Healthy Families Family Support Worker
Company: Helen Ross McNabb Center
Location: Knoxville
Posted on: April 19, 2024
Job Description:
Healthy Families Family Support WorkerHelp Others, Make a
Difference, Save a Life.Do you want to make a difference in
people's lives every day?Or help people navigate the tough spots in
their life?And do it all while working where your hard work is
appreciated?You have a lot of choices in where you work---make the
decision to work where you are valued!Join the McNabb Center Team
as the Healthy Families Family Support Worker program today!The
Healthy Families Family Support Worker
- Healthy Families East Tennessee is a free and voluntary,
intensive, home-visitation program that offers support services and
resource linkage to new and expecting parents.
- Healthy Families East Tennessee is affiliated and accredited by
Healthy Families America, which is the nationally accredited,
evidence based, home visitation model adopted by Prevent Child
Abuse America.
- The Healthy Families model is relationship based and focuses on
the parent child interaction, strengths of the family, and reducing
stressors known to increase the incidence of child abuse and
neglect.
- The Family Support Specialist (FSS) is responsible for
initiating and maintaining regular and long-term (up to three or
five years) contact and support with families.
- This activity will occur primarily within the family's home;
each visit should last for at least one hour.
- The FSS ensures the quality of home visiting services helps
families achieve core Healthy Families America model quality,
fidelity, and success for each family.
- The interventions should be family-centered, strength-based,
and directed at establishing a trusting relationship; strengthening
the parent-child relationship; promoting healthy childhood growth
and development; and enhancing family well-being by reducing risk
and building protective factors.
- The FSS partners with families and honors diverse family
structures and parenting practices.
- Activities may also include but are not limited to:
administering the Family Resilience and Opportunities for Growth
Scale (FROG) Scale; administering screening tools such as the ASQ,
ASQ-SE, Depression Screens etc.; identifying and referring families
for other supportive services, including health care services.
- The FSS will also be responsible for assisting the family in
establishing goals and supporting them throughout this process and
is responsible for implementing activities outlined on the Family
Service Plan. This job description is not intended to be
all-inclusive; and employee will also perform other reasonably
related job responsibilities as assigned by immediate supervisor
and other management as required. This organization reserves the
right to revise or change job duties as the need arises. Moreover,
management reserves the right to change job descriptions, job
duties, or working schedules based on their duty to accommodate
individuals with disabilities. This job description does not
constitute a written or implied contract of employment.Schedule:
- Monday - Friday 8am - 5pmTravel:
- Must be able to utilize a dependable vehicle for home
visitation services.Equipment/Technology:
- Basic computer skills are required for email, timekeeping, and
documentation in the electronic medical record.QUALIFICATIONS -
Healthy Families Family Support WorkerEducation:
- Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Child and Family Studies,
Psychology, or related field preferred.
- High school diploma and lived experience required if not
Bachelor's Qualified. Experience / Knowledge:
- One year experience providing evidence-based home visiting
services preferred.
- Experience working with young children and families
required.
- Infant Mental Health Endorsement preferred.
- Required to achieve AIMHITN Infant Mental Health Endorsement
within the first two years of employment if hired without
endorsement.
- Training and knowledge in infant and early child development
and parenting skills required.
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must have
excellent communication skills with colleagues and clients.
- Ability to build quality and caring relationships with clients
where clients feel supported and heard.
- Maintain a trauma-informed approach when serving families.
- Maintain appropriate boundaries with clients and
colleagues.
- Willingness to engage in building reflective capacity,
- Manage a flexible schedule and multiple tasks.
- Ability to use reflective practices in working with
families.
- Ability to work with diverse populations in culturally
sensitive ways. Physical:
- Minimal exposure to biological hazards.
- Hearing of normal/soft tones and close eye work.
- Valid driver's license.
- Frequent sitting, standing, walking, bending, stooping, and
reaching.
- CPR and First Aid certification required (training
provided).
- Required to be certified in and adequately implement verbal
de-escalation techniques.
- Applicants should be able to exercise sound judgement under
pressure.
- Clinical staff may be required to get an F endorsement to
transport clients as necessary.Location:
- Knoxville, TennesseeApply today to work where we care about you
as an employee and where your hard work makes a difference!Helen
Ross McNabb Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Center
provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and
applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and
harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion,
age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected
veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local
laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of
employment.Helen Ross McNabb Center conducts background checks,
driver's license record, degree verification, and drug screens at
hire. Employment is contingent upon clean drug screen, background
check, and driving record. Additionally, certain programs are
subject to TB Screening and/or testing. Bilingual applicants are
encouraged to apply.PIe8f05cec5762-31181-34193158
Keywords: Helen Ross McNabb Center, Kingsport , Healthy Families Family Support Worker, Other , Knoxville, Tennessee
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