Family worker job description
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Example family worker requirements on a job description
Family worker requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in family worker job postings.
Sample family worker requirements
- Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent.
- At least 2 years of experience working with families in a social service setting.
- Knowledge of applicable state and federal laws, regulations, and policies related to child welfare.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Valid driver's license and reliable transportation.
Sample required family worker soft skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to establish rapport with diverse populations.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically.
- Empathy and compassion for families experiencing difficult situations.
- Commitment to maintaining confidentiality and ethical standards.
Family worker job description example 1
Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital family worker job description
The Community Health Worker Center at Montefiore is a new Center of Excellence designed to help patients navigate social determinants of health. Family Health Workers (Community Health Workers) will be integrated as critical members of clinical heath care teams across the health system. The FHW will help patients identify and navigate clinical and community resources, help patients remain engaged in clinical care, and empower patients to advocate for themselves. He/She will be responsible for conducting follow up, documenting and reporting on patients' outcomes. FHWs will be responsible for providing support for patients at multiple clinical sites and be required to travel to each site weekly.
Required:
* Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5pm
* High School Diploma/GED required
* 2 year of relevant work experience.
* This is a 100% grant funded position.
* The Community Health worker will be working at CSCC/EPC.
The Hostos CHW training program is a NYS Department of Labor approved CHW certificate program. Participation in the program may garner a CHW certificate and nine college credits. Instruction focuses on understanding of specific needs of underserved communities, individuals, and families in relation to the social determinants of health; coupled with on-the-job experiential training and support. Family Health Workers will be given release time to complete the training. Sessions will be held on work premises (virtual) for part of the workday and the workday will resume as normal thereafter. Participation in all three modules of training (144 hours) will be required as a condition of employment and it is expected that participants will gain a certificate within 18-24 months.
Department: Montefiore Medical Group Bargaining Unit: 1199 Campus: MMG Employment Status: Regular Full-Time Address: 1621 Eastchester, Road Bronx
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Diversity, equity and inclusion are core values of Montefiore. We are committed to recruiting and creating an environment in which associates feel empowered to thrive and be their authentic selves through our inclusive culture. We welcome your interest and invite you to join us.
Montefiore is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Required:
* Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5pm
* High School Diploma/GED required
* 2 year of relevant work experience.
* This is a 100% grant funded position.
* The Community Health worker will be working at CSCC/EPC.
The Hostos CHW training program is a NYS Department of Labor approved CHW certificate program. Participation in the program may garner a CHW certificate and nine college credits. Instruction focuses on understanding of specific needs of underserved communities, individuals, and families in relation to the social determinants of health; coupled with on-the-job experiential training and support. Family Health Workers will be given release time to complete the training. Sessions will be held on work premises (virtual) for part of the workday and the workday will resume as normal thereafter. Participation in all three modules of training (144 hours) will be required as a condition of employment and it is expected that participants will gain a certificate within 18-24 months.
Department: Montefiore Medical Group Bargaining Unit: 1199 Campus: MMG Employment Status: Regular Full-Time Address: 1621 Eastchester, Road Bronx
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Diversity, equity and inclusion are core values of Montefiore. We are committed to recruiting and creating an environment in which associates feel empowered to thrive and be their authentic selves through our inclusive culture. We welcome your interest and invite you to join us.
Montefiore is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Family worker job description example 2
Pressley Ridge family worker job description
Pressley Ridge Benefits
The well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. At Pressley Ridge, we strive to provide the most competitive and comprehensive employee benefit programs that are affordable and help you and your family achieve and maintain your best possible health.
* Free single medical coverage available with a Health Savings Account (HSA) with 50% employer match
* Prescription coverage
* Dental and vision plans
* Patient advocate and Medicare specialists available at no cost
* Dependent Care Flexible Savings Account
* Wellness incentive (up to $250)
* 403b with up to 9% employer give/match
* Free life insurance and AD&D
* Paid Time Off (PTO)
* 9 paid holidays (7 recognized holidays plus a floating and birthday holiday per year)
* Tuition reimbursement
* Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Our Family Preservation Team has an immediate opening for a Family Worker (FW). The FW collaborates with families to build a partnership to ensure their needs are met. FW's strive to provide individualized, strengths-based, culturally sensitive, and goal- driven service. This position requires local travel and flexibility to work a non-traditional schedule in a high-demand work situation.
