Family Support and Engagement Specialist

Children's Home Society of Florida

Since opening our doors in 1902, CHS became a part of Florida's history.

CHS has been committed to growing and evolving to provide the right services and solutions to address the needs of children and families throughout the changing times. Every day, our team works with parents and kids to empower them and encourage them. With innovative technology solutions and a dedicated, experienced team throughout the state, we're changing the face of foster care and positively impacting children and families' lives for generations to come.

Join our team to continue to do good and create history serving Florida's children and families!

About the Role:

Healthy Families is a nationally accredited home visiting program that partners with new and expecting families power through stressful life situations to help their family grow healthy, happy and safe. The program supports new and expectant parents through education and community support.

As a full-time Family Support and Engagement Specialist, you'll provide guidance, resources and support to families, helping them overcome challenges and build resilience. You'll leverage your unique experience and interpersonal skills to assess and provide customized support to enhance the home environment and strengthen the parent-child relationship. From problem-solving to mentoring others, your contributions in the Healthy Families program will play a pivotal role in achieving the CHS mission of building bridges to success for children.

WHY JOIN CHS?

• Your Experience Counts: We recognize the knowledge, skills and insight that come with a lifetime of learning.
• Flexibility for Work-Life Balance: We offer full- and part-time opportunities to meet your needs, along with flexible schedules.
• Supportive Environment: You'll work alongside a team that values collaboration and mutual respect, filled with lots of opportunities for face-to-face and group interaction.
• Professional Development: We have lots of opportunity for ongoing learning and development, as well as to share knowledge and make a lasting impact on colleagues and the community.
• Great Compensation & Benefits: Too much to list here, we have an exceptionally attractive benefits package, including outstanding healthcare insurance and wellness perks (for example, CHS pays more than 70% of your insurance premium!), generous paid time off, lots of holidays and "early outs," as well as a robust 403(b) retirement plan.

Primary Job Functions

• Assist in identifying family strengths and needs and developing an actionable road map to help create a stable home environment.
• Conduct developmental screenings, while maintaining client contact by phone, written communication and by conducting home/residential visits.
• Identify and refer the family to supportive services and where necessary, directly transport or arrange for transportation for activities, such as medical appointments, counseling, and other social service agency meetings, etc.
• Teach positive parenting skills and age-appropriate discipline options to assist in strengthening parent-child interaction to enhance the family functioning and improve self-sufficiency.
• Provide appropriate modeling techniques, education, activities, and other support as delineated in the Home Visit Service Plan.
• Create and maintain comprehensive client clinical and case records in a timely manner, documenting activities as required by Healthy Families and CHS standards.
• Meet with supervisor weekly to provide detailed updates regarding the status of client screening/assessment and other activity.

Job Qualifications

We're seeking individuals who have:

• A strong work ethic and reliability built over years of professional and personal growth.
• Exceptional communication and problem-solving skills, as well as some computer skills
• A passion for teamwork and contributing to a shared vision.
• An ability to typically work Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with availability to work outside these hours to complete home visits or attend to other activities, when needed.
• A high school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Experience working with culturally diverse young children and their families.
• A Florida drivers' license or ability to obtain one within 30 days from hire, with daily access a reliable and insured vehicle or transportation.
• An ability to pass a criminal background check and drug screen.
• Ability to speak Spanish, a plus.

All applicants are subject to background screening through the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). For more information, visit

Together, good can be done.

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