Family Support Specialist Phoenix, AZ (Open Hearts-Phoenix)

General Summary: A Family Support Specialist works with families to provide resources advocacy and guidance to help them navigate challenges such as parenting education healthcare and social services. The primary goal of the Family Support Specialist is to strengthen the families caregivers and guardians by providing support services emotional support and practical assistance to improve overall well-being of the family Family Support Specialist is responsible for meeting their clients where they are in the home and community helping to support individuals in developing positive behavioral strategies to improve their social emotional success. This role involves working with children their families and CFT teams to create and implement individualized support services for the caregivers and client caseload review individualized service plans and maintain chart compliance for all clients. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:Provide support to enrolled children and families as outlined by the Child and Family Team service and implement individualized behavior intervention plans support plans education and interventions for assigned children and families based on assessments data analysis and goals created in the Child and Family Team. Provide assistance to children and families by identifying strengths and needs accessing support and collaborating with other departments and also partnering with other professional is required in order to be assessable to meet clients where they are in the community and adhere to clients availability participates with child and family team members and agency staff in identifying and removing barriers that get in the way of family-driven family-centered strengths-based community-based and culturally competent emotional support and crisis intervention to families facing families with community resources including healthcare housing education and employment parents and caregivers on effective parenting techniques and child for families when interacting with schools social services and healthcare support groups workshops and training sessions on family-related home visits to assess the family environment and provide in-home with social workers counselors and other professionals to coordinate comprehensive the child and their family living skills social skills communication skills self-care skills and household management skills as it relates to the service and support family members in developing social and natural support networks by utilizing community a minimum of 30 hours of face-to-face direct support services to enrolled client caseload review service plans and out of compliance and support the family in developing social and natural support networks by utilizing community parents to alternative parenting techniques (positive behavioral support).Provide feedback to the Child and Family Teams on progress and the interventions being utilized or on barriers impeding progress. Provide transportation to children and family as determined by the familys Child and Family Team and service crisis intervention and stabilization support as scheduled department and agency all agencies required training and 1:1 coaching supervision as assigned by to the agencys approved administrative time in actively assessing work area for non-compliance issues and notify supervisor in a timely manner to ensure follow all required documentation and billing requirements accurately and in the assigned time in actively assessing work area for non-compliance issues and notify supervisor in a timely manner to ensure follow weekly updates and new interventions regarding client status to guardians. Complete monthly reports and distribute them to the CFT observations and assessments to identify behavioral challenges and track progress over as a liaison between schools families and external support services to ensure coordinated in meetings and committees for continuous quality improvement as community resource guide for to provide support to families in understanding the RBHA system as clinically on-call coverage and crisis intervention/stabilization when other duties as assigned by :High school diploma or GED with 4 years of experience working with children with a mental diagnosisAssociates degree with 2 years of experience working with children with a mental health diagnosisBachelors degree or higher with 1 or more years of experience working with children with a mental health diagnosisBachelors degree in behavioral health related field (i.e. Psychology family studies human development sociology etc.) Some experience with mental health :Must be 21 years of an Arizona drivers license and state mandated auto or be able to obtain a Level One Fingerprint Clearance be able to pass a 5-panel drug about this positionContact us