Brightpoint (formerly known as Children’s Home & Aid) invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children and families thrive in strong communities. As a leader in the human services sector for 140 years, we aim to advance the well-being of children by investing in families and strengthening communities through data-informed, collaborative, and preventative solutions.
- The Intact Specialist is a critical member of the region’s child welfare team, working collaboratively within and across programs to ensure a relentless focus on keeping children safe and supporting families, consistent with our agency's Blueprint for Impact, which includes replacing what we currently think of as child welfare services with what we know to be child, family, and community well-being solutions.
- The Intact Family Services program provides families with intensive, trauma-informed case management services using Solution-Based Casework (SBC), an evidence-informed casework model of partnering with families to help them reach their goals.
- As an Intact Specialist, you will work collaboratively with a reduced case load of families who have an allegation of abuse or neglect and are at risk of having their children removed from the home as well as providing supplemental services to families assigned to Advanced and Lead Specialists.
- Case management services include assessing the needs of children and families and helping to plan services, establishing collaborative relationships with service providers and institutions that play a role in the family’s situation, monitoring the family’s progress towards their goals and providing testimony in the Juvenile Court System regarding the best interest of children and families.
- With support from your supervisor and the Lead Specialist on your team, you will be supported in developing the required competencies to be promoted into an Advanced Specialist position within 6-12 months of hire.
Candidate qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or a closely related field required.
- Child Welfare Employee License (CWEL), Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol (CERAP), and Child Abuse and Neglect (CANS) certification required, or the ability to obtain within 90 days of hire.
- Experience providing collaborative, strength-based services to kids and families preferred.
- Ability to attend in-person meetings and events as needed required.
- Valid driver's license, insurance, and a reliable vehicle required.
What You'll Do
