Lead Family Support Partner

This position provides overlay services to child welfare case management by providing intensive in-home therapeutic services that promote placement stabilization and/or support caregivers in reunification with their children.

We are looking for a Lead Family Support Partner who must have:

• Master’s degree in social work or a related area of study from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience working in the social work field required 
• Experience with juvenile justice or behavioral health systems preferred 
• Experience navigating the child welfare system and training, coaching and/or serving, as a mentor to other families preferred
• Experience working with diverse populations and collaborating with a wide range of service providers.
• Must possess a valid Florida Driver’s License and Auto Insurance

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Accurately document all case activities in the Florida Safe Families Network database within 48 hours.
• Maintain the physical case file in chronological order, by subject, in accordance with the standardized case file format.
• Provide clients with timely referrals to services.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of community resources, program eligibility requirements, key contact persons, emergency procedures, and waiting lists of available resources.
• Maintain regular contact with service providers and document service progress in FSFN.
• Follow Florida Statutes, Administrative Code, written policies and orders of the Dependency Court in managing cases toward goals recorded in case plans.
• Arrange for, attend, and participate in individual case staffing as necessary; complete all required staffing.
• Conduct initial and/or ongoing child safety assessments as required.
• Prepare initial and on-going safety plans as necessary.
• Attend all appointments, staff meetings, trainings, seminars, workshops, etc., as necessary and as required by the Program Director.
• Work cooperatively with Program Directors, with other Family Stabilization Specialists, with placement staff, with Protective Investigators, with Child Welfare Legal staff and with agency support staff.
• Effectively manages time to ensure that all home visits are completed as required, all documentation is entered into FSFN within 48 hours, and court appearances are attended as necessary.
• Ability to take on additional tasks and support in the absence of the Program Director.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

Job Essentials:

• Provide direct services to program, children and families.
• Must understand and demonstrate sensitivity to cultural, community, family and youth needs.
• Accept all cases assigned by Program Director and meet with youth in their primary residence and with identified parents in sufficient time.
• Integrate Motivational Interviewing, Safety Planning, and Trauma Informed Care into service provision.
• Develop a service plan based on positive youth development and principles of Motivational Interviewing.
• Identify the strengths and needs of the youth, family, the circumstances referring the family to programming, recommendations provided by the Intake Assessment and other relevant data.
• Develop service plan in collaboration with parents, Guardian Ad Litem, foster parents and other pertinent parties with the goal of reunification or other permanency for the child.
• Ensure all children are visited in their primary residence according to required frequency.
• Prepare for, attend, and participate in all court activities as necessary.
• Provide on-call and crisis response services as needed.
• Able to work evening and occasional weekend hours.
• Able to drive daily to nearby locations for meetings or visits.

BAYS is a drug-free workplace. We prohibit the use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances on company premises or during work hours.