Family Support Worker, Bright Beginnings - GENESIS Health System

Position Title: Family Support Worker, Bright Beginnings

Department: Bright Beginnings

Purpose: The Family Support Worker is a member of the Bright Beginning team; with a primary job expectation to provide direct services of community based care coordination. Essential functions include providing one on one direct services and parent education to high risk prenatal and parenting families, community outreach, acting as a health advocate, and providing appropriate community referrals. Must demonstrate sensitivity to the service population's cultural and socioeconomic characteristics with all aspects of service delivery.

Report To: VNA Supervisor

Supervisory Responsibility: Guidance: The job requires the provision of occasional guidance and training to others. The job does not have formal or official supervisory responsibilities.

Materials Responsibility: Limited: Work requires limited responsibility for material resources. Examples of resources could include supplies, equipment, inventories, small budgets, and other similar material assets. The employee has a limited amount of control over these resources. The cost of errors is also limited in terms of damage, waste or financial loss. Problems associated with material resources are not complex. The volume of resources may vary, but the level of difficulty in dealing with these resources is uncomplicated.

Key Relationship: Co-workers/Health System Employees, Outside Agencies/Other Health Care Providers, General Public/Visitors/Volunteers, Physicians/Medical Office Staff, Patients, Families, and Significant Others

POSITION SPECIFICATION

Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Field Of Study: Behavioral Sciences, Child Development, Sociology, Psychology, Social Work, Family Service or similar disciplines

Special Training: CPR

Training Preferred: Word processing at 40 wpm; Bachelor's Degree

Licensure/Registration: National Family Support Certification within one year of hire; driver's license; valid auto insurance - Genesis minimum limits required.

Experience: Less than 1 year experience required.

Interpersonal Skills: Interaction is with a variety of people inside or outside the organization. Communications are of moderate difficulty and sensitivity. Contact with others may involve detailed & lengthy dialogues & exchanges of information. Requires a moderate amount of interpersonal skills. Interactions involve dealing with moderately complicated problem situations or stressful encounters.

Working Conditions: There is exposure to moderately adverse and undesirable environmental conditions. There are some health and safety risks. Position may require safety equipment and precautions. The amount of time the employee may experience these moderate conditions exceeds 70% of their work day.

Possible Exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens: Yes

Miscellaneous:

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