Family Support Partner

Job Title: Family Support Partner

Location: Woonsocket, RI

Remote position: No

Job type: Full Time

Description: Family Support Partner (Full time)

$750.00 sign-on bonus

Join a committed team of professionals!

FCCP works with families who have at least one child with behavior issues or diagnosis, where the family is not sure how to get help. Other families are eligible if they are at risk for involvement with DCYF. All families require assistance in navigating services or community resources that may be available to help their family, utilizing family and natural supports where possible to overcome barriers. The goal of FCCP is to strengthen families to become more self-sufficient.

The Family Support Partner is a peer mentor who supports families in the home and the community. FSPs work as part of the FCCP team which is a home visiting model using the Wraparound practice model emphasizing family voice and choice and increasing natural supports. Must have/had experience such as personal experience resolving family violence or drug addiction or successfully raising a child with serious emotional disturbance (SED) or a developmental disability (DD) and /or who has been involved with the child welfare system or juvenile corrections. The Family Support Partner will draw upon their personal experience of advocating with systems to assist parents and to utilize their team to make progress for their children.

Services will be based in the office, home, and community. Primary duties include: partnering with families and supporting the FCCP Family Service Care Coordinator to meet the needs of the family, identifying and addressing emergency or urgent needs, providing direct support services to families by linking them to services, informal supports, and parent advocacy organizations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

-Excellent engagement skills with diverse clients
-Able to complete assessments and documentation electronically.
-Able to provide own reliable transportation to travel throughout Northern Rhode Island region
-High School diploma for equivalent.
-Bilingual candidates are encouraged.
-Background and DCYF Background checks
-1-2 years experience in the human service field and home visiting experience preferred
-Lived experience working with State systems such as DHS, DCYF, and Special Education services as a parent or Personally.

About Us
Community Care Alliance provides an array of services and supports that are linked together so people can access help for their unique situations. Our goal is to help all members of our community become healthier, more self-reliant, and better informed to meet their economic, social, and emotional challenges.
 

Community Care Alliance is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or disability.

Military-friendly employer!

Application email/URLhttp://www.communitycareRI.org/careers

akhadka@communitycareri.org