Family Worker jobs in Rhode Island
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Community Health Worker
- Child & Family
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Providence, RI
FULL_TIME
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This position is eligible for American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds which includes a one-time $750 sign-on bonus payable after the completion of 90 days of employment as well as a monthly stipend of up to $694.50 which is based upon the hours worked in the previous month for as long as the funds are guaranteed by the State.
About Your Team
Your team will work with families to assist in navigating resources and support them in achieving their goals. Your team is a prevention program, provides therapeutic counseling, and case management.
What You’ll Be Doing
You will be working on a treatment team that consists of clinicians and practitioners providing peer mentoring and community health services to families of children aged 0-21 years old by providing home-based services throughout the state of Rhode Island. You will use your lived experience in the area of substance use and/or the criminal justice system to guide families in navigating challenges associated with these issues and be responsible for documenting home visits and coordinating outreach events to support the community.
Your Main Priorities
While additional responsibilities are likely to arise on the job, you will primarily:
• Supports youth and their families in navigating substance-use related familial issues.
• Supports youth and their families in navigating the criminal justice system.
• Provides peer mentoring to individuals with substance abuse and/or criminal justice issues in conjunction with a clinician or practitioner as part of a treatment team.
• Conducts and documents visits to client and family homes.
Who You Are
Requirements, Skills & Abilities:
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience working with people with substance abuse and/or experience working in the criminal justice field required.
• Lived experience pertaining to the role is preferred.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
• Strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management skills.
• Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
• Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.
• Collaboration and teamwork.
• Must have a valid driver’s license, proof of auto insurance and car registration.
• Must authorize Child & Family to complete a motor vehicle records check.
• The ideal candidate will be required to meet all background checks and medical clearances required for the position.
Physical Requirements
Direct Service Staff (Travel as part of position):
This position requires time sitting, standing, walking, driving, carrying and lifting up to 25lbs. This role also requires operating desktop, laptop and/or cell phone, and communicating with colleagues.
Travel Requirements
Site location: Providence
Statewide travel required.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state, or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies:
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experienced by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ communities, and others.
• Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.
Affirmative Action
Child & Family strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve.
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies:
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experiences by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities LGBTQ communities and others.
o Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.Equal Employment Opportunity
Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state, or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
Affirmative Action
Child & Family strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve.
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies:
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experienced by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ communities, and others.
- Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.
- 1 Month Ago
Maintenance Worker
- Family Service of Rhode Island
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Providence, RI
PART_TIME
- FSRI is always looking for candidates that want to make a positive impact on the community we serve in! Position Summary: Ensures that the property is clean and orderly.SPECIFIC DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIE...
- 1 Month Ago
Direct Service Worker for Adult Son
- The Domingoes Family
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Charlestown, RI
PART_TIME
- Direct service worker to take able bodied adult special needs son into community, take hikes, arts and crafts at home, cooking and shopping, etc. In addition, he volunteers and will need assistance co...
- 7 Days Ago
Direct Service Worker for Adult Son
- The Domingoes Family
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Charlestown, RI
PART_TIME
- Direct service worker to take able bodied adult special needs son into community, take hikes, arts and crafts at home, cooking and shopping, etc. In addition, he volunteers and will need assistance co...
- 7 Days Ago
Family Social Worker
- Partnership Employment
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Pawtucket, RI
FULL_TIME
- We are working with a nonprofit organization in Pawtucket, RI that is looking to hire a Family Social Worker with amazing relationship building skills to their staff!As a Family Social Worker, you wil...
- 1 Month Ago
Direct Support Worker
- Kaleidoscope Family Solutions, Inc.
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Lincoln, RI
PART_TIME
- Would you like to create a colorful difference with Kaleidoscope Family Solutions (KFS)? Organization Overview:Kaleidoscope Family Solutions, Inc. provides community and home-based services to persons...
- 16 Days Ago
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About Rhode Island
Rhode Island (/ˌroʊd -/ (listen)), officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest state in area, the seventh least populous, the second most densely populated, and it has the longest official name of any state. Rhode Island is bordered by Connecticut to the west, Massachusetts to the north and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound. It also shares a small maritime border with New York. Providence is the state capital and most populous city in Rhode Is...
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Income Estimation for Family Worker jobs
$40,153 to $49,720
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What does a Family Worker do?
Family Worker
Participate in staffings, court hearing and other team meetings related to the provision of services to children and families.
May 14, 2023
Prepare case/status reports and making recommendations/testifying at court or before other prescribes bodies regarding reunification, TPR or other permanency plans.
April 24, 2023
Provides professional advisory services and training to other health care professionals, legal and investigative agencies, and other helping agencies, advancing initiatives that enhance resiliency and decreases maltreatment in military families.
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Complete 4 family visits per year, scheduling all meetings at the convenience of the family, with the goal of 2 home visits and 2 center visits each year.
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Act as liaison between families and program specialists, to support individualized service needs for children and families including referrals for mental health, nutrition, disabilities and health.
March 22, 2023
Understands the need to expand the child's safety network beyond caregivers and to other adults who care about the child and can participate in day to day safety of the child.
February 27, 2023
Develops a rapport with families and maintains ongoing communication with families through classroom contacts, home visits, phone calls, and distribution of monthly calendars and other written materials.
January 18, 2023
Maintains an accurate and thorough record of each family and completes all documentation in the specified time frame.
November 25, 2022
Attends orientations, training, education programs, staff meetings, community meetings, conferences and workshops to meet the needs of the position.
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