Caregiver/Family Support Worker

The Caregiver/Family Supports and Services worker enhances the child/youth’s ability regardless of disability (developmental, physical and/or behavioral), to function as part of a caregiver/family unit and enhance the caregiver/family’s ability to care for the child/youth in the home and/or community. Family is broadly defined, and can include families created through, birth, foster care, adoption or a self-created unit.
Duties & Responsibilities:

• Interact and engage with family/caregivers and children/youth to offer educational, advocacy and support resources to develop family/caregiver’s ability to independently access community series and activities
• Maintain and encourage the caregivers’/families’ self-sufficiency in caring for the child/youth in the home and community
• Address needs and issues of relevance to the caregiver/family unit as the child/youth is supported in the home and community
• Educate and train the caregiver/family unit on resource availability so that they might better support and advocate for the needs of the child and appropriately access needed services
• Provide guidance in the principles of the children’s chronic condition or life-threatening illness

Education & Experience

• High school diploma, high school equivalency preferred, a State Education Commencement Credential (SACC) or Career Development and Occupational Studies Credential (CDOS) required
• 1-year experience working with children/youth in foster care or in a Children’s Mental Health Program or related human service experience preferred
• Positions in Lower Hudson Valley require a valid, non-restricted Driver License

Skills & Knowledge:

Ability to interact with and complete assignments in a manner sensitive to the service population's cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodical, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exits. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Pay: $20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 19.0 per week

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• working with parents of children with mental health issues: 2 years (Required)
• working with parents of special needs children: 1 year (Required)

Language:

• Spanish (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• non -restricted driver license (Required)

Work Location: On the road

Benefits:

Salary : $20