Family Support Specialist

The Family Support Specialist partners with a licensed/ licensed-eligible Mental Health and Developmental Clinician to engage families who are referred to the Child First home-based intervention. The Family Support Provider plays a crucial role in stabilizing the entire family system, while the Clinician provides psychotherapeutic caregiver-child intervention to facilitate and enhance this critical relationship.

Requirements

• Strong written and oral communication skills via phone and face-to-face.
• Understand HIPAA, protected health information, and confidentiality.
• Proven ability to work with a high level of independence, maintain confidentiality, prioritize assignments, and manage time effectively.
• Openness to learning, capacity for self-reflection, and eagerness to participate in reflective clinical supervision.
• Knowledge of early childhood development, parent education, parent-child relationships, and individual, family, and community-level risk factors (e.g., poverty, homelessness, maternal depression, domestic violence, substance abuse, teen parenthood).
• Knowledge of and experience with community-based services and supports in service area, highly valued.
• Be committed to building trust and engagement with individuals and families from diverse backgrounds.
• Strong conflict resolution skills.
• Practice cultural awareness and a commitment to diversity and equity.
• Demonstrates rational decision-making skills.
• Knowledge of parenting skills, childhood developmental stages, and similar.
• A confirmed Bachelor’s degree in child development, psychology, nursing, human services, or related field.
• Experience working with culturally diverse families and young children under the age of six years.
• Experience working in home and community-based settings with vulnerable populations of diverse cultures and ethnicities.
• A bi-lingual (Spanish, Portuguese, Creole, other speaking) applicant is preferred depending upon position location.
• Valid driver’s license and proof of automobile insurance required.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Flexible work hours
• Discretionary Time Off (DTO)
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Professional development support
• Referral bonuses