Prevention Counselor

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.

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.

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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 www.sccfl.org