Since 1832, Pressley Ridge has done whatever it takes to create success for children, adults and families. Pressley Ridge's innovative programming helps to rebuild communities and families who are facing difficult challenges and complex situations. Pressley Ridge empowers nearly 8,000 kids and families each year with the ability and confidence to succeed.
As one of the 2019 Pittsburgh Post Gazette's Top Work Places, we invite you to join our Family Preservation Team. This program is an intensive in-home preservation program designed to help families stay together and keep children out of foster care. Family Preservation provides immediate crisis intervention and stabilization for families.
Essential Duties of the Role
Assessment
To ensure proper assessment the Family Worker will:
* gather and understand current and past psychosocial histories
* use diagnostic tools to provide comprehensive information for a treatment plan
* assess risk factors related to safety and well being of all family members
* provide clinical direction that meet the needs of the child and family
Treatment Plan/ISP development
To ensure the development of effective treatment plan/services, the Family Worker will:
* plan and lead treatment team meetings for the purpose of creating treatment plans/ISP
* work with team members to develop ownership for the treatment plan/ISP
* write and utilize specific measurable goals, objectives, and time frames for each child and family
* develop crisis plan for each child and family
Treatment Plan/ISP implementation
To ensure implementation and evaluation of effective treatment plans that fosters goal attainment, the Family Worker will:
* deliver services outlined in treatment plan/ISP
* monitor and record client/family progress
* provide advocacy for family to outside agencies
* evaluate and reform goals and objectives as necessary
* provide support to families in times of crisis
Professional Relationships and Therapeutic Alliance
To ensure the development and maintenance of successful working relationships, the Family Worker will collaborate with:
* consumer child, family and their natural support system
* internal and external stakeholders
* program team members and
* supervisor and organizational support staff
Working Conditions
* Physical Demands: Requires vision, speech, and hearing.
* Environmental Factors: Community, home, school.
* Working Hours: A non-traditional work schedule as defined by service needs.
The well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. At Pressley Ridge, we strive to provide the most competitive and comprehensive employee benefit programs that are affordable and help you and your family achieve and maintain your best possible health.
* Free single medical coverage available with a Health Savings Account (HSA) with 50% employer match
* Prescription coverage
* Dental and vision plans
* Patient advocate and Medicare specialists available at no cost
* Dependent Care Flexible Savings Account
* Wellness incentive (up to $250)
* 403b with up to 9% employer give/match
* Free life insurance and AD&D
* Paid Time Off (PTO)
* 9 paid holidays (7 recognized holidays plus a floating and birthday holiday per year)
* Tuition reimbursement
* Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Our Family Preservation Team has an immediate opening for a Family Worker (FW). The FW collaborates with families to build a partnership to ensure their needs are met. FW's strive to provide individualized, strengths-based, culturally sensitive, and goal- driven service. This position requires local travel and flexibility to work a non-traditional schedule in a high-demand work situation.
Since 1832, Pressley Ridge has done whatever it takes to create success for children, adults and families. Pressley Ridge's innovative programming helps to rebuild communities and families who are facing difficult challenges and complex situations. Pressley Ridge empowers nearly 8,000 kids and families each year with the ability and confidence to succeed.
As one of the 2019 Pittsburgh Post Gazette's Top Work Places, we invite you to join our Family Preservation Team. This program is an intensive in-home preservation program designed to help families stay together and keep children out of foster care. Family Preservation provides immediate crisis intervention and stabilization for families.
Essential Duties of the Role
Assessment
To ensure proper assessment the Family Worker will:
* gather and understand current and past psychosocial histories
* use diagnostic tools to provide comprehensive information for a treatment plan
* assess risk factors related to safety and well being of all family members
* provide clinical direction that meet the needs of the child and family
Treatment Plan/ISP development
To ensure the development of effective treatment plan/services, the Family Worker will:
* plan and lead treatment team meetings for the purpose of creating treatment plans/ISP
* work with team members to develop ownership for the treatment plan/ISP
* write and utilize specific measurable goals, objectives, and time frames for each child and family
* develop crisis plan for each child and family
Treatment Plan/ISP implementation
To ensure implementation and evaluation of effective treatment plans that fosters goal attainment, the Family Worker will:
* deliver services outlined in treatment plan/ISP
* monitor and record client/family progress
* provide advocacy for family to outside agencies
* evaluate and reform goals and objectives as necessary
* provide support to families in times of crisis
Professional Relationships and Therapeutic Alliance
To ensure the development and maintenance of successful working relationships, the Family Worker will collaborate with:
* consumer child, family and their natural support system
* internal and external stakeholders
* program team members and
* supervisor and organizational support staff
Working Conditions
* Physical Demands: Requires vision, speech, and hearing.
