Family Support Specialist (Prince William)
About The Position
Northern Virginia Family Services (NVFS) is hiring a Family Support Specialist to join its Healthy Families team in Prince William County. The role builds trusting relationships with families through regular home visits, offering support, guidance, and connections to community resources. The specialist helps promote healthy child development and strengthen families while delivering services in accordance with Healthy Families America Best Practice Standards. The position includes preparing and facilitating home-visit activities, group socialization experiences, and field trips; providing parenting education and modeling; conducting developmental screenings and evaluations; coordinating referrals and collaborative services; and maintaining program documentation and data. The role is mostly in person with some remote work and is described as hybrid. The position has a salary range in the mid-$40,000s. NVFS offers comprehensive benefits and describes support for employee well-being, work-life flexibility, career growth, and resources. This role requires a 37.5-hour workweek, flexibility for evening and/or early-morning home visits two days per week, and occasional weekend work. The specialist must be able to lift up to 25 pounds and have reliable transportation for home visits, deliveries, and visits to designated community locations.
Requirements
- High school graduate or GED.
- Experience working with or providing services to children aged 0–3 and families; relevant experience may include volunteering, internships, or personal lived experience.
- Oral and written fluency in English.
- Willingness and ability to provide services in accordance with Healthy Families America Best Practice Standards.
- Experience and humility working with culturally diverse populations represented among the program’s target population.
- Knowledge of infant and child development.
- Ability to establish trusting relationships and accept individual differences.
- Willingness to build reflective capacity, including introspection, awareness of self in relation to others, and recognition of the value of supervision.
- Proficiency with basic technological tools, including laptops/computers, email, phones, and internet; working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to demonstrate and live the organizational values of Communication, Integrity, Respect, Collaboration, and Accountability.
- Successful completion of background checks upon hire.
- Ability to lift up to 25 pounds of baby items and program materials.
- Reliable transportation for client home visits, deliveries, and visits to other designated community locations.
- Flexibility within a 37.5-hour workweek to make evening and/or early-morning home visits two days per week; occasional weekend work is required.
- May require a clear Motor Vehicle Record check, a valid U.S. driver’s license, and personal transportation.
Nice To Haves
- College coursework preferred.
- Infant Mental Health endorsement preferred.
- Bilingual fluency in Spanish or other client languages is a plus; additional language skills are welcome.
Responsibilities
- Conduct regularly scheduled client home visits to establish trusting relationships in accordance with Healthy Families America Best Practice Standards.
- Prepare activities for home visits using approved evidence-based curriculum and supplemental materials.
- Prepare activities and facilitate group socialization experiences and field trips for families.
- Provide parenting modeling, education, and supportive services in accordance with Healthy Families America Best Practice Standards.
- Conduct developmental screening and evaluations using instruments such as ASQ-3, ASQ-SE-2, PHQ-9 Depression Screens, and CHEERS Check-in.
- Make referrals to other services as needed and collaborate with community providers to provide services to clients.
- Prepare documentation and maintain client files in accordance with program requirements and NVFS guidelines.
- Enter data for record keeping and reporting to meet federal, state, and program guidelines.
- Participate in regular supervision with the Program Supervisor, provide updates, and prepare case presentations.
- Maintain current knowledge of program software and information about early childhood programs.
- Make regular deliveries to client homes and visit designated community locations as needed.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefit offerings are referenced by the employer; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.
- The employer describes work-life flexibility, career growth, and resources and support for employee well-being.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
