What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Support Worker position at Project Self-Sufficiency?
The Family Support Worker (FSW) is responsible for establishing and maintaining a regular and long-term relationship with the family.Responsibilities:
- FSW will outreach families referred to Central Intake or through a Service Provider.
- FSW will use a standardized screening tool to determine eligibility for home visitation services.
- Activity will occur primarily within the participant’s home; each visit should last for at least one hour.
- The interventions should be family-centered and strength-based.
- Interview/conduct the Family Resilience and Opportunities for Growth (FROG) Scale with parents to identify strengths/risk factors to support the family throughout home visitation services.
- Establish a trusting relationship.
- Assist in strengthening parent-child relationships.
- Assist parents in improving their skills to optimize the home environment.
- Assist in increasing the family support system and increase the family’s ability to solve problems and assume the role of advocating for themselves and their children.
- Responsible for assisting the family in establishing goals and a plan for the accomplishment of those goals. The assessment of the normal growth and development of the target child.
- Identify and refer to other supportive agencies, including healthcare appointments.Qualifications: Screening and selection of Family Support Workers (FSW) includes consideration of characteristics including, but not limited to the following:
- Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent.
- Preferably at least 2 years of experience in working with or providing services to children and families.
- Acceptance of individual differences.
- Ability to establish trusting relationships.
- Experience and humility to work with culturally diverse families, and those experiencing trauma and/or domestic violence.
- Knowledge of infant and child development.
- Willingness to engage in building reflective capacity (e.g., capacity for introspection, communicating awareness of self in relation to others, recognizing value of supervision, etc.).
- Infant Mental Health Endorsement preferred.
- Flexible availability to include weeknight/weekend hours as allowed by agency policy; and
- Travel throughout New Jersey to obtain required multi-day training for the model and/or agency.Health benefits, on-site childcare, and 401K plan available. Salary for this position is $45,000 - $55,000, commensurate with previous experience, references, and other factors.
Salary : $45,000 - $55,000