LifeConnections Children's Foster Care Services is accepting applications for the following:

Position: Family Support Manager

Job Type: Full-Time

Salary: Up to $50k Plus Excellent Benefits!

Education/ Experience/Employment Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree Required in psychology, education, social work, or related field
• At least one-year prior experience working with children and families
• Must pass a criminal background check
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record
• Proof of car insurance

Job Summary:

Professional individual who provides support to LifeConnections Family Support staff, birth, foster, and adoptive families in-home & in the community. Serving as a positive and supportive role model for LifeConnections staff, as well as youth and young adults with extensive clinical needs and/or developmental disabilities, and their families. Provides transportation, supervised visitation, parenting education, and promotes positive child-parent/child-sibling relationships. Links children and their caregivers to community resources needed to support the reunification process.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Coordinates visitation(s) between children and their families, supervises and supports visitation sessions as directed by DCYF and/or DJJS, and appropriately documents observations of the visits.
• Work directly with families that have been challenged with mental illness, substance abuse, and/or developmental delays and have been affected by abuse and neglect.
• Introduce interventions while working to achieve treatment plan goals and objectives.
• Connect families with community resources local to them that offer support and promote a safe and healthy lifestyle.
• Supervises and transports clients during assigned hours, this may include, job search, medical appointments, weekly recreation, shopping trips, and other necessary trips.
• Reinforce appropriate client behavior through direct feedback, role-playing, and behavior modification techniques.
• Documentation and timely submission of all contact notes, and all other client documentation deemed necessary by the organization.
• Attends all team meetings specific to the client.

Additional Responsibilities:

Assist in the collecting, completion, and submission of case management related paperwork

Essential Skills & Abilities:

• Manages stress well
• Excellent communication skills with adults and children
• Knowledge of childhood development
• Knowledge of substance abuse/signs of relapse
• Knowledge of domestic abuse relationships and its effects on children
• Well organized, dependable, and timely
• Strong written communication skills.
• Ability to act appropriately in the event of an emergency.
• Experience working with youth and/or adults with developmental disabilities is a plus

LifeConnections is an Equal Opportunity Employer!

www.LifeConnectionsUSA.org

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to $50,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Manchester, NH: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person