Family Advocacy Clinician - Adult Services RI

Overview:
This position is for a Housing Advocate with The Center for Family Safety and Healing. The position may require some evening hours coverage.

Job Description

Summary:

Provides general child and family advocacy, interventions, counseling support, and prevention services, as a part of a multidisciplinary team, for individuals and families at The Center For Family Safety and Healing.

Essential Functions:

• Advocates for children and their families, connecting them with the appropriate resources for their situation and assisting with coordination.
• Collaborates with families to develop service plans that incorporate their strengths, visions, goals, and priorities.
• Completes all required documentation and paperwork requirements in a competent, legible, and timely manner consistent with legal and agency policy or program mandates.
• Educates families on expected developmental milestones for their child and routine medical and health services.
• Ensures confidentiality of clients and complies with related hospital policies, federal and state regulations, and established program guidlines.
• Implements appropriate interventions and services to families, providing education, support, and problem solving.
• Utilizes appropriate developmental screening and assessment techniques.

Education Requirement: Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Child Development, or related field, required.

Licensure Requirement: State of Ohio licensure in social work or counseling (LSW, PC), preferred.

Certifications: (not specified)

Skills:

• Working knowledge of relevant federal and state legislation and regulations and local county-specific policies. Understanding of mandated reporting laws.
• Effective verbal and written communication, interpersonal, customer service, and teamwork skills.
• Working knowledge of relevant community resources and systems.
• Working knowledge of interpersonal family violence and human development.
• Ability to manage mental healthcare for children and families and provide family violence intervention.
• Crisis intervention skills including suicide assessment and response.

Experience: Two years of experience in social services, or related field, with an emphasis on trauma, preferred.

Experience: Experience working with sexual victimization or domestic violence victims, preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• OCCASIONALLY:
  Cold Temperatures, Hot Temperatures, Working at Heights
• FREQUENTLY:
  Bend/twist, Climb stairs/ladder, Computer skills, Decision Making, Flexing/extending of neck, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Interpreting Data, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Problem solving, Repetitive hand/arm use, Sitting, Squat/kneel, Standing, Walking, Working Outdoors
• CONTINUOUSLY:
  Audible speech, Driving motor vehicles (work required)
  * additional testing may be required, Hearing acuity, Peripheral vision, Seeing - Far/near
• Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above:
  Position may involve potential escalating events or interactions with others.

EOE M/F/Disability/Vet