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 Specialist will be doing-
- Engage family in developing and implementing effective, strength-based, family centered/child safety plans by using therapeutic skills.
- Actively engage in and enhance professional development including but not limited to acceptance of supervision, training and participation in meetings.
- Provide timely in home services on an ongoing basis for assigned case load.
- Provide on-call service at a minimum of one week per quarter accepting referrals 24 hours a day, seven days a week through the OK Intake process.
- Produces high quality results and reports as per contract.
- Produces timely results, task accomplishment and reports/documentation of activities as per contract
The successful Family Specialist candidate will have-
- Master’s degree in Counseling or a related field or bachelor's degree with three years or more experience required.
- Experience in social services
- Independent decision making and flexible scheduling
- Strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
- Ability to drive long distance. Key West to Key Largo weekly.
The Family Specialist 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 $58,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Education:
Language:
- English (Required)
- Spanish (Preferred)
- Haitian Creole (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Key Largo, FL 33037 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Key Largo, FL 33037: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: In person
