Job Overview
Family Support Counselor
Be the reason a child thrives
www.all4kids.org
We’re looking forward to you joining Children’s Bureau because we see the value in everyone. If you love making a positive impact in people’s lives, then Children’s Bureau is the right family for you!
Diversity is a core value at Children’s Bureau. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for all staff, and people leaders. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions.
Our community commitment
- Our mission is protecting vulnerable children through prevention, treatment, and advocacy
- Our vision is seeing children thrive in strong families and communities
Your wellness matters
To stay healthy, we have wellness programs designed to prioritize employee health and overall wellness, as well as drive engagement, compassion, and connectedness throughout the agency. We are a trauma informed organization that is leading the charge in creating trauma informed resilience-oriented communities.
- Robust total rewards package that includes medical, vision, dental, 401(k), life insurance and Flexible Spending Account
- 12 paid holidays per year and generous paid time off policy that allows for work life balance
- To prevent the spread of Covid-19 we are working 100% remote based on client’s needs.
- Our staff is up to 93% fully vaccinated so this role requires to be fully vaccinated
Commitment to your professional development
We are proud to announce that Children’s Bureau is an award winner for 2021 in the Association for Talent Development’s (ATD) BEST Award for our internal learning platform, Children’s Bureau University. The agency is among 71 organizations from around the globe and the single non-profit organization to receive the award this year.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Family Support Counselor is responsible for implementing a community-based prevention effort for families. This may include in-home or in-office support; in‑home training of parenting; parent education classes; case management; and assisting families reach resources within the community. The Family Support Counselor I may assist families in crisis to assess resources to meet their needs, including court ordered families to facilitate family reunification, coordinating information for participant referrals, compiling, and maintaining records, preparing reports, and attending all required meetings. Position may be located at a Family Resource Center, Wellness Home and/or local DCFS office; will attend Case Management meetings as required.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
PREVENTION EFFORTS
- Make family assessments; recommend specific prevention program.
- Aid families in crisis situations such as immediate need for shelter, childcare, health care, etc. by providing proper referral and case management.
- Responsible for assigned programs for children and/or adults such as parent support and education.
- Work directly with families to provide basic preventing health care information or to assist with budgeting, home organization, and other skills necessary for improved safety and management.
- Develops and maintains community resource file.
- Translates materials for clients and the agency/collaboration.
- Attends community meetings and/or agency collaboration meetings as assigned.
- Attends weekly Case Management Meeting
- Maintains file logs, charts, and other records as required by the agency or funding source.
- Support families and individuals in home or in office
- Teach and model parenting skills in home or the office.
- Conduct parent education classes at the office or other community site.
- Assist families in identifying/reaching appropriate community resources and concrete support.
CASE MANAGEMENT
- Development of a Written Individualized Service Plan
- Linkage, Consultation, and Referral including follow-up within 30 days.
- Assistance with Accessing Services
- Crisis Assistance Planning
- Periodic Review
DOCUMENTATION
- Maintain case files and notes (including releases, etc.) up to date in databases.
- Maintain work and activity sheets, statistics, court reports/letters, as required.
COMMUNITY
- Maintain high profile in the community.
- Maintain/provide current resource referrals within the community.
- Develop/maintain effective working relations with all individuals and agencies impacting Program within the community.
- Assist Program Supervisor with developing and implementing community outreach programs.
What you will need to bring:
Experience
- Two or more years of experience in working with children and families and/or parenting; community outreach with low-income moderate to high-risk families.
- Knowledge of child development and community resources desirable
- Bilingual English/Spanish required
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Human Services, or related field from an accredited university required.