What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Support Worker position at Family & Children's Association?
Location: Hempstead|Schedule: Full Time 35 hours per week| Salary:21.78/Hour
The Opportunity
The Family Support Worker will teach core life skills and supportive services to parents and the children of families receiving preventive services and whose children are at risk of foster care placement.
Responsibilities
The Opportunity
The Family Support Worker will teach core life skills and supportive services to parents and the children of families receiving preventive services and whose children are at risk of foster care placement.
Responsibilities
- Provide case management and work collaboratively with NCDSS
- Provide instruction to families in time management and establishing routines for children to effectively accomplish tasks; provide parent skills training to include setting limits and modeling appropriate behaviors
- Provide information and instruction to families on nutrition, cooking, meal planning and grocery shopping.
- Provide instruction to families in money management including supplying materials when available, to assist them with budgeting expenses and income.
- Provide assistance to families to maintain current housing and research assistance when new housing needs to be secured.
- Provide instruction and guidance to families in developing and strengthening their social skills and social activities.
- Assist families in applying for State and County entitlements to assist in meeting basic needs
- Complete all paperwork required by the funder, regulatory agency and FCA including but not limited to weekly progress reports, case notes, timesheets and expense claims and submit by deadline.
- Attend all meetings and training required by the FCA, the funder and the regulatory agency.
- Assume other responsibilities, tasks or projects as needed to ensure the effective operation of the program.
- High School Diploma or equivalent, Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Bilingual (Spanish) a plus.
- 1 year full time experience working with families with children under the age of 18.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Basic computer skills required.
- Valid and clean driver's license
- The competitive compensation range is reflected with FCA's framework, culture, and values. Individual pay decisions will vary based on skills and experience' while still allowing for growth
- Full Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
- Generous PTO
- 403(b); with generous employer contribution
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Pet Insurance
- Short Term (STD) and Long Term (LTD) Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)