Transition Facilitator - Social Services Worker

FOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SERVICES•Cedar Rapids, IA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

As the Transition Facilitator you will focus on achieving self-sufficiency to reach their potential. These activities include Family Support, skill development, life skills advocacy, and care management implementation. Specific responsibilities include: Family Support (Prevention) Understand the community resources and tools available for clients. Assess youth & parent’s level of development and support needs. Mediate conflicts and problem-solves breaking of real or perceived barriers to the youth/family’s involvement in the community. Network with community service representatives to advocate for accessibility of non-traditional resources for families. Facilitate Family Team Decision Making and Youth Team Decision Making Meetings Needs to adhere to practice protocols for delivering On the Way Home curriculum Care Management Implementation Coordinate interdisciplinary treatment in line with authorized purchased services. Document service delivery, including objectives of treatment and intervention strategies. Facilitate community resource planning, case progress evaluation & permanency planning. Coordinate interdisciplinary crisis planning. Participate in discharge planning & documentation. Interface with school, medical &psychiatric contacts, referring worker and collaterals. Life Skills & Advocacy (Prevention) Identify community resources available to support clients and families. Work with community resources, vendors, & public systems to achieve self-reliance. Establish relationships & counsels families to support independence. Report on client activity and community contacts. Teach basic living skills, including financial management & employment skills.

Requirements

To qualify you must be at least 23 years of age
Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work OR BA/AA Degree in Education, Social Work, Sociology or a related field OR have equivalent education and related experience
one year of experience in social work or human services delivery.

Responsibilities

Family Support
Skill development
Life skills advocacy
Care management implementation
Understand the community resources and tools available for clients.
Assess youth & parent’s level of development and support needs.
Mediate conflicts and problem-solves breaking of real or perceived barriers to the youth/family’s involvement in the community.
Network with community service representatives to advocate for accessibility of non-traditional resources for families.
Facilitate Family Team Decision Making and Youth Team Decision Making Meetings
Needs to adhere to practice protocols for delivering On the Way Home curriculum
Coordinate interdisciplinary treatment in line with authorized purchased services.
Document service delivery, including objectives of treatment and intervention strategies.
Facilitate community resource planning, case progress evaluation & permanency planning.
Coordinate interdisciplinary crisis planning.
Participate in discharge planning & documentation.
Interface with school, medical &psychiatric contacts, referring worker and collaterals.
Identify community resources available to support clients and families.
Work with community resources, vendors, & public systems to achieve self-reliance.
Establish relationships & counsels families to support independence.
Report on client activity and community contacts.
Teach basic living skills, including financial management & employment skills.