Family Support Worker/Family Assessment Worker

Description

CCAP Mission Statement - To empower all people and communities, challenged by poverty as well as social and cultural barriers, through advocacy, education, and access to high quality health and human services.

JOB SUMMARY:

Healthy Families America is a voluntary home-based program whose staff receives extensive training in family assessment and home visitation. Staff will provide curriculum-based visits using the Growing Great Kids Curriculum over a long term to promote parent child relationships and health childhood growth and development. Services are typically initiated prenatally or at birth.

WORK SCHEDULE DEMANDS:

• This is a full-time, hybrid position. 
• This position requires doing home visits and driving daily 
• Due to the nature of the work and level of responsibility, this individual maintains a flexible schedule, which may go beyond a regular workweek. 
• May be required to work at any CCAP location  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and /or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

The following responsibilities are not meant to be all-inclusive and may be expanded or adjusted to meet component needs.  

• FSW/FAWs must attend HFA specific trainings in Foundations for Support (FFS), Family assessment (FROG) and the Growing Great Kids (GGK) curriculum. In addition to the specific HFA trainings, staff is required to attend HEALTH’s MIECHV (Maternal, Infant and Early Child Home Visiting) trainings and any other training deemed necessary by the RI Dept of Health.   
• Trainings are usually offered in Rhode Island, but staff may be required to travel out of state to attend core training.   
• The GGK curriculum is utilized in the delivery of HFA services with families. 
• Staff must utilize assessment tools to identify and address substance abuse, mental health, domestic violence, etc. and refer to appropriate community resources. 
• Meet with families on a regular basis in accordance with HFA Model standards per caseload capacity. 
• Attend reflective supervision weekly and regular staff meetings. 
• Maintain boundaries with families in an ethical and professional manner. 
• Adhere to child abuse and neglect reporting laws. 
• Perform screenings via standardized screenings for developmental milestones per recommended intervals. 
• Follow CCAP and HFA policies and procedures.  
• Other duties as assigned  

Requirements

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• BA/BSW or related in Human Services, Child Development, preferred 
• Minimum Associate Degree in Human Services and 2 years' experience working with families with multiple needs, providing services to and/or engaging families with infants and toddlers in services. 
• Provide/maintain all required immunizations and/or vaccinations
• Complete all required background checks
• Bilingual Spanish; preferred 

CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION:

Has unrestricted access to clinical records via web-based database. Must follow State and Federal Laws of confidentiality of Clinical Records and must follow CCAP policies and procedures for the creation, protection, retention, release and disposal of Clinical Records. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS / ENVIRONMENT:  

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.  

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and to talk to hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands, fingers, handle or feel objects, tools or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 20 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The environment is a clinical business office environment. Potential exposure to blood borne pathogens, respiratory diseases and other infectious diseases, and other biohazardous material requiring universal standard precautions. This position requires the individual to have their own transportation, a current unrestricted license to drive, documented auto insur