Family Support Specialist

++Position Summary:++ Family Support Specialist (FSS) will provide an array of formal and informal supports to families caring for/raising a child who is experiencing social, emotional, medical, developmental, substance use, and/or behavioral challenges in their home, residential, school, placement, and/or community. The Family Support Specialist (FSS) provides a structured, strength-based relationship between a Family Treatment Teams in Foster home and Residential as well as with the parent/family member/caregiver for the benefit of the child/youth. Services are delivered in a trauma informed, culturally and linguistically competent manner by Service Providers with documented lived experience. ++Essential Responsibilities:++ Supervise and Coach family visits on grounds and in the community to support and effectuate goal of permanency/reunification and decrease QRTP recidivism Supervise and Coach sibling visits in various settings to support sibling relationships Supervise and Coach visits between youth and resources to support the youth’s step down into a less restrictive placement towards the goal of permanency Assist youth and families to implement strategies recommended by clinicians during visitation to support the goals of increasing visitation to effectuate permanency Assist youth and families with achieving their goals pertaining to skill building, coaching, transitional support from residential, self-advocacy, self-efficacy, empowerment and/or community connections Support the efforts of families in caring for and strengthening their children’s mental and physical health, overall development and well-being Help families learn and practice strategies to support their child’s positive behavior Monitor the families progress in achieving goals detailed in the plan; collaborate with other care providers and community supports to help youth meet their needs Provide individual or group parent skill development related to the behavioral and medical health needs of the child (i.e., training on special needs parenting skills). Deliver community-based services in-person and using approved virtual platforms individually or in a group setting Provide Family First Aftercare services to discharged youth and families as assigned ++Qualifications:++ High School Diploma or GED required; Bachelor’s degree is preferred Minimum one year of previous experience working with youth in foster care or in a residential setting Demonstrated lived experience as a primary caregiver of a youth who has participated in (or navigated) the child welfares system is preferred Proficient using Microsoft office and virtual platforms, with the ability to learn new platforms. Complete all required and recommended JCCA, ACS, and OCFS trainings ++Pay Rate:++ $25.47 -$28.86 #J-18808-Ljbffr