.

Heartland for Children (HFC) does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on disability, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, or any category protected by law. HFC will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so creates an undue hardship for the organization.

Heartland for Children is a community-based care lead agency contracted with the Department of Children and Families.

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