* Environmental Factors: Community, home, school.
* Working Hours: A non-traditional work schedule as defined by service needs.
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Family worker job description example 3
Children's Home Society of Florida family worker job description
Since opening our doors in 1902, CHS became a part of Florida's history.
CHS has been committed to growing and evolving to provide the right services and solutions to address the needs of children and families throughout the changing times. Every day, our team works with parents and kids to empower them and encourage them. With innovative technology solutions and a dedicated, experienced team throughout the state, we're changing the face of foster care and positively impacting children and families' lives for generations to come.
Join our team to continue to do good and create history serving Florida's children and families!
The Family Assessment Worker screens and assesses families referred to the Healthy Families program to determine program eligibility and family needs. Overall, the Family Assessment Worker contributes to the CHS high performance culture by exhibiting our values and providing quality results that position CHS as the leader in delivering proactive behavioral health, case management, community and early childhood solutions for children and families.
WHY JOIN CHS?
+ Uplifting mission-driven work culture
+ Make an impact in your community and become a part of Florida's history!
+ Growth and professional development opportunities
+ Great benefits package, including generous paid time off and holidays
+ Opportunity to make a positive difference in children and families within your own community!
To learn more about the Healthy Families program, please click here!
Primary Job Functions
1. Screen and assess families referred to the Healthy Families program to determine program eligibility and family needs.
+ Establish or coordinate a system to obtain referrals and maintains relations with referral sources.
+ Provide screens on all referrals.
+ Provide in-depth assessments for all families scoring positive on screening tool.
+ Maintain all documentation and clinical or case records according to the contract and CHS standards.
+ Provide referrals to all referred clients as appropriate.
+ Provide referred families with information about the Healthy Families program.
+ Participate in clinical or case staffing.
+ Provide education to community referral sources as needed.
+ Provide support to program participants.
+ Promote the program at community resource fairs, meetings and other community events.
+ Provides comprehensive data updates to the Program Manager regarding the status of screening/assessment activity.
+ Perform data entry.
2. Contribute to a positive, engaging work environment.
+ Develop a strong knowledge base and stay current on job-related issues and trends.
+ Participate actively in departmental meetings, training and education, as well as the quality process.
+ Comply with CHS's code of conduct, policies, procedures and other obligations.
+ Assist with training other team members and providing back up when necessary.
+ Pick up projects on the fly; perform other duties as assigned from time to time.
+ Demonstrate the CHS Common Bond values in the performance of all job duties.
Job Qualifications
Education, Licenses, Certifications & Experience:
+ Two years college or AA degree in counseling, social work, or other human services related field plus two years of experience working with families;
+ OR Child Development Associate Credential plus three years experience working with families;
+ OR High school diploma or GED equivalent plus four years experience working in a home visiting program.
+ Bachelor's degree from an accredited university, preferred.
+ Florida Driver's License within 30 days from hire is required, along with daily access to a reliable and insured vehicle.
Competencies
Knowledge of:
+ COMMUNITY RESOURCES | INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT | CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Skills & proficiency in:
+ Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
+ Crisis intervention, teaching, listening and basic problem solving
+ Computer systems and MS Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook
Ability to:
+ Commit to providing high customer satisfaction with positive service delivery results.
+ Be energetic, passionate and adaptable with a deep commitment to social service, empathy for children and families and a positive approach to embracing and managing change.
+ Perform at a high level of autonomy, with general supervision.
+ Perform under strong demands in fast-paced, diverse, sometimes ambiguous environments.
+ Handle highly stressful, sensitive situations.
+ Maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries.
+ Meet critical deadlines, while maintaining attention to detail, accuracy and quality.
+ Demonstrate the behaviors of our CHS Common Bond Values.
+ Act decisively when necessary to protect clients and assist with crisis
+ Recognize importance of social, economic, and environmental factors in the development and resolution of family problem
Together, good can be done.
ID: 2022-8073
Travel Range: Multi-County
External Company Name: Childrens Home Society of Florida
Street: 1530 Cornerstone Blvd
CHS has been committed to growing and evolving to provide the right services and solutions to address the needs of children and families throughout the changing times. Every day, our team works with parents and kids to empower them and encourage them. With innovative technology solutions and a dedicated, experienced team throughout the state, we're changing the face of foster care and positively impacting children and families' lives for generations to come.
Join our team to continue to do good and create history serving Florida's children and families!
The Family Assessment Worker screens and assesses families referred to the Healthy Families program to determine program eligibility and family needs. Overall, the Family Assessment Worker contributes to the CHS high performance culture by exhibiting our values and providing quality results that position CHS as the leader in delivering proactive behavioral health, case management, community and early childhood solutions for children and families.
WHY JOIN CHS?
+ Uplifting mission-driven work culture
+ Make an impact in your community and become a part of Florida's history!
+ Growth and professional development opportunities
+ Great benefits package, including generous paid time off and holidays
+ Opportunity to make a positive difference in children and families within your own community!
To learn more about the Healthy Families program, please click here!
Primary Job Functions
1. Screen and assess families referred to the Healthy Families program to determine program eligibility and family needs.
+ Establish or coordinate a system to obtain referrals and maintains relations with referral sources.
+ Provide screens on all referrals.
+ Provide in-depth assessments for all families scoring positive on screening tool.
+ Maintain all documentation and clinical or case records according to the contract and CHS standards.
+ Provide referrals to all referred clients as appropriate.
+ Provide referred families with information about the Healthy Families program.
+ Participate in clinical or case staffing.
+ Provide education to community referral sources as needed.
+ Provide support to program participants.
+ Promote the program at community resource fairs, meetings and other community events.
+ Provides comprehensive data updates to the Program Manager regarding the status of screening/assessment activity.
+ Perform data entry.
2. Contribute to a positive, engaging work environment.
+ Develop a strong knowledge base and stay current on job-related issues and trends.
+ Participate actively in departmental meetings, training and education, as well as the quality process.
+ Comply with CHS's code of conduct, policies, procedures and other obligations.
+ Assist with training other team members and providing back up when necessary.
+ Pick up projects on the fly; perform other duties as assigned from time to time.
+ Demonstrate the CHS Common Bond values in the performance of all job duties.
Job Qualifications
Education, Licenses, Certifications & Experience:
+ Two years college or AA degree in counseling, social work, or other human services related field plus two years of experience working with families;
+ OR Child Development Associate Credential plus three years experience working with families;
+ OR High school diploma or GED equivalent plus four years experience working in a home visiting program.
+ Bachelor's degree from an accredited university, preferred.
+ Florida Driver's License within 30 days from hire is required, along with daily access to a reliable and insured vehicle.
Competencies
Knowledge of:
+ COMMUNITY RESOURCES | INFANT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT | CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Skills & proficiency in:
+ Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
+ Crisis intervention, teaching, listening and basic problem solving
+ Computer systems and MS Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook
Ability to:
+ Commit to providing high customer satisfaction with positive service delivery results.
+ Be energetic, passionate and adaptable with a deep commitment to social service, empathy for children and families and a positive approach to embracing and managing change.
+ Perform at a high level of autonomy, with general supervision.
+ Perform under strong demands in fast-paced, diverse, sometimes ambiguous environments.
+ Handle highly stressful, sensitive situations.
+ Maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries.
+ Meet critical deadlines, while maintaining attention to detail, accuracy and quality.
+ Demonstrate the behaviors of our CHS Common Bond Values.
+ Act decisively when necessary to protect clients and assist with crisis
+ Recognize importance of social, economic, and environmental factors in the development and resolution of family problem
Together, good can be done.
ID: 2022-8073
Travel Range: Multi-County
External Company Name: Childrens Home Society of Florida
Street: 1530 Cornerstone Blvd
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Updated March 14, 2024
Updated March 14, 2024