Family Support Worker

American Addiction Centers • Chicago, IL

15d • $25 - $37

About The Position

Our Family Support Worker is an In-home based position, traveling to families around Chicagoland area to provide intensive home visiting services. Bilingual in Spanish/English highly preferred

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in human services related field or equivalent (4 years or more in comparable social service position).
• Interest in working with teen parents and infants/toddlers.
• Interest in providing home-based services.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to learn to learn about and work with community agencies.
• Ability to learn to work with appropriate developmental education materials for infants/toddlers (up to age 5).
• May be exposed to hazardous materials and life-threatening diseases.
• Services provided in off-campus locations, primarily the home with possible early evening hours.
• Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual in Spanish/English highly preferred

Responsibilities

• Develops an Individual Family Service Plan for each family, identifying family strengths and needs through collaborative discussions with family.
• Identifies goals for family for parent(s') growth and development as well as for child's overall health and development.
• Reviews IFSP every six months, assessing outcomes of goals and revising goals as necessary to reflect family needs.
• Provides weekly home visits, giving educational materials regarding infant care, safety, parenting, overall health and development of child from HFI curriculum.
• Prepares educational materials that are commensurate with family's language, educational level, and learning style.
• Offers supportive counseling to adolescent parents, linking with appropriate community agencies when needed.
• Promotes positive parent-child interactions.
• Administers Ages and Stages Developmental screenings on child and determined intervals.
• Augments program curriculum to meet individual families' needs.
• Keeps written documentation of all client contacts on appropriate forms.
• Enters data, client contacts, case notes, referral information, and baby's medical data into Cornerstone computer system.
• Organizes each client file with appropriate documentation (intake/discharge forms, consents, case notes, home visitation records, developmental screenings, referral data, etc.).
• Identifies medical home for both mother and baby.
• Provides community referrals, offering linkage, advocacy, and/or translation as necessary to ensure access to needed services (WIC, Public Aid, education, recreation, counseling, etc.).
• Collaborates with hospital departments to ensure family receiving all appropriate and needed services.

Benefits

• Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:
• Compensation Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job Incentive pay for select positions Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
• Benefits and more Paid Time Off programs Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees