In Home Family Support Specialist - Case Manager
**Most positions offer a sign on bonus**
Join a group of talented, dedicated and diverse employees at an innovative agency with over 45 years of providing compassionate, client-centered behavioral health care!
We offer a competitive benefit package:
- Medical and Dental insurance coverage
- Licensure reimbursement
- NHSC/HRSA loan repayment program
- 12 paid holidays + Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Potential bonuses
- Life insurance
- 403(b) retirement plan
- Flexible savings account
Summary: Provides support, education, and intervention in the home, community or office setting to assist caregivers in optimizing functioning in order to minimize family risk factor. Family Support Specialists (FSS) will work independently and part of a team in a solution-focused manner to help families develop the skills necessary to ensure a safe and secure home environment for their children. Such tasks may include, supporting families to access basic needs, household organization, parenting strategies and attachment, support around mental health and substance use challenges and reintegration of the children back into the family. FSS candidate should have a passion for supporting families outside of a traditional behavioral health office setting, ability to independently problem-solve in times of crisis, flexibility in scheduling and decision-making and strong organizational and documentation skills.
Essential Responsibilities and Target Outcomes:
- Implement responsibilities set by specific scope of service.
- Conduct thorough assessments based on program responsibilities.
- Provides short-term case management services, advocacy, and linkages to services.
- Develop an understanding of parenting skills, child development and caregiver/child attachment.
- Develops, implements, and reviews on an ongoing basis targeted treatment/service plans. Maintains appropriate caseload as determined by CMHA and funders.
- Collaborates with community providers and funders as needed.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements:
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred in behavioral health (Social work, Human service or related field). Relevant experience equal to a bachelors’ degree will be considered.
- Bilingual Spanish and Portuguese preferred.
Credentials and Licenses:
- Valid CT driver’s license and ability to provide own transportation.
- Certified in BMT, First Aid, and CPR. Accredited Triple P Parent Educator.
Experience:
- Successful experience working with children and families in child welfare, daycare, school settings; preferably a minimum of three years.
- Beginner to intermediate experience with Microsoft Office products including Word and Outlook.
- Experience in or the ability to learn how to use an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system; which includes appointment scheduling, authorization tracking, assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, and discharge summaries.
- Ability to learn and use date collection systems to help increase compliance with funders.
$18-22 per hour