Family Support Specialist

Join a team that fosters hope, dignity, and growth by providing compassionate behavioral health and wellness services. As a Family Support Specialist, you will work with children and adolescents, using expressive arts and mindfulness to help them build resilience and express their emotions in healthy ways.

What You Will Do

Manage an assigned caseload, working alongside clinicians and families to carry out each youth's clinical treatment plan through direct intervention, crisis intervention, and case management.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role is ideal for someone who loves empowering their clients and wants to be part of a team that families can count on for the long haul. You will have the opportunity to work with a supportive team, receive ongoing clinical supervision and professional development support, and be part of a mission-driven organization.

Requirements

• Ability to teach positive behavior and stress management
• Ability to provide crisis intervention
• Ability to build strong rapport with families
• Flexibility to adapt to the needs of youth and families
• Knowledge of child development, positive parenting techniques, and available community resources
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of mental health challenges, child development, personality development, and modalities of treatment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Interest in providing services to children and adolescents
• Bilingual in Spanish and English or Creole and English (preferred)

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off (120 hours of PTO annually)
• Comprehensive Medical Coverage (ICHRA plan with employer reimbursement)
• Life Insurance (Automatic enrollment into MDW's Term Life Insurance Plan)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan (Eligible the first of the month following 30 days of employment)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Annual Incentive Plan (Eligible employees have the opportunity to earn additional incentive compensation on top of base salary)
• In office training and structured onboarding
• Ongoing clinical supervision and professional development support