Bilingual Family Support Specialist

Position Function :


Respond to service requests within 24 hours with crisis intervention to stabilize circumstances of family conflict, school attendance issues and incidents of running away. Provide in-home or in-community assessment and family preservation services, including individual and family sessions, limited case management and skills-based interventions. Prepare and submit all required documentation and reports in a timely manner. The job requires sensitivity to the service population's cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.

Education Requirements :


Bachelor's degree in psychology, social work, social services or related field. An additional year of experience may be substituted for each year of college (30 credit hours) to secure a bachelor's degree. Bilingual skills preferred.

Experience Requirements:


A minimum of one year experience working with at-risk youth, providing crisis intervention, intake and assessment and case management is required. Ability to demonstrate and quickly acquire strong skills in crisis intervention, Motivational interviewing, Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) Caregiver Training, Seeking Safety curriculum, group facilitation, and public relations required. Excellent communication and time management skills required.

Functional Requirements :

Provide stabilizing, short-term crisis intervention, evidence-based individual and family sessions, evidence-based parenting skills groups and evidence-based program group facilitation to youth and their families in designated counties. Promote the agency and RHRL Program and advocate for the family in professional collaborations throughout the community. Provide successful outcomes within the prescribed time periods for treatment. Provide community intervention and skills-based sessions and/or case management to youth and their families in designated counties. Serve as a professional contact in the community. Follow policies and procedures of ACH and represent the agency in a positive and professional manner.

Working Conditions :

Exposure to children with behavior problems, including possible physical aggression. Exposure to illness and blood. Risks inherent in traveling into unfamiliar neighborhoods to provide class instruction or services in family homes, schools, and other designated locations.

Exposure to Confidential Information :

Maintain confidentiality and follow policies related to personnel and client records.

Key Expectations/Responsibilities :

Service Delivery:

• Follow RHRL and agency intake procedure.
• Utilize Motivational Interviewing, TBRI®, Seeking Safety, Brief Strategic Family Therapy® approach and facilitate skills-based groups.
• Provide any and all of the following RHRL programming:
• Initial intake sessions
• Family sessions
• Individual sessions
• Caregiver skills training group
• Youth skills training group
• Service Planning and Service Coordination
• Basic Needs Support
• Provide coordination for emergency shelter care services for current clients as needed.
• Provide expedient collaborative crisis intervention as assigned throughout contract service area:
• Provide crisis curriculum-based intervention sessions with individuals and families.
• RHRL Family Support Specialists work in collaboration with Counselors, the Skills Training Coordinator, Resource Navigators, Kinship Navigators, the Safe Place® Coordinator, AIRS Department, ACH Youth Emergency Shelter, sheriff, police, emergency medical services, Child Protective Services, and other protective and regulatory agencies as needed to assist youth and families in crisis.
• Comply with the required number of weekly scheduled sessions.
• Fulfill billing requirements.
• Provide case management as needed
• Maintain cultural competence and attend trainings to be equipped to work with a culturally diverse population.
• Offer services after normal business hours, on holidays, and during assigned on-call rotation.
• Participate in on-call rotation for Safe Place® responding to calls within established time frames.
• Maintain necessary documentation and files to fulfill RHRL and agency requirements.
• Teach and facilitate curriculum-based individual and/or group sessions, in accordance with established evidence-based program curriculums provided by the agency, as assigned at sites throughout the contract service area.
• Undertake and complete other tasks as assigned.

Community Relations:

• Increase the utilization of RHRL services through the promotion of the program throughout the community.
• Build and maintain a positive collaborative relationship with local youth services, criminal justice, educational and social service agencies.
• Give presentations to schools and organizations as needed.

Training and Supervision

• Attend all trainings and participate in all supervision activities deemed appropriate to meet requirements of RHRL.

Documentation and Reporting:

• Maintain up-to-date client records.
• Adhere to all agency and contractual requirements for case notes, Action Plans, pre- and post-surveys, consumer satisfaction surveys and all other documentation as indicated by the program or as directed.
• Accurately complete documentation and satisfy billing requirements in a timely manner.

The above noted job description is not intended to describe, in detail, the multitude of tasks that may be assigned but rather to give the employee a general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of his/her position. As the nature of business demands change so, too, may the essential functions of this position


Requirements

Education Requirements :


Bachelor's degree in psychology, social work, social services or related field. An additional year of experience may be substituted for each year of college (30 credit hours) to secure a bachelor's degree. Bilingual skills preferred.

Experience Requirements:


A minimum of one year experience working with at-risk youth, providing crisis intervention, intake and assessment and case management is required. Ability to demonstrate and quickly acquire strong skills in crisis intervention, Motivational interviewing, Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) Caregiver Training, Seeking Safety curriculum, group facilitation, and public relations required. Excellent communication and time management skills required.