Family Advocate- 5 year Grant
Description
Grant Funded Family Advocate
Willamette Family is hiring for a Family Advocate to join our team! This is a temporary, grant-funded position with funding currently secured for five (5) years. Employment is expected to continue through 2031, contingent upon continued grant funding and program needs.
Position provides services to both residential and outpatient parenting clients.
This position exists within the WF array of family services that support successful treatment and recovery for parents who are in services with Willamette Family and who are actively participating in an individualized case plan to strengthen and preserve families while keeping children safe.
The WF Family Service Program utilizes a Strength-Needs based approach that fully engages each client in the determination of their needs, development of specific case plans and services, and in their implementation to achieve successful outcomes.
Required Hours: Tuesday- Saturday 12:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Base wage $23.10 Hour
Employee Benefits include:
- Health, Dental, Vision, life, and Supplemental insurance options
- Healthcare Flexible Spending (FSA)
- 403b Retirement Savings with company match
- Robust time off package including paid sick leave, vacation time, and holidays for all full-time and regular part-time employees
- Training and education benefits for employees who are employed for 24 months or longer as well as continued education training support
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in related field: Equivalent is based on the following: CADC I, QMHA qualified with 3 years' experience, Associates degree, with 3 years experience.
- Currently qualified or ability to become qualified as a QMHA with MHACBO
- Knowledge and experience in working with families using a strength-based approach
- Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills
- Good verbal and written skills
- Strong group skills
- Familiarity of, and ability to work with local community resources
- Must be able to maintain client confidentiality in accordance with WF policy, HIPPA, and 42 CFRR Part 2
- Ability to function as a member of a team to assist clients in successfully achieving their goals
- Knowledge of and training in Trauma informed care practices
- Dependability and reliability, including attendance
- Ability to type 20 words a minute
Requirements
Position Expectations: WF Family Advocates provide services to children and families enrolled in the WF Family Services Program. They work collaboratively with other WF staff who are also providing an array of services for individuals and family members. Key expectations of this position include:
- The ability to assess the needs of the client and h/her family in partnership with the client, other WF staff, and community providers as appropriate
- The ability to develop and implement individualized case plans and related services that address the identified needs. This process may include, but is not limited to: providing, arranging, coordinating, monitoring, evaluating, and advocating for an array of services to meet specific client’s and h/her child(ren)’s complex needs.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Travel throughout Lane County + to meet with families in their homes, community settings, and partner agency locations.
- Conduct regular home visits with pregnant and parenting individuals to provide support, resources, education, and case management services.
- Assist families with scheduling, attending, and navigating appointments, including medical, behavioral health, treatment, educational, and social service appointments.
- Assess family needs and connect participants to community resources that support parenting, child development, housing stability, employment, healthcare, and recovery goals.
- Provide parenting education, coaching, and support tailored to each family's strengths, needs, and goals.
- Build trusting relationships with families while maintaining professional boundaries and confidentiality.
- Collaborate with community partners and service providers to coordinate care and ensure families receive comprehensive support.
- Maintain accurate documentation of services, contacts, referrals, and participant progress.
- Assess the strengths, needs and risk factors of families and children engaged in the PPW grant services
- Willingness and ability to provide services to client and their family
- Administer required assessments in accordance with the OHA Federal Grant
- GIPPRA, NCFAS, Family Factors
- Meet with clients to complete intake/ orientation for Family Services
- Provide individual and group skill building in accordance with client’s treatment plan
- Meet 1:1 with each individual as needed to review, update goals and to discuss progress, concerns and case plan
- Provide parenting education curriculum in a group setting using approved curriculum
- Complete case record documentation per policy and within designated timelines
- Meet, review, and chart progress with each client on a regular and ongoing basis
- Work with Willamette Family’s child development center, mental health, and treatment staff to coordinate care and to integrate services to support and to achieve service plan goals
- Communicate with DHS per WF policy and guidelines
- Coordinate activities for home visits that support parent child interaction to strengthen attachment
- Make home visits as indicated to help clients achieve case plan goals
- Attend Court hearings as indicated and directed by Program Manager
- Participate in integrated case staffing's for appropriate clients
- Participate in the weekly staff meetings and clinical supervision as required
- Post a written schedule of hours on the office door. Changes to the schedule require Manager approval and must be reflected on the door schedule.
- Attend community meetings as necessary
- Transport families as necessary to support case plan
- Work as a collaborative member of the integrated care team including the Child Development Center
- Other assignments as identified