Family Interventionist

The Baby Fold•Normal, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Baby Fold has been successfully wrapping services around children and families since 1902, offering life-critical support such as foster care, special education, early childhood programming, and post-adoption support. The Baby Fold is a unique resource with a strong and enduring heritage. We care for our youngest citizens so they can be blessed with loving homes, stable lives, and the futures they deserve. The Family Interventionist is responsible for providing voluntary in-home, community-based support, stabilization services for families who are involved in the child welfare system and/or whose child has significant behavioral or mental health needs.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, or related field required.
Valid Driver's license with adequate insurance and driving record required.
Must be at least 21 years of age.

Nice To Haves

Minimum three (3) years social services/ casework experience preferred

Responsibilities

Family Engagement and Assessment: with applicable governing bodies, grant funders, or oversight committees.-add offering parenting classes; Modelling parenting skills and providing parenting education
Service/Treatment Planning: In collaboration with client, families, and systems of care will implement treatment planning ; will do a lot of referral of coordination of services, working with community agencies to meet treatment planning goals. In collaboration with client families, develops and implements treatment plans in accordance with Nurturing Families Infant-19 or Triple P curriculums, that will stabilize, strengthen and support the family and focus child(ren). Makes referrals and service/treatment recommendations to community service providers as needed.
Family Support and Stabilization: system of care goals and objectives In accordance with the treatment plan, utilizes trauma informed treatment models to provide in-home support, skill-building, education, training, and support to families in order to (a) Assist parents/caregivers with the creation of a crisis safety plan for the focus child(ren) as appropriate and follow crisis planning procedures as needed, (b) Educate parents/caregivers about healthy child development, as well as the risk and protective factors associated with trauma/childhood adversity, and assist them with developing tools/strategies to promote healthy development and strengthen protective factors for their child(ren), and (c) Support the focus child(ren) and their family and enhances their overall level of functioning through the application of age and developmentally appropriate therapeutic interventions.
Case Management, Advocacy, and Support: In accordance with the system of care goals and adjectives, provides case management, advocacy, and support services to stabilize the family and improve family functioning by working with the family to identify and access needed community services and resources. Using the System of Care model to coordinate services and communicate case information between the family and all involved community resources including schools, service providers, and other contacts.
Travel and Transportation: As needed
Record keeping: Maintain all records as needed on a daily basis, including records necessary for program evaluation. Assists in the gathering of data and preparation of reports required by regulatory agencies and/or necessary for program evaluation.