Family Support Specialist
Andrus
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Yonkers • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $40,000 - $47,000 per year
About the role
- Providing, strength-based supportive services for children and their families.
- Initiates and maintains regular contact with families, primarily in their homes.
- Establishes trusting relationships with families, provides prenatal and other health education.
- Assists to strengthen parent-child relationships.
- Assists parents to improve their skills to optimize the home environment for child’s well-being and safety.
- Assists families in making and attending health and human services appointments including activities related to employment and education goals.
- Works effectively to provide support and to ensure healthy growth and development of families.
- Offers referrals and information according to the needs of families.
- Effectively manages a caseload of up to a case weight of 25-30 families.
- Conducts home visits according to the frequency of contact for families.
- Ensures activities are family appropriate and reflective of the developmental level of the child by incorporating curriculum when working with families.
- Meets weekly with assigned supervisor to address concerns and explore ways to best support families related to parent-child interaction, goal plan and curriculum or activities used in addition to discussing tasks assigned.
- Completes all paperwork and case record forms in a clear, accurate and timely fashion as per HFNY standards to ensure information stays up to date.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED
- Direct work experience with children and families in a community setting.
- An ability to establish trusting relationships
- Knowledge of infant and child development (preferred)
- Willing to engage in building reflective capacity (e.g., Introspection)
- Infant mental health endorsement (preferred)
- Strong oral and written communication skills and knowledge of basic computer systems
- Knowledge of Yonkers /Mt. Vernon and Westchester county resources valued
- Facility in written and spoken English and Spanish
- Punctual and regular attendance as scheduled
- Safe and successful performance of job tasks
- Valid NYS Driver’s License
- Ability to travel to community-based agency offices, participant’s communities, and homes within assigned catchment area
- Ability to drive to external locations and work flexible hours as required to meet program needs with some evenings and/or weekends as identified.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
infant mental health endorsementknowledge of infant and child developmentbasic computer systems
Soft Skills
establishing trusting relationshipsstrong oral communication skillsstrong written communication skillspunctualityreflective capacityability to manage caseloadability to work flexible hours
Certifications
High School DiplomaGED