Family Navigator IPV-FAIR

Bridges Healthcare • New Haven, CT

13d • Hybrid

About The Position

The IPV-FAIR Family Navigator works in partnership with the assigned Clinician to support caregivers who have been involved with intimate partner violence. The Family Navigator provides primarily home-based services to families in the greater New Haven area and offers an array of supportive services which include case management, safety planning, psychoeducation, and other services as needed. IPV-FAIR services support caregivers in creating safer homes for their children and strengthening parent-child relationships.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (BA) in a human services field, OR high school diploma with at least three (3) years extensive experience providing direct services to families with complex needs.
• Experience with case management and ability to work with diverse individuals.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Must have own insured vehicle in working order.
• Valid drivers license, with access to reliable transportation on a consistent basis.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of issues related to trauma, child abuse prevention and treatment, family violence, and systems advocacy preferred.

Responsibilities

• Meet with clients in their homes, the community, or the agency office to provide an array of supportive and case management services to all caregivers in families experiencing domestic violence.
• Provide services which are trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and client-centered.
• Services provided to families include case management, safety planning, psychoeducation, advocacy, skill-building, referrals and service linkages.
• Foster therapeutic alliances and maintain a non-judgmental stance with all caregivers from DV-impacted families, including those who have experienced abuse and those who have caused harm.
• Facilitate family engagement and employ motivation enhancement strategies.
• Assist families in eliminating barriers such as transportation.
• Maintain flexible work hours to accommodate family needs, including occasional evenings as needed, with late hours being flexed out elsewhere during pay period.
• Attend regularly scheduled case reviews with DCF and maintain collaborative work relationships with DCF staff assigned to client families.
• Attend all program, agency and other required meetings.
• Complete all record keeping and documentation as required by the agency and its funding sources.
• Attend regularly scheduled supervision (one hour weekly) with IPV-FAIR Program Director.
• Maintain timely and complete individual case files and strict confidentiality.
• Perform any other reasonably related duties as assigned by the IPV-FAIR Program Director.

Benefits

• Competitive pay commensurate with experience
• Medical and Dental with significant employer contribution to the premiums and HSA (if chosen as your plan)
• 403(b) with a generous employer contribution
• Employer-Paid Life Insurance
• Paid Vacation with 22 days to start
• paid personal days
• paid sick time
• paid winter holiday break days
• 11 paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level