HFI - Healthy Family Program Supervisor

Description

Position Summary:

HFI (Healthy Families Initiative) Program Supervisors provide 1 ½ -2 hours of individual reflective-based supervision to Family Resource Specialists/Family Support Specialists within the Healthy Families Illinois program under the guidance of the HFI Program Manager. Supervisors help staff maintain perspective, evaluate their own performance, increase personal and professional development, learn and practice new strategies to effectively work with families, and develop reflective capacity, and ultimately enhance the quality of services families receive.   Additionally, supervision promotes both staff and site accountability and reduces staff burnout and turnover by providing support as needed between scheduled supervision sessions.  Supervisors maintain supervision documentation, provide feedback on documentation, and complete quality assurance activities per program policy.

The Supervisor also assists in the selection of staff, participates in the orientation and training, conducts record reviews, assists in maintaining the program’s data collection system, implements a quality assurance plan, and monitors the performance of Family Support Specialists and Family Resource Specialists. To support their competency, the supervisor must be knowledgeable of and have maintained expertise in providing trauma-informed family support services as well as been trained in and have experience in completing the screening and assessment used by the program. The Supervisor may also act as a liaison with other agencies and monitor contracts as well as ongoing program development. The Supervisor functions as part of the HFI Leadership Team and assists in planning and conducting team meetings, group supervisions, and program groups.

Position Education/Qualifications/Experience:

Master’s degree in human services or fields related to working with children and families, or bachelor’s degree in these fields with 3 years of relevant experience, or less than a bachelor’s degree but with commensurate experience.

•                a solid understanding of or experience in supervising diverse staff with humility, as well as providing support to staff in stressful work environments 
•                knowledge of infant and child development and parent-child attachment
•                experience with family services that embraces the concepts of family-centered and strength-based service provision
•                knowledge of parent-infant health and dynamics of child abuse and neglect
•                experience supporting culturally diverse communities/families
•                experience in home visiting with a strong background in early childhood prevention services
•                willingness to engage in building reflective practice (e.g., capacity for introspection, communicating awareness of self in relation to others, recognizing value of supervision, etc.)
•                infant mental health endorsement preferred
•                experience with reflective practice preferred

Requirements

Master’s degree in human services or fields related to working with children and families, or bachelor’s degree in these fields with 3 years of relevant experience, or less than a bachelor’s degree but with commensurate experience.

Flexible hours.

Reliable vehicle is a must-mileage reimbursed.