Senior Family backssment Worker | Kingston, NY

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  • Location: Kingston, NY

  • Company: The Institute For Family Health

backssments, and participates in the day-to-day management of the sites and staff. Requirements: Provides initial and ongoing training, supervision and support to assigned family backssment workers; assists with orientation and training of home visitors. Identifies training and professional development needs within the program.

Provides a minimum of 1 hours of supervision per week to assigned FAWs. Supervision includes administrative, clinical and reflective components around work with families, as required by Healthy Families New York Best Practice Standards. Provides input to Associate Director of Family Programs for completion of annual performance evaluations on all assigned personnel.

Coordinates the program's quality assurance activities according to the Quality Assurance Plan. Implements FAW quality assurance activities for submission to the Associate Director of Family Programs.

Demonstrates competency and knowledge of intervention in areas such as, but not limited to: domestic violence; substance abuse; mental health; family systems; and, child abuse and neglect reporting laws and appropriate follow-up. Demonstrates knowledge of community resources Conducts outreach and Kempe backssments for families on assigned caseload Works with staff to assure smooth and effective teamwork on mutual participants between the program and other agencies within the target area

to the benefit of the families served. Works with FAWs to assure optimal achievement of program performance targets, utilizing the program's data system.

Qualifications: High School diploma or GED with 5 years relevant experience in home visiting or related field. Associates degree with 3 years relevant experience accepted. Experience working with at risk families in health care or human services setting Demonstrated experience working with diverse populations ie: HIV, homeless, mentally ill, elderly, children, adolescents, etc. Bilingual, Fluent Spanish preferred Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action: The Institute for Family Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

This job summary is intended to be brief and may not list all the duties and functions required, however, it does highlight the essential requirements. Nothing outlined in this job summary is to be construed as an express or implied contract of employment. Please visit www. Institute. org for more information. PDN-9acfb3da-05d1-48ae-af24-b72694be609c

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