Family Support Professional - Fatherhood

Family Support Professional - Fatherhood Initiative

Summary/Objective

Under the supervision of the Family Resource Program Director and Supervisor, provides parenting education and supportive services to families via individual, group, and virtual, and settings. This position is focused on providing Specialized Fatherhood Services – Reentry support for incarcerated fathers and wrap-around fatherhood services.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Family Support Professional Resource Center

1. Provide short-term guidance, support, and parent education to families individual, virtual, and group settings.

2. Develop and maintain an extensive knowledge of community resources, including but not limited to employment assistance; resource navigation; career coaching; access to parent assistance programs; access to peer support services; referrals to social support services; referrals to childcare; and linkage to mental health, substance use disorder, healthcare, or other related resources.

3. Develop parent education skills and facilitate individual and/or group parenting classes utilizing approved evidence-based curricula - InsideOut Dad®

4. Inform, promote, and facilitate the use of the Family Resource Center within multiple settings.

5. Work closely with the Sioux City Residential Treatment Facility and local law enforcement to provide reentry support for incarcerated fathers and wrap-around fatherhood services.

6. Consult and collaborate with educators, child-care providers, neighborhood groups, and other service providers to ensure maximum resource utilization for families.

7. Refers, advocates, and assists parents to access various community resources that support their goals.

8. Provides prevention health-related and developmental information to families, as well as available funding resources such as Medicaid, Hawk-I, or other insurance availability, and assists in accessing if necessary.

9. Works collaboratively with other FSPs in developing strategies and approaches to client-related issues.

10. Completes all required documentation and data collection as required by the Family Resource Center program, and the Iowa Fatherhood Initiative.

11. All documentation and data collection is completed in the time frames set by the Program Director.

12. Actively participate in bi-weekly supervision and bi-monthly staff meetings

13. Transports or provides transportation for clients as needed.

14. Coordinates and/or participates in interdisciplinary consultation and collaboration.

15. Attends all training required by the Family Resource Center and/or agency.

16. Maintains high standards of confidentiality of all employee and client records and information.

17. Adhere to the Social Work Code of Ethics.

Competencies

1. Communication Proficiency (verbal and written)

2. Collaboration Skills

3. Ethical Conduct

4. Flexibility

5. Time Management

6. Customer Service proficiency

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

This is a hybrid job which operates in both an office and other programs/agencies, and other environments. The role requires the ability to sit and concentrate for prolonged periods of time and/or drive/trave. This role requires the ability to teach individual and small-medium sized groups of parents. This role also routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time hybrid position. Days and hours of work are typically Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This position may require long hours and/or evening hours onsite and/or offsite. Travel Travel is primarily local during the business day. Occasional overnight travel.