Family Support Specialist
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3/28/2025
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This is a professional position responsible for family support assistance with caregivers (relatives, non-relatives and kinships).
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- Establish and maintain positive working relationship with HFC internal and external customers
- Work collaboratively with the kinship and caregiver supportteam
- Assist with benefits, resources identification/development and service navigation
- Provide support, resources and referral information for placement support and stability
- Facilitate ongoing continuing educational trainings to further build parenting skills
- Participate in meetings and/or staffing’s involving or regarding caregivers as appropriate with goal setting, barriers, placement stabilization and permanency planning
- Assist with reaching out to case management and provider staff to ensure service engagement is occurring
- Assist with school registration, school transportation and child care registration as needed
- Work with other departments collaboratively that will also be supporting caregivers regarding benefits and permanency goals
- Lead and/or assist with support groups as needed
- Ensure quality and timely documentation of work
- Perform special projects as assigned
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Bachelors degree in Social Work or related field.
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Two years of experience working with children, adolescents and families in a child welfare setting is preferred.
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Excellent benefits package with tuition assistance, domestic partner coverage, retirement and generous paid time off.
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Drug free workplace. Drug testing required. EOE/M/F/D/V.
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