Child First Family Resource Partner - Guilford CountyCoastal Horizons Center, Inc. is seeking a qualified professional for the Child First Program's Family Resource Partner position. The Family Resource Partner's primary duties will be to provide community resource expertise to Child First team and families, including identifying and collaborating with community-based service providers and supports. The Family Resource Partner will also engage with the Child First family and the Clinician in the collaborative family assessment process (i.e., use data from interviews, observations, interactions, and standardized measures to identify family strengths, needs, and challenges). Other duties:
- Promote family stabilization by identifying all needed and desired services, integrating service needs into the Child and Family Plan of Care, and addressing barriers to services as they arise.
- Avert crises by assisting Child First family in times of urgent need (e.g., eviction).
- Enhance caregiver executive functioning skills (e.g., planning, organizing, managing time, focusing attention, regulating emotions, reflecting on progress) as needed and in consultation with the Clinician and Clinical Director.
- Maintain a reflective lens when engaging with the caregiver, in order to understand his/her motivation, needs, and possible barriers to new services and supports.
- Collaborate closely with Child First Clinician to meet the needs of Child First families.Qualifications / Skills:
- Bachelor's Degree in child development, psychology, nursing, human services, or related field. A minimum of 3 years previous experience working with culturally diverse families and children under the age of six years.
- Knowledge of early childhood development, parent education, parent-child relationships, and individual, family, and community-level risk factors (e.g., poverty, homelessness, maternal depression, domestic violence, substance abuse, teen parenthood).
- Knowledge of and experience with community-based services and supports in service area, highly valued. Experience working in home and community-based settings.Salary: Commensurate with experience, with medical/dental insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement savings plan/401K, paid time off programs. #J-18808-Ljbffr