Kinship Family Support Coordinator

Job summary

Responsible professional work delivering family support services utilizing a broad range of community services and natural support systems. Involves a broad range of training and development activities, assessment services, and consultations and requires quality documentation of services provided. Participates in organization’s performance and quality improvement efforts.

Essential functions

• 1.
• Maintains a caseload of 12-15 families and not to exceed 18.
• 2.
• Maintains weekly contact with all families on active caseload by means of home visits, office visits, phone contact or correspondence.
• 3.
• Facilitates support group for relative caregivers regularly.
• 4.
• Coordinates with community partners to provide information and training to caregivers.
• 5.
• Ensures families who complete the program will accomplish Support Plan goals.
• 6.
• Ensures that children living with relative caregivers will remain outside of foster care one-year post discharge from the program, in accordance with Kinship program expected outcomes.
• 7.
• Creates, implements, and evaluates effectiveness of each family’s Support Plan.
• 8.
• Completes Assessments, program statistics, and other required documents in the specified amount of time.
• 9.
• Ensures that families have follow-up linkages into the community once completed program in accordance with Kinship program expected outcomes.
• 10.
• Family Support Coordinator follows-up on all referrals to determine if family received services.
• 11.
• Assists families navigate community resources and addresses barriers, including transportation, advocacy, legal, medical, and mental health needs.
• 12.
• Meets with Program Manager on a weekly basis for supervision to review cases, training, and professional development and program development.
• 13.
• Works within the philosophy and mission of the Children’s Home Network.
• 14.
• Participates in quality assurance reviews of the program services, outcomes, and records.
• 15.
• Works within the philosophy and mission of the Children’s Home Network.
• 16.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

***these essential job functions are not to be construed as a complete statement of all duties performed. Employees will be required to perform other job related marginal duties as required***

Minimum qualification requirements

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or college in Human Services field, with one year of experience working with children and families.

Bi-lingual (Preferred)

Licenses & Certifications

• 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 insurable under CHN’s current auto insurance policy.
• 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.
• Current CPR and First Aid Certification.

Competencies & professional development

Annual Training Requirements: The following training topics are required annually: Sexual

Harassment, Blood-born 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.