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    Prevention Counselor - Sarasota, United States - Safe Children Coalition Inc

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    Job DescriptionDescription:

    PURPOSE:

    As a member of the Emergency Response and Assessment Team (ERAT), the ERAT Counselor provides support to families and children in maintaining permanency by providing in-home services and assistance to ensure the child's safety and welfare, health and well-being, while attempting to strengthen and preserve the child's family.

    KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Respond to all assigned referrals in a timely manner;
    • Conduct all visits, with the exception of the first visit, at the convenience of the family;
    • Provide appropriate level of care as directed by supervisor (frequency of visits, phone call, etc.);
    • Carry a minimum caseload of six (6) cases;
    • Complete the Family Situational Assessment that addresses the following but not limited to:
    • assesses child, adult and family functioning;
    • identifies strengths and protective factors;
    • assesses risks and safety;
    • identifies environmental factors that impact the family;
    • Provide individual and family support services when needed through:
    • empowering, engaging and building relationships with families;
    • communicating respectfully and effectively with families from a wide range of backgrounds assesses child, adult and family functioning;
    • support and mentor families as they manage their homes, parent their children, and use community resources;
    • intervening in stressful and crisis situations;
    • Complete and implement the Family Service Plan;
    • Assist families with linkages to appropriate community resources and services such as mental health, medical, educational, social, and other services as identified;
    • Establish and maintain a positive working relationship with other members of the team;
    • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with Protective Investigation and Dependency Case Management units;
    • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with external community resources;
    • Respond to all assignments timely and present professionally;
    • Adhere to company policies and procedures and contractual obligations;
    • Provide parenting, goal setting, anger management, budgeting skills, decision making/problem solving, and stress management services and training to families;
    • Help families make appropriate use of community supports, making referrals when appropriate;
    • Attend agency staff meetings as required;
    • Attend case staffings as required;
    • Maintain up to date client records in the FSFN state file system and complete all documentation in a legible, timely and accurate manner;
    • Meet or exceeds individualized productivity expectations;
    • Participate in the agency's Continuous Quality Improvement process as requested;
    • Meets all agency and licensure training requirements on an annual basis;
    • Make appropriate treatment and service recommendations to ensure ongoing safety of the child(ren) at the completion of the ERAT Program.
    Requirements:

    EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

    Level I: Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college with a major in the field of counseling, social work, psychology, nursing, rehabilitation, special education, health education, or a related human services field; and two (2) years of professional experience in the field of child welfare or social services.

    -or-

    Level II: Master's degree from an accredited university or college with a major in the field of counseling, social work, psychology, nursing, rehabilitation, special education, health education, or a related human services field and two (2) years of professional experience in the field of child welfare or social services

    LIST OTHER MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

    Possess valid Florida Driver's License in good standing and be insurable by the agency's current insurance carrier. Must meet state criminal background check requirements. Ability to work a flexible schedule. Knowledge of community resources. Spanish and Creole speaking preferred

    Benefits

    • Medical
    • Dental
    • Vision
    • Voluntary Life coverages
    • Basic Life Insurance – 100% Company paid
    • Short-term disability – 100% Company paid
    • Long-term disability
    • 401(k) retirement
    • 5 weeks of PTO accruals available during the first year of employment (New Hires have a 90-day waiting period)
    • 11paid holidays

    A detailed position description can be found on our Career site at


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