As the Family Support Specialist, he or she works to insure families receive comprehensive, coordinated support services with a focus on prevention. The Family Support Specialist provides child development, social, health and parenting support services to a caseload of 15 families. Services are delivered through home visits, group activities, advocacy and crisis intervention. The Specialist uses a research based curriculum to plan safe, developmentally appropriate experiences for infants and toddlers in their homes while deepening the parents’ understanding of their roles as their child’s first teacher.
Essential Job Duties
- Maintains a Family Caseload of at minimum 15 Birth to-3 Families conducting weekly home visits
· Maintain accurate records of ISBE/DHS Participants who are enrolled in the program
· Maintains confidentiality of all family information and records in accordance with IWSE confidentiality policy and procedures.
· Works as a team with community center directors, staff, and resource agencies
· Assist in the planning and implementation of Monthly Parent/Child Play Groups and Parent groups
- Track and analyze family data not limited to IFGP(Individual Family Goal Plans) and Social service referrals to provide accurate program results to Program Director
· Acts as a direct link and advocate for families to assure providers and agencies are user friendly to ISBE, DHS families.
- Monitor and maintain files of all family support services including home visits, referrals, transitions, to ensure families receive supportive services and resources needed and report to Program Director.
· Performs any other task deemed necessary by the Program Director.
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