Family Support Worker

Department:

80350 Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center - Non Research Grants

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Monday-Friday daytime schedule, 8:30am to 5pm. with occasional flexibility to see clients past 5pm

Pay Range

$24.85 - $37.30

Our Family Support Worker is an In-home based position, traveling to families around Chicagoland area to provide intensive home visiting services.

***Bilingual in Spanish/English highly preferred***

Major Responsibilities:

• Provides support work services to families who accept HFI, offering ongoing home visitation services
•     1)Develops an Individual Family Service Plan for each family, identifying family strengths and needs through collaborative discussions with family.
•     2)Identifies goals for family for parent(s') growth and development as well as for child's overall health and development.
•     3)Reviews IFSP every six months, assessing outcomes of goals and revising goals as necessary to reflect family needs.
•     4)Provides weekly home visits, giving educational materials regarding infant care, safety, parenting, overall health and development of child from HFI curriculum.
•     5)Prepares educational materials that are commensurate with family's language, educational level, and learning style.
•     6)Offers supportive counseling to adolescent parents, linking with appropriate community agencies when needed.
•     7)Promotes positive parent-child interactions.
•     8)Administers Ages and Stages Developmental screenings on child and determined intervals.
•     9)Augments program curriculum to meet individual families' needs.
• Maintains appropriate documentation
•     1)Keeps written documentation of all client contacts on appropriate forms.
•     2)Enters data, client contacts, case notes, referral information, and baby's medical data into Cornerstone computer system.
•     3)Organizes each client file with appropriate documentation (intake/discharge forms, consents, case notes, home visitation records, developmental screenings, referral data, etc.).
• Provides case management services to families within target population.
•     1)Identifies medical home for both mother and baby.
•     2)Provides community referrals, offering linkage, advocacy, and/or translation as necessary to ensure access to needed services (WIC, Public Aid, education, recreation, counseling, etc.).
•     3)Collaborates with hospital departments to ensure family receiving all appropriate and needed services.
•     1)Develops an Individual Family Service Plan for each family, identifying family strengths and needs through collaborative discussions with family.
•     2)Identifies goals for family for parent(s') growth and development as well as for child's overall health and development.
•     3)Reviews IFSP every six months, assessing outcomes of goals and revising goals as necessary to reflect family needs.
•     4)Provides weekly home visits, giving educational materials regarding infant care, safety, parenting, overall health and development of child from HFI curriculum.
•     5)Prepares educational materials that are commensurate with family's language, educational level, and learning style.
•     6)Offers supportive counseling to adolescent parents, linking with appropriate community agencies when needed.
•     7)Promotes positive parent-child interactions.
•     8)Administers Ages and Stages Developmental screenings on child and determined intervals.
•     9)Augments program curriculum to meet individual families' needs.
•     1)Keeps written documentation of all client contacts on appropriate forms.
•     2)Enters data, client contacts, case notes, referral information, and baby's medical data into Cornerstone computer system.
•     3)Organizes each client file with appropriate documentation (intake/discharge forms, consents, case notes, home visitation records, developmental screenings, referral data, etc.).
•     1)Identifies medical home for both mother and baby.
•     2)Provides community referrals, offering linkage, advocacy, and/or translation as necessary to ensure access to needed services (WIC, Public Aid, education, recreation, counseling, etc.).
•     3)Collaborates with hospital departments to ensure family receiving all appropriate and needed services.

Education/Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree in human services related field or equivalent (4 years or more in comparable social service position). • Interest in working with teen parents and infants/toddlers. • Interest in providing home-based services.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Good written and verbal communication skills. • Good interpersonal skills. • Ability to learn to learn about and work with community agencies. • Ability to learn to work with appropriate developmental education materials for infants/toddlers (up to age 5).

Physical Requirements And Working Conditions:

• May be exposed to hazardous materials and life-threatening diseases.
• Services provided in off-campus locations, primarily the home with possible early evening hours.
• If position has direct patient care or direct patient contact the following lifting requirement supersedes any previous lifting requirement effective 06/01/2015. Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other associate, when available. Unique patient lifting/movement situations will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Our Commitment To You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits And More

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.