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Family Support Specialist

2 months ago

Bronx New York, United States Good Shepherd Services Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Family Support Specialist to join our team at Good Shepherd Services. As a key member of our team, you will work closely with families facing challenges that impact their ability to parent their children.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide home-based and on-site individual, family, and group counseling, as well as short-term crisis intervention, including advocacy and outreach for designated caseload of twelve (12) families.
  • Engage families immediately upon referral, at times participating in Administration for Children's Services (ACS) Child Safety Conferences.
  • Implement and integrate the principles and procedures of Solution-Based Casework (SBC): assessment, family and individual level outcomes, action plans, and documentation and celebration.
  • Handle case-related crises with professionalism, urgency, and care, including incidents involving reports to the State Central Registry.
  • Conduct screenings and assessments for substance use, mental illness, and child safety and well-being, including assessing caregiver capacity, home environment and conditions, discipline methods, etc.
  • Integrate the practices of SBC into every counseling session.
  • Ensure every child has been seen and properly assessed every month.
  • Provide appropriate casework contacts to meet the needs of the families; minimally twice a month.
  • Represent participant needs, concerns, and perspectives at all required ACS and GSS meetings and trainings.
Requirements
  • Bachelors Degree required
  • Child welfare experience preferred
  • Bilingual - English/Spanish Required
  • Must have strong organizational, interpersonal, and counseling skills
  • Must be able to work at least 2 evenings per week to accommodate working families' schedules
  • Must have strong inquiry skills and ability to seek and share internal and external best practices
  • Must have a commitment to work from a strength based, trauma-informed & youth and family development perspective
  • SBC trained and/or SBC certified a plus