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    Family Support Specialist Bilingual - Minneapolis, United States - The Family Partnership

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    Who We Are

    For more than 140 years, The Family Partnership has built strong families, vital communities, and better futures for children. We fulfill our mission through counseling, education, and advocacy, primarily in the greater Minneapolis and St. Paul area. The Family Partnership was founded in 1878 as the Minneapolis Humane Society to protect and serve children that were being abused or exploited. Along with a few name changes, our work has continually transformed to anticipate and address the evolving needs of families and individuals, many of whom are the most vulnerable in our community.

    Why You'll Love Working Here

    At The Family Partnership, we partner with you and in turn, we partner with those we serve. Our programs holistically address the needs of people in our community. Through our two-generation (2Gen) or whole family approach, we work with people so they can heal from trauma and adversity and move towards greater health and well-being. Our shared values establish a common purpose across our array of programs and services. You can bring your authentic self to the workplace, while practicing both cultural competence and inclusivity. We're known for developing future leaders in the non-profit space and we expect employees to share their views. Our culture is one of open communication and transparency regardless of job level.

    Wages and Benefits

    $21.55 per hour; $1,000 hiring bonus after 3 months of employment; Generous paid time off; 10 paid holidays per year; Strong emphasis on employee self-care and work-life balance; Competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits; Company-paid life insurance and long-term disability; Agency sponsored retirement savings plan.

    SCHEDULE

    This role will be conducted in a hybrid capacity to include work in the community with flexible scheduling and travel requirements.

    A Typical Day in the Life...

    A typical day as The Family Partnership's Bilingual (Spanish) HFA Family Support Specialist provides an opportunity to assist Spanish and English-speaking families participating in the TFP's HFA Program in identifying their strengths while working to overcome challenges, setting goals, and striving toward positive change in order to prevent child abuse and neglect. The Family Support Specialist will intervene in crises; provide weekly visits, advocate for services to families at risk of or engaged in children protection, and will include the following:
    • Engaging families in long-term home visiting services, identifying their strengths, and developing goals to address challenges.
    • Competing parent surveys and enrolling families in services when appropriate.
    • Meeting with families in the home for at least one hour at each visit.
    • Establishing a trusting relationship with families.
    • Assisting in strengthening the parent-child relationship.
    • Providing strength-based, family-centered interventions to prevent or close child protection cases.
    • Assisting parents in improving skills to optimize the home environment.
    • Improving the family support system.
    • Increasing the family's ability to problem solve and assume the role of advocate for themselves and their children.
    • Intervening in crisis situations to provide a safe environment for families.
    • Referring, advocating for, and following up with clients in need of additional community support and services.
    • Documenting all interactions in the electronic health record, including but not limited to: case notes, assessments, intakes, surveys, discharge summaries, transfer summaries, and evaluations.
    • Some evening work may be required.
    Who You Are
    • You hold a minimum of an associate degree in human services, social work, education, or related field, or demonstrably equivalent knowledge gained through alternative courses of study and life experience.
    • You have a minimum of two years of directly related work experience.
    • You have some experience working with families in home and/or community settings.
    • You are bilingual in Spanish and English, which is required.
    • You have experience working with and an understanding of communities living in poverty, communities of color, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals, and other vulnerable populations.
    • You are able to work respectfully and communicate effectively with different cultures, groups, and languages
    • You possess excellent verbal and written communication skills needed to engage families effectively and document the work properly.
    • You are able to provide home visiting services and travel to clients' homes, schools, meetings with community partners and various other locations.
    • You have access to reliable transportation and are willing to transport clients in your vehicle.
    • You can develop and maintain positive and respectful relationships with clients.
    • You can track and maintain data necessary for program monitoring and evaluation.
    • You can perform assessments needed in order to conduct appropriate intervention and referrals.
    • You have a valid driver's license, access to reliable transportation, and the ability to meet TFP's driving record requirements. Please note that if the license was not issued in the state of Minnesota, you have 60 days after becoming a Minnesota resident in which to apply for your Minnesota driver's license or permit.
    The Family Partnership has a mandated vaccination policy implemented for all employees, subject to reasonable accommodation required by law.

    Diversity and open expression are fundamental to the work of The Family Partnership. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment where everyone can belong. Every member of our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our sector: individuals who identify as BIPOC, Indigenous or people of culture, LGBTQI+ and gender fluid or gender nonconforming, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), veterans, people of any age or family status. We value the contributions of a diverse workforce, and we welcome and encourage applications from all underrepresented groups. We encourage you to apply even if you feel like you don't fit 100% of the technical requirements.

    Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, disability, marital status, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, genetic information or a protected veteran's status.

    Our organization has a partnership with Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (MACC) to provide administrative services including management of the recruiting process. If you apply for this position, you may see references to MACC in some online materials.

    The Family Partnership participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. See E-Verify's official poster at https://e- See E-Verify's Right to Work poster at https://www.e-

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