Child and Family Support Specialist - FACT

Description:CHILD AND FAMILY SUPPORT SPECIALISTFACT PROGRAM WAGE: $19.75 - $21.92 per hourCompetitive Benefits PackageHELPING PEOPLE LIVE INDEPENDENT LIVESAre you looking for more than a job?
Are you the healthcare champion we’ve been looking for?

AWARE is looking for the right person to join the FACT team as the Child and Family Support Specialist.

If you embrace new ideas with a heart full of energy, we invite you to join a caring, compassionate, and fully engaged team that isn’t afraid to get vulnerable with one another. We have gritty, but respectful conversations that drive the needle forward on what it means to provide the highest quality of care for our clients.

At AWARE, our strength lies in our culture of care. AWARE’s Unconditional Care Principles inspire the services we provide to each person who comes to us for care and these principles lead how we treat ourselves and our clients; with hope, compassion and focus on the next right step.

When you join the AWARE team, you will become part of an organization that has a rich history (over 45 years!) helping Montanans with mental health and/or developmental disabilities. AWARE strives to provide the highest quality of care, every single day. When you join the AWARE team, you will be joining a team that believes that building on strengths is the key to success, that prides itself in taking on and sticking with the hardest challenges, believes we are agents of change, that everything is normal until proven otherwise, and that families are our most important resource.

Working for our organization means that regardless of your role, we’ll support you so you can support others. AWARE seeks to provide opportunities for employees to grow professionally through its tuition advancement program, professional development opportunities and in-house trainings.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Work closely with AWARE’s Clinical Professionals in providing services as assigned and developed through prescribed curriculum lesson plans.
• Spend time with client and family as assigned and/or as identified on the treatment plan.
• Assesses client, family and environments utilizing assessment tools.
• Coordinates and conducts the team process to develop a comprehensive Individualized Treatment Plan.
• Provide family training and direct care services in a natural environment to assist children and their families in improving:

Social Skills

Educational Skills

Vocational Skills

Caseload and/or billing expectations and requirements must be met on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis.

Requirements:

Required Skills, Abilities & Education:

• A thorough understanding of human services, resources, and tools.
• Ability to assess clients (and families) from a strengths model perspective.
• Skills, knowledge, and abilities to develop a theoretical perspective.
• Ability to work with a variety of people.
• Strong oral and written communication skills are a must.

Preferred Skills & Abilities & Education:

• A BS/BA Degree in a Human Services Related Field is preferred; an equivalency can be used based on documented work history, education, and volunteer experience.

To learn more please visit www.aware-inc.org.

Benefits:

AWARE proudly offers an excellent benefits package, uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, professional growth, and achieving financial security.

AWARE’s benefits include:

• Annual raises
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Insurance
• Dental/Vision Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Life Insurance
• Wellness programs
• Generous paid time off
• DailyPay

AWARE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer