We are seeking a Kinnect Family Specialist!
Southeast Region, Ohio
Join our Team!
Integrated Services for Behavioral Health (ISBH) is a community-minded, forward-thinking behavioral health organization helping people along the road to health and well-being. We meet people in their homes and communities and help connect them to the resources they need. We serve Southeastern and Central Ohio with a comprehensive array of behavioral health and other services- working with local partners to promote healthy people and strong communities. All of our services are intended to be collaborative and personalized for the individual.
The Kinnect Family Specialist position is dedicated to the service of children and families referred to Kinnect to Family by using specialized short-term intervention that utilizes strategies of diligent searching and relentless engagement to identify potential connections, supports, and kinship placement options for children entering into foster care. The goal is to identify multiple relatives or kin as potential placement providers. Maternal and paternal relatives are explored with equal interest. The Family Specialist, along with the team, will make every effort to keep siblings together, maintain children in their school of origin, and preserve the child s important relationships with friends and supportive adults.
The salary range for this position is based on licensure:
- Non-Licensed: $19.00-$22.26/hr
- Dependently Licensed: $22.29 - $26.82/hr.
Essential Functions:
- Collaborates with the Public Children Service Agency (PCSA) case manager and court officials in meeting the Fostering Connections to Success Act, applicable Ohio statutes, and Ohio Department of Job and Family Services policy in regard to relative/kin notification and placement.
- Researches and coalesces information from relatives/kin to expand the child's support system and family connections, while identifying potential relative home providers.
- Identify and document at least 80 family/kin for each child through Family Finding search activities, including: internet & databases searches, Children s Division and Juvenile Court case file reviews, child & family interviews.
- Facilitate communication with the team and provide the referring agencies with accurate family documentation, including genograms, family contact information, and identified kin supports.
- Attend all meetings and court hearings, advocating for relative/kin placement.
- Complete assessments on the child and family functioning upon case referral and case closure to measure the success and outcomes of the program.
- Assist in preparing the family for licensure by explaining the licensing process and assisting with home licensing requirements.
- Submit detailed activity notes and documentation of all case-related billing activities to submit to multiple funders.
- Maintain accurate files and records for each family served.
- All other duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements:
- A bachelor s degree in social work, drug and alcohol education, counseling, psychology, or criminal justice is required.
- Current license/certification, including LSW, LPC, LISW, or LPCC, is preferred.
- Demonstrated experience working with interdisciplinary teams utilizing innovative strategies to overcome obstacles.
- Direct experience in the child welfare field with a basic knowledge of foster care and adoption.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Strong organization and superior time management.
- Team facilitation.
- Conflict resolution and negotiation.
- Adaptation and flexibility.
- Ability and comfort working with diverse populations in various environments
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office programs.
- Understanding of, or ability to learn, Genopro (family tree/genogram software program)
- Works independently, exercising keen assessment skills.
Additional skills/competencies necessary to carry out services to the service population s culture and socioeconomic characteristics:
- Obtain a cultural awareness that results in a clear understanding of the worldview that directs individual interactions with people of other backgrounds.
- Ability to identify needs unique to various diverse populations, including those of different gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnic group, race, and physical or mental capacity, and address those needs with community resource referrals.
- Assist other professionals and team members in understanding the unique needs/characteristics of diverse populations.
- Good written and verbal communication.
- Strong organization skills.
- Detail-oriented.
- Superior time management.
- Capable of working efficiently and at an extremely fast pace.
- Engaging / Personable.
- Flexible in time management, work hours, and responsive to immediate and unexpected tasks.
- Creative thinking and strategizing ability, thinking outside the box .
- Ability to search for and locate individuals.
- Ability to overcome any possible barriers.
- Ability and comfort working with diverse populations in various environments.
- Familiar and comfortable with technology, including a superior knowledge of internet search tools.
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office programs and the ability to learn new programs, such as Genopro.
- Knowledge of child welfare policies.
- In-depth knowledge of relative placement policies and procedures (including licensing/home study process).
- Unyieldingly positive.
Enjoy a great work environment with an excellent salary, generous paid time off, and a strong benefits package.
Benefits include:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Short-term Disability
- Long-term Disability
- 401K w/ Employer Match
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides support and resources to help you and your family with a range of issues.
To learn more about our organization: https://ISBH.org/
OUR MISSION
Delivering exceptional care through connection
OUR VALUES
Dignity - We meet people where they are on their journey with respect and hope
Collaboration - We listen to understand and ask how we can best support the people and communities we serve
Wellbeing - We celebrate one another's strengths, and we support one another in being well
Excellence - We demand high-quality care for those we serve, and are a leader in how we care for one another as a team
Innovation - We deeply value a range of perspectives and experiences, knowing it is what inspires us to stretch past where we are and reach towards what we know is possible
We re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
