Child and Family Specialist

1 month ago

Duarte, United States Foothill Family Full time
SUMMARY

The Child and Family Specialist provides intensive in-home and field-based services to the children and families in the Programs of Intensive Field Capable Clinical Services (IFCCS), Wraparound or Full-Service Partnership (FSP). Services include community outreach services and intensive mental health services within their scope of practice.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Supports and promotes the mission of the Agency: Foothill Family empowers children and families to achieve success in relationships, school, and work through community-based services that advance growth and development.
  • Provides intensive Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) services such as: individual rehabilitation services, collateral services, and consultation on high need, high risk clients and families from various referring parties.
  • Provides Intensive Home-Based Services (IHBS) and Intensive Care Coordination (ICC)
  • Encompasses the values and principles of the Shared Core Practice Model in Engaging, Teaming, Assessment, Planning and Intervention, and Tracking and Adapting into services delivered.
  • Provides trauma-informed care within scope of practice and focuses on building Protective Factors of Parental Resilience, Social Connections, Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development, Concrete Support in Times of Need, and Social and Emotional Competence of Children.
  • Provides field-based services to clients and families as assigned and based on the families' needs and availability that can include client's home, school, community and Agency offices.
  • Reinforces and practices skills the client has learned in therapy to assist in decreasing mental health symptoms and behaviors that are putting the client's placement at risk.
  • Assists clients to develop the skills necessary in improving, maintaining or restoring their functioning.
  • Works collaboratively with parents/guardians to ensure treatment progress.
  • Works on a multi-disciplinary Treatment team that includes: Intensive Services Facilitators, Parent Partners, Psychiatrists, Clinicians, school personnel and support staff.
  • Reinforces positive parenting skills to increase the caregiver's ability to manage the behaviors of their child.
  • Provides immediate response to a client exhibiting acute psychiatric symptoms which if untreated presents an imminent threat to the client and/or others and consults with supervisor immediately.
  • Links clients to resources needed to support achievement of their goals.
  • Performs services which may include: crisis counseling, behavioral management, medication education, stress management, mentoring/role model for the caregiver of the identified child, psychosocial skills training, shadowing for the identified child, teaching and demonstrating life skills, homemaking, budgeting, case management, translation, helping to access respite care, educational support, parenting support and domestic violence services.
  • Participates in the 4 Step Child and Family Team Meeting Model when applicable.
  • Follows through with tasks that are assigned via the Client Treatment Plan, and through Child and Family Team meetings.
  • Provides flexible services in tune with the needs of the individual families, while maintaining open communication among the team.
  • Models ethical and professional behavior at all times.
  • Assists in monitoring the children and families to ensure child safety.
  • Identifies risk factors for child abuse or neglect, develops treatment plans to lower the risk to children and reports any cases of suspected child abuse or neglect as required by California child abuse reporting law.
  • Assists accounting in the collection of complete and accurate information necessary for billing.
  • Effectively represents the Agency at community meetings; effectively consults with other agencies such as Department of Children and Family Services, Probation, Department of Mental Health, and schools.
  • Carries a caseload of between 10 -12 families.
  • Performs on-call 24/7 crisis response as needed.
  • Displays sensitivity to the service population's cultural and socioeconomics characteristics.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS
  • Bachelor of Arts in Human Services, Social Work, or Psychology plus a minimum of one year of experience working with high risk youth; or a high school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) plus a minimum of three years' experience working with high risk youth.
  • Experience providing culturally competent services to diverse populations.
  • Experience providing direct service to individuals, families and groups.
  • Experience providing child abuse treatment services.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work cooperatively as a team member.
  • Bilingual English/Spanish preferred or other language as determined by program need.
  • Valid CA Driver's License and maintains insurability on the Agency's auto liability policy (including a minimum of 2 years driving experience after receiving license) and maintains the California state required personal auto insurance liability limits.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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