Family Support Professional

Summary/Objective

Under the supervision of the Family Resource Program Director and Supervisor, provides parenting education and supportive services to families via group, virtual, and home visitation. This position requires a bilingual candidate (Spanish and English).

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Family Support Professional Resource Center

1. Provide short-term guidance, support, and parent education to families in–home, virtual, and in-group settings.
2. Develop and maintain an extensive knowledge of community resources.
3. Develop parent education skills and facilitate individual and/or group parenting classes.
4. Inform, promote, and facilitate the use of the Family Resource Center within multiple childcare settings.
5. Consult and collaborate with educators, child-care providers, neighborhood groups, and other service providers to ensure maximum resource utilization for families.
6. Refers, advocates, and assists parents to access various community resources that support their goals.
7. Provides prevention health-related and developmental information to families, as well as available funding resources such as Medicaid, Hawk-I, or other insurance availability, and assists in accessing if necessary.
8. Assist as needed in childcare classrooms, which could be in multiple locations.
9. Works collaboratively with other FSPs in developing strategies and approaches to

client-related issues.

1. Completes all required documentation and data collection as required by the Family Resource Center program.
2. All documentation and data collection is completed in the time frames set by the Program Director.
3. Actively participate in bi-weekly supervision and bi-monthly staff meetings.
4. Transports or provides transportation for clients as needed.
5. Coordinates and/or participates in interdisciplinary consultation and collaboration.
6. Attends all training required by the Family Resource Center and/or agency.
7. Maintains high standards of confidentiality of all employee and client records and information.
8. Adhere to the Social Work Code of Ethics and Crittenton Center code of Ethics.
9. Must study and pass the Family Support National Certification Exam within one year of hire.

Equal Opportunity and Commitment to Diversity

Crittenton Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, or service in the military. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.

Crittenton Center expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment or discrimination based on the abovementioned characteristics. Improper interference with the ability of other employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Employee's signature below constitutes the employee’s understanding of the requirements, essential

functions and duties of the position.