Duties
· Responsible for ensuring all phases and activities of the Wraparound Process are done to high quality and fidelity – accountable to family team.
· Complete required evaluation
· Provide face-to-face direct service hours to families as needed in implementing High-Fidelity wraparound.
· Collaborates with the family in developing a list of individuals they want to attend the Family Team Meetings
· Ensure that the wraparound process is family driven and youth guided, and that families experience ongoing participation in and ownership of their care plans.
· In collaboration with the family, facilitate the scheduling of case conferences and family team meetings.
· Develop and coordinate Individual Service Plan (ISP) with the family.
· Provide linkage to community resources, clinical services, and natural supports related to the child/youth.
· Works as a team to ensure coordinated service delivery and at least weekly face-to-face contact with family/youth, or as needed per family request.
· Facilitates the Child and Family Team Meetings and communicates with natural supports and team members regarding youth/families’ participation in services and progress in completing goals established.
· Complete transition plan/discharge summary.
· Ensure client information is secured consistent with HIPAA requirements.
· Participate in team-based supervision meetings.
· Engage Youth Engagement Specialist to provide skills building for the child/youth as appropriate.
· Maintain up-to-date case records on each client family,
· Through the guidance of the SOCAT-N Community Engagement Specialist, maintain and build community relations, through education, advocacy, and participating in external meetings such as the Community Action Board (CAB), and other meetings related to children/youth and families.
· Attend and participate in local and statewide meetings and workgroups.
· Participate and engage in the local SOCAT-N team meetings.
· Work with the SOCAT-N Community Engagement staff to identify and engage with local community resources.
· Maintain and build trusted relationships with clients, partners, and stakeholders.
· Projects a positive image of the organization to employees, customers, industry, and community.
· Perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Qualifications: Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in social or behavioral sciences, experience navigating the child-serving systems and eligible to obtain Tennessee Family Support Specialist Certification. Non-profit organization experience and work history within child serving systems preferred. Experience working with children/youth and families with significant behavioral health needs. Ability to provide a strength-based, client-centered approach to service delivery.
• Ability to display effective communication.
• Be approachable and engaging.
• Ability to build teams that are cohesive and promote trust.
• Display a knowledge of child-serving systems and local resources.
• Ability to encourage youth and family voice and choice.
• Be knowledgeable and sensitive to the culture of the youth and family and effectively convey that to team members.
• Ability to empathize with families.
• Focus on empowering children/youth and families.
• Display strong organizational skills and be a self-starter.
• Strong desire to help people.
• Ability to solicit services of a Family Support Specialist (as needed) to provide advocacy and support on the Child Family Team.
• Knowledge of children’s mental, emotional, and social development and well-being.
• Knowledge of and experience working with juvenile justice, educational, and other child-serving systems.
• Knowledge of how to develop family-driven and strength-based treatment/behavior plans with families.
• Knowledge of system of care/wraparound principles/practices.
• Excellent organizational, written, communication and problem-solving/creative thinking skills.
• Excellent collaboration, customer service, and leadership skills.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and proof of current auto insurance.
To apply, go to www.tnvoices.org. For more information about the System of Care Across TN (SOCAT), go to www.socacrosstn.org
date posted: 05-12-2021