About this opportunity
Wellroot Family Services lists this Bilingual Family Support Specialist opportunity in gainesville, Georgia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Job Title: Bilingual Family Support Specialist
Reports To: Program Manager
Department: Programs
Location: Gainesville, GA (Office)
FLSA: Exempt
Job Summary: The Family Support Specialist
FSS are responsible for implementing the Healthy Families America home visiting model, a home-based intervention program with families, infants and children. One of the primary roles of the FSS is to develop strong relationships with families in order to provide service coordination, support, and training to assist families in meeting the needs of their children and enhancing parents' role as the primary influence on their child's development. Duties include working with families to: promoting positive parent-child relationships and interactions, provide child development education and enhance family functioning.
Responsibilities
Initiates and maintains regular and long-term (up to three years) support and interventions with families which will occur primarily within the family's home and should last at least an hour.
The interventions should be family-centered, strength-based, and directed at: establishing a trusting relationship
Assists in strengthening the parent-child relationship
Assists parents in improving their skills to optimize the home environment
Improves the family support system; and increases the family's ability to problem solve and assume the role of advocate for themselves and their children
Worksite address
gainesville, GA, 30501, US
Who can apply
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