What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bilingual Case Manager, Family Coaching & Visitation position at FAMILY SERVICE OF RHODE ISLAND INC?
FSRI is always looking for candidates that want to make a positive impact on the community!
Position Summary: Provides coaching, support, supervision and education during parental visits with children who are placed out of the home to help parents work towards their goal of reunification. Responsible for communication with DCYF including weekly visitation summaries and court letters. Coordinate with families and providers to best support treatment work. Provide case management. Provide transportation for children to and from visits as needed.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or relevant career experience in human services, child development, education, child and family treatment.
- Prior experience working with children and families involved in child welfare.
- Experience providing supervised visitation a plus.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) skills required.
- Ability to use all MS Office programs, mainframe computer systems and Internet.
- Ability to work independently and as an interdependent team member.
- Able to work evening and weekend hours.
- Clean driving record as the position requires reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, and proof of automobile insurance, registration, inspection and driving record.
- Ability to work flexible schedule including evenings and weekends as needed.
- Bilingual/ASL skills are compensated by an additional 6%, above base pay.
- Multilingual skills are compensated by an additional 8%, above base pay.
Physical Requirements: This position requires agency and community visits, employees in this position must have the ability to:
- Travel to and from community locations and agency sites, which could include using walkways, stairs and/or elevators.
- Ability to lift up to 20 lbs.
- Ability to communicate effectively
Don’t meet every single requirement? Here at FSRI, we’re dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about one of our career opportunities, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be the perfect fit for this or another opportunity!
We offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental and work life benefits. Only together can we continue to grow and make a difference in our communities.
Join our FAMILY today!
Family Service of RI (FSRI) is a statewide organization with a 130 year track record of improving the health and well-being of children and families. We are passionate about our mission to advance opportunity and hope. FSRI’s diverse and inclusive teams – working across the Health, Healing, Home and Hope divisions, are experts in their fields, delivering strategies to positively impact lives. We provide services statewide, and currently operate in three locations in Providence; and four locations in East Providence, Smithfield and North Smithfield.
Family Service of Rhode Island provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
FSRI determines pay based on a candidate's relevant and transferable experience, certifications, licenses, degree and language ability.
Salary : $23 - $29