Family Support Specialist

The Family Support Specialist builds long-term, trusting relationships with families to promote positive parent–child interactions, healthy child development, and family well-being. This position provides in-home support using a strength-based and family-centered approach that aligns with the Healthy Families America (HFA) model.

What You Will Do

Deliver family-centered and strength-based interventions that promote child development, improve parenting skills, and encourage families to become self-advocates and effective problem solvers. Conduct home visits focused on building trusting relationships, strengthening parent–child bonds, and empowering families to enhance their home environment and overall well-being.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have experience in working with or providing services to children and their families, a minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent, and the ability to establish trusting relationships. They will also be willing to engage in building reflective capacity and demonstrate a high degree of cultural awareness.

Requirements

• Experience in working with or providing services to children and their families
• Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent
• An ability to establish trusting relationships
• Acceptance of individual differences
• Experience and humility to work with the culturally diverse families
• Knowledge of infant and child development
• Willing to engage in building reflective capacity
• Infant mental health endorsement preferred
• Minimum three years of directly relevant experience
• Demonstrates high degree of cultural awareness
• Experience with multi-needed individuals and families
• Broad knowledge of community service systems
• Licensed and able to operate a motor vehicle with appropriate level of insurance coverage
• Willing to participate in and lead cross-systems team building activities
• Able to effectively communicate through verbal/written expression
• Must be able to operate in an Internet-based, automated office environment

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Short-term Disability
• Long-term Disability
• 401K w/ Employer Match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)