Foster Care Family Support Worker
HopeTree Family Services
Salem, VA
Full-time
Health Care Provider
Posted on December 3, 2019
Foster Care Family Support Worker
Job Summary:
HopeTree Family Services is seeking a Part-Time Foster Care Family Support Worker at our Salem, VA location. Candidate will be responsible for enhancing child and family well-being by promoting positive parent-child relationships, providing parent education and coaching as they practice learned skills. Will provide group or home based services for parents/caregivers that focuses on core areas of parenting skills.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Assist with family support services and prevention efforts with other community providers
- Ensure program trainings and home learning sessions are provided through a mixture of knowledge-based and skill-building exercises
- Provide service coordination with referring social workers and other professionals to ensure service continuity
- Provide parent education classes, in-home parent coaching and parent support groups
- Assess parents’ needs and strengths, their ability to apply the knowledge and techniques learned, to their parent-child relationships through ongoing assessments, observations, and interviews
- Facilitate client sessions using identified parenting curriculum
- Provide supervised, therapeutic visitation to identified families and document visits
Qualifications and Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in a human services field is required, as well as experience working with children and families who have experienced trauma and/or have been involved in the foster care or DJJ system.
- Knowledge of family systems, community resources, adolescent behaviors, and mental health issues.
EOE