Bilingual Family Support Specialist
About The Position
As a Family Support Specialist, you’ll provide weekly, culturally competent, home-based services to families in the Healthy Families America program. From parenting education and developmental guidance to crisis intervention and community referrals, you’ll help create a nurturing, stable environment for families to thrive. You’ll be a crucial partner in strengthening parent-child relationships, supporting families in setting and achieving personal goals, delivering health, nutrition, and home management education, and linking clients to social services and educational/vocational resources. You will conduct weekly visits on your assigned families, usually in the family's home. You will maintain proper assessments and documentation of those visits to meet productivity requirements. This position does require you to have a flexible schedule to meet the needs of your assigned families, including availability to conduct home visits at 5:00 p.m. at least two evenings per week in order to accommodate working families.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Bilingual language skills required
- Experience working with children and families
- Strong relationship-building and communication skills
- Understanding of child development and cultural humility
- Reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, and auto insurance
- Comfort with both remote and in-person work environments
- Reflective, organized, and committed to continuous learning
Nice To Haves
- Infant mental health endorsement
- Experience using databases
Responsibilities
- Provide weekly, culturally competent, home-based services to families in the Healthy Families America program.
- Offer parenting education and developmental guidance.
- Provide crisis intervention.
- Make community referrals.
- Strengthen parent-child relationships.
- Support families in setting and achieving personal goals.
- Deliver health, nutrition, and home management education.
- Link clients to social services and educational/vocational resources.
- Conduct weekly visits, usually in the family's home.
- Maintain proper assessments and documentation of visits to meet productivity requirements.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision coverage
- Employer contributions to the 403(b) plan
- Employer-paid Life insurance
- Employer-paid Disability insurance
- Flex Spending Accounts
- 12 Holidays
- Competitive Vacation Benefits
- Training and Professional Development
- Education Assistance
- Student Loan Repayment Assistance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
