SPECIALIST 1 - HOMEBUILDERS (51092)

Children's Home Society of North Carolina-posted 3 months ago
Full-time
Charlotte, NC
51-100 employees
Social Assistance
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The Practitioner will be responsible for providing direct social work services to each assigned client/client family as outlined by the Homebuilders program model under which the client is receiving services. This position will serve the following counties: Rowan, Cabarrus, and Stanly counties. Bilingual Spanish candidates are encouraged to apply.

  • Behave with families in a way that reflects the program's values and beliefs.
  • Conduct behaviorally specific, interactive, ongoing, holistic assessments that include family strengths, values, skills, problems, needs, and barriers to goal attainment.
  • Collaborate with family members and referents to develop behaviorally specific, attainable intervention goals and corresponding service plans directly related to the risk of out-of-home placement.
  • Incorporate research-based interventions that apply cognitive and behavioral principles and strategies to facilitate behavior change.
  • Assess child, family, practitioner, and community safety throughout the family intervention and incorporate strategies to promote safety.
  • Individually tailor services and maintain flexibility in schedules to meet the family members' needs, goals, values, culture, circumstances, learning styles and abilities.
  • Incorporate varied teaching methods to help family members acquire, maintain, and generalize skills through tailoring teaching methods, teaching moments, and assigning homework.
  • Develop and maintain a positive, collegial working relationship with family members.
  • Assume responsibility for motivating family members by incorporating various motivational enhancement strategies.
  • Collaborate and advocate with formal and informal community support and systems impacting the family, while teaching family members to self-advocate.
  • Advocate and provide concrete goods and services that are related to goal achievement, while teaching family members to meet their needs independently.
  • Provide transition planning with the family by assessing goal attainment, planning for maintenance of progress, addressing concerns, and collaborating with referring social worker to address ongoing service needs.
  • Conduct aftercare follow-up contact with the client/client family as specified by the program service model.
  • Serve families in their home or their natural environment.
  • Develop a comprehensive service plan and discharge plan based on client/client family strengths, needs and preferences.
  • Monitor the progress of each need area as identified in the service/person-centered plan and facilitate revisions as appropriate.
  • Coordinate and oversee initial and ongoing service assessment activities and perform all social work, case management and aftercare functions in a manner consistent with the applicable program/service model and with cultural competence.
  • Utilize data from the homebuilder client information system to routinely self-evaluate performance for model fidelity and outcome attainment.
  • Review agency consumer satisfaction, outcomes, and risk management data; follow supervisory suggestions for service modification and improvements based upon this data; and suggest ways services could be further improved in response to this data.
  • Embrace Professional Development Plans, Quality Enhancement Plans and Quality Improvement Plans for program improvement. Participate in required QUEST activities.
  • Contribute to a positive, engaging work environment.
  • Demonstrate and work within the Homebuilders model which clearly shows the values and beliefs that guide program design.
  • Use behaviorally descriptive, value-neutral language, and avoid the use of labels and inference when communicating with or about family members.
  • Display sensitivity to the service population's cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
  • Operate in a professional work environment.
  • Perform other duties related to department goals and projects as needed.
  • Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, counseling, or a closely related human services area.
  • Minimum of 2 years' experience working with children and families.
  • Knowledge of child welfare policies and programs, and local community resources.
  • Intermediate computer skills (Microsoft Applications as well as electronic data systems, time sheets, expense reports, use of virtual platforms for meetings).
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Proven effective organization and time management skills.
  • Ability to work independently from a home office and maintain adherence to deadlines.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, clients, and other service providers.
  • Ability to maintain a flexible schedule and live within proximity of families being served.
  • Must maintain a valid North Carolina driver's license, adequate auto insurance, and have access to an operating vehicle to attend to CHS (Children's Home Society) business.
  • Must pass a criminal background and central registry check.
  • Salary exempt position with flexible hours required to meet business needs.
  • Frequent travel required to conduct business-related activities.
  • Availability for assigned families 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including emergency visits.
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