Kinship-Health and Wellness Specialist

Children's Home Network • Tampa, FL

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About The Position

Responsible professional work delivery by assessing barriers in accessing health, mental health, and self-care practices. Promote self-care activities during weekly home visits and develop groups and training opportunities.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university with an emphasis in Social Work, Public Health, and/or health education, or an equivalent field of study and three (3) years related professional experience required.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with an emphasis in Social Work, Public Health, and/or nutrition or an equivalent field of study and two (2) years of related professional experience required.
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) Preferred.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Florida driver’s license with no record of criminal driving offense of license suspension.
• Must possess means of providing job related transportation and show proof of required insurance.
• Must be able to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.
• Must successfully complete and maintain FDLE clearance, Federal background and state criminal background check and sexual predator screening.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a caseload of up to 12-15 families and not to exceed 18.
• Completes assessment tools.
• Assists caregivers in creating Caregiver Self-Management Plan.
• Maintains weekly contact with all families on active caseload by means of home and community visits, phone contact and correspondence.
• Facilitates support group training sessions on self-care.
• Coordinates with community partners to provide information and training to caregivers.
• Advocate for families in accessing health, mental health, and self-care practices.
• Meets with Program Supervisor on a weekly basis for supervision to review cases, training, and professional development and program development.
• Provides quality documentation of activities and outcome measures for reporting to funders.
• Participates in quality assurance reviews of the program services, outcomes, and records.
• Works within the philosophy and mission of the Children’s Home Network.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Annual training on various topics including Sexual Harassment, Blood-borne Pathogens, Workplace Accident Prevention and Reporting, Confidentiality and Privacy Practices, Diversity/Cultural Competency, Child Abuse and Neglect Mandated Reporter Statutes and Methods, Prevention of Violence in the Workplace, OSHA-related training, Crisis Prevention, and Program Goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees