Family Worker

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.

• Medical coverage available with a Health Savings Account (HSA) with 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)

Position Summary

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.

Essential Responsibilities

• To ensure proper assessment the Family Worker will:

• Gathers and understands current and past psychosocial histories.

• Uses diagnostic tools to provide comprehensive information for a treatment plan.

• Assesses risk factors related to safety and well being of all family members.

• Provides clinical direction that meet the needs of the child and family.

• To ensure the development of effective treatment plan/services, the Family Worker will:

• Plans and leads treatment team meetings for the purpose of creating treatment plans/ISP.

• Works with team members to develop ownership for the treatment plan/ISP.

• Writes and utilizes specific measurable goals, objectives, and time frames for each child and family.

• Develops crisis plan for each child and family.

• To ensure implementation and evaluation of effective treatment plans that fosters goal attainment, the Family Worker will:

• Delivers services outlined in treatment plan/ISP.

• Monitors and records client/family progress.

• Provides advocacy for family to outside agencies.

• Evaluates and reforms goals and objectives as necessary.

• Provides support to families in times of crisis.

• 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.

• Supervisor and organizational support staff.

Qualifications

• Requires clearances. State/FBI clearances; Child Abuse.

• Requires a Bachelor's in Human Service or related field.

• Requires at least 1 year of experience working with children and/or families.

• Valid driver's license and vehicle insurance.

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.

Qualifications

Education

Required

• Bachelors or better in Human Services

Experience

Required

• 1 year: Experience working with children and/or families

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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