Family Specialist (Part- Time 20 Hours) ($19.00 - $20.00 Hourly)

At Beech Acres Parenting Center, we uncover the natural gifts of children by unleashing the power of parents and caregivers. As a contemporary parenting center, Beech Acres serves over 30,000 people annually through a wide range of services including foster care, kinship care, adoption, behavioral health support in schools, parent coaching and much more. All of our programs are founded in our Natural Strength Parenting™ framework which enables parents to unlock their own potential by building on their unique strengths. For more information, visit www.beechacres.org

Why you will love working at Beech Acres

Culture That Matters

Intentional. Strength-Based. Mindful.

At Beech Acres Parenting Center we are empowering parents and strengthening kids together. A career at Beech Acres will help you discern your unique purpose, discover and develop your own natural strengths, and learn to be present, fully engaged and accepting in the moment. It’s how we empower our families and it’s how we empower each other.

We're a spirited team that believes in having fun and making an impact in our community and beyond. We’ve built a culture that values our team members’ strengths where we embrace our differences and live the value of Inclusion to all. We believe that cultivating a feeling of belonging among our employees, partners, children and adults in a child’s world begins with a just, equitable and diverse organization. We work towards this through our policies, practices, and our daily personal interaction. Beyond that, we aspire to influence the systems and communities in which we do our work by providing thought leadership, co-creation, advocacy, and support.

That’s culture that matters.

Our Perks at Work

• At Beech Acres, we take pride in offering you a competitive benefits package, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and other benefits. Your total compensation includes benefits that go beyond wages and are provided to you. Our Perks at Work includes a Bonus Points recognition, Cell Phone Reimbursements, Flexibility in the way that you work, paid leave plans, and best in the city Paid time off plans amongst many others.
• Beech Acres success is dependent upon our people, and our total rewards are designed to create and sustain an environment that encourages and rewards outstanding commitment to client service, personal accountability and the achievement of results. We believe working here offers more value and rewards than just your total compensation. We work in an environment that encourages commitment, spirit and collaboration and we provide outstanding results to our community. We are committed to not only our mission but to your growth and development as an employee and individual.

If you have what it takes and have the heart and passion for helping support families and children, then we invite you to apply to be part of positive change in schools, pediatric offices, workplaces, and our community!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Multidisciplinary role responsible for ensuring families have access to relevant services providing service navigation, individual customized support based on need, and group facilitation services through agency and evidence-based models. This is a part-time role (20 hours).

• Provides advocacy and assistance to parents and caregivers in negotiating barriers that get in the way of them supporting the children in their home (financial, housing, food security, transportation, schools, health care etc.)
• Participate as a team member and provide input into permanency planning and needed services for children served.
• Monitor client engagement in services, communicates gaps and methods for reengagement with program coordinator.
• Supervise and observe visitation to ensure safe and nurturing interactions.
• Complete documentation timely, accurately, and consistently – progress notes for each parent contact, monthly notes documenting progress ongoing. Utilize online forms and data system to conduct documentation. Manages and completes documentation according to agency, contractual agreements, and COA standards.
• Provide parenting time (visitation) on-site, in community, in-home or in other settings as dictated by the case plan.
• Educates and coaches parents on safety and risk awareness, increasing natural supports and co-parenting, and improving parenting skills.
• Provide intervention techniques and feedback to participating families.
• Identify specialized needs for parents and caregivers and connect them with appropriate resources and supportive services within the BAPC service continuum or community.
• Facilitates learning and support groups for parents, caregivers and children and maintains fidelity to the designated models.
• Maintain 50% of work hours in direct contact with parents and caregivers participating in the program and assigned to caseload.
• Coach parenting skills based on promising practices and evidence-based models.
• Performs all work with trauma informed care, and safety planning procedures.
• Prepare and submit objective summaries to JFS and the court based on observation of the child, family and visits.
• Maintains regular contact with stakeholders involved in client caseload to ensure communication about program participation, and progress to goals to best support client’s success.
• Promotes parent and family engagement utilizing creative outreach and relationship building techniques.
• Complete outcomes evaluations with parents and caregivers assigned at stated intervals.
• Conducts assessments with outcome tools to understand needs and support identifying and achieving goals.

This role is office, and community-based and requires frequent travel throughout the community to support program recruitment, events, and outreach. Office responsibilities may be a mix of hybrid (in-person, online). Working outside of standard office hours, including evenings and weekends, is also required.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements

• Solid organizational and collaborative skills, with the ability to work independently and have a method to maintain organization.
• Outstanding facilitation skills, with the ability to engage and train diverse audiences.
• Strong coaching ability with the capability to customize a developed program to meet the needs of varying customers.
• Valid driver’s license; must maintain agency required auto insurance of $100,000 per person, $300,000 per accident, and $100,000 property damage.
• 3+ years related work experience supporting services for kids and families.
• High School Diploma or equivalent is required. Associates or Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Early Childhood Education, Child & Family Studies, Criminal Justice or related Human Services area preferred.
• Knowledge of peer-to-peer support and/or mentoring.
• Knowledge of case management, and mental health billing.
• Willingness to maintain a flexible schedule that may include evening and weekend hours

Beech Acres is an Equal Opportunity Employer

BAPC provides equal employment opportunities (“EEO”) to all persons, consistent with applicable federal, state and local equal employment opportunity laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, religion, ancestry, military or veteran status, color, national origin, or any other applicable statutorily protected group status under local, state, or federal law. This applies to all phases of the employment relationship including recruitment, hiring, compensation, advancement, and discipline.