Fmily Support Specialist Bilingual Spanish

Position Overview

Job Type: Full-Time

The Family Support Specialist delivers parenting education services to families with children ages 0-5. Families are referred by the San Francisco Human Services Agency and community organizations. The Family Support Specialist receives training in SafeCare®, an evidence-based program to help parents build skills to face challenges at home and to provide a positive, safe environment for their children.

Qualifications

• Ability to speak, read, and write Spanish

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related field

• Experience working with at-risk families 

• CA driver’s license and DMV clearance 

• Child abuse and fingerprint clearances

• Must become a certified SafeCare® Provider

• Must either have or be willing to acquire CPR & First Aid certification

• Respect for cultural differences, including the ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures and socio-economic backgrounds

• Experience and high comfortability in diverse communities and delivering service in home settings

• Receptive to coaching, supervision, and feedback

• Excellent written and verbal communication

• Must be physically able to perform all job duties which may include bending, lifting, and kneeling

Responsibilities

• Inform parents about structured parenting practices and provide case management when needed

• Teach parents child preventive health measures, how to identify symptoms of childhood illnesses and injuries, and appropriate responses including the use of health reference materials, charts, and basic health supplies

• Assist parents in identifying and eliminating safety and health hazards

• Educate parents in the provision of activities that are motivating, promote positive interactions with their children, and prevent troublesome child behavior

• Provide supportive counseling to parents, including positive and corrective feedback

• Assist parents in addressing challenges by using a structured problem-solving method

• Conduct baseline and follow-up assessments

• Maintain timely and thorough case records

• Participate in team activities including home-visits shadowing/being shadowed

Epiphany Center is committed to workforce diversity. Qualified applicants will receive full consideration without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, health status or national origin.

To apply for this position, please submit a completed employment application and your resume.

Epiphany Center, a non-profit social services agency in San Francisco, provides client-centered care to a diverse population of children, women, and families who are the most vulnerable in our society. Our purpose is to strengthen family life and to enhance the physical, social-emotional, intellectual and spiritual growth of each person in our care.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.