Wesley House Family Services is a nationally accredited not-for-profit organization dedicated to protecting and nurturing children and strengthening families with services spanning Monroe County, Florida. Social services provided by WHFS include: Full case management, Intensive preservation services, Enhanced-in-home services, Intensive family reunification services, Prevention & intervention services, Foster care & adoption services, Health families Monroe and Inez martin child development center.
The Family Support Specialist will be doing-
- Engage and maintain contact with Families by performing home visits, phone calls, mail, and other methods of creative outreach.
- Assist in strengthening the parent-child relationship
- Help parents in improving the family support system by informing them of services available to them.
- Increase the family’s ability to solve problems and assume the role of advocate for themselves and their children.
- Help the family with identifying needs, making contacts, referrals, and appointments to ensure that the Focus Child is receiving health care
- Assist the family in establishing goals by developing a support plan to achieve those goals according to HFF Performance Standards
- Meet in regular weekly supervision with Supervisor
- Complete HFA Core Training and GGK New Gen Curriculum Training prior to directly working with children and families
- Complete required HFF web-based training through the Ounce Learning Management System at required intervals of 3,6 and 12 months and maintain records.
- Complete required in-service training as required.
- Facilitate monthly parenting support group.
The successful Family Support Worker candidate will have-
- FSS must have at a minimum a high school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) and at least one year of experience working with children or families.
- Ability to establish trusting relationships
- Experience in working with or providing services to children and families
- Acceptance of individual differences
- Experience and humility to work with the culturally diverse populations which are present among the program’s target population
- Knowledge of infant and child development
- Willingness to engage in building reflective capacity (e.g., has capacity for introspection, communicates awareness of self in relation to others, recognizes value of supervision, etc.)
- Valid Florida driver's license
- Florida auto insurance
The Family Support Worker Benefits-
- 80% paid medical and dental insurance
- Paid time off
- 12 paid holidays
- Birthday paid day off
- 403(b) with employer match
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $20.32 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Required)
Experience:
- Childcare: 1 year (Required)
Language:
- English (Required)
- Spanish (Preferred)
- Haitian Creole (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Key West, FL 33040 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Key West, FL 33040: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: In person
