Family Connections Consultant

at  Easterseals Blake Foundation

Description:
Easterseals Blake Foundation started as the Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Southern Arizona. Since then, we have expanded our services to better serve our community members. We are now one of Arizona’s top providers of comprehensive behavioral health services, child welfare, and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve more than 40,000 individuals and families across 10 counties and support more than 3,700 children in Foster Care throughout Southern Arizona. Are you ready to make profound, positive differences in people’s lives every day?

We offer our full-time employees the following benefits:

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Life insurance
• Voluntary Short-term Disability insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Employer paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program

The Family Connections Consultant provides family-centered home visitation services that are comprehensive, coordinated, community based, accessible and culturally appropriate to at-risk families and their children referred by the Department of Child Safety (DCS). The focus of the service is to improve the safety and well-being of families, enhance family functioning, increase parenting competencies, foster self-sufficiency, reduce risk factors, increase protective factors and stabilize the family unit to prevent children’s’ removal. This position works as part of a Family Connections team, the family, DCS staff and others identified as relevant to supporting the family. The comprehensive services include, but are not limited to: crisis intervention; family assessment, goal setting and development of an Individualized Family Plan addressing DCS identified safety and risk factors and expected behavioral changes; individual, family and marital therapy; communication and negotiation skills; structured parenting education and child development; problem solving skills and stress management; home management and nutrition; clinical family assessments; domestic violence; trauma; substance abuse; child developmental screenings; and linkages and access to formal and informal community resources.

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION/LICENSE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in the field of social services and 1 year of work- related experience
• Experience providing behavioral health assessments, intervention and coaching to at risk families and their children
• Clearance from the Background Check for Employment through the Central Registry as required by Arizona Department of Child Safety
• Valid, unrestricted Arizona driver’s license and the willingness to use personal vehicle in the course of employment. Must meet minimum requirements of agency insurance carrier.
• Current State of Arizona Fingerprint Clearance card
• Current First Aid and CPR cards
• Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred

OTHER GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Qualified employees who are interested in applying must first notify their current Supervisor of their intent to apply for another job opening within EBF for informational purposes
• Qualified employees must have held their current position with EBF for a least twelve (12) consecutive months and, have a satisfactory performance record and have no disciplinary actions during the last twelve (12) consecutive months
• Must submit a valid Fingerprint Clearance Card on hire OR pass a Criminal History Background Check prior to beginning employment and submit an active Fingerprint Clearance Card after hire
• Complete all trainings (virtual and in person) as scheduled by DCS
• Must be able to utilize Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), such as face mask, gown, goggles and gloves, for any amount of time necessary to provide a physical barrier to protect the employee and others.

ABILITY TO PROVIDE:

• Current TB Test/Physical and/or other medical examinations in conformance with licensing/certification requirements including drug screen before hiring and annually thereafter.
• Reliable transportation to community settings, a current Arizona driver’s license, proof of insurance, and a clean driving record for the past 3-years.
• A flexible work schedule, including evenings and weekends, and availability by phone 24 hours/day, 7 days/week
  Easterseals Blake Foundation and Aviva are an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative action employer that promotes a work environment of inclusion and diversity. We are committed to provide employment opportunities to all candidates based on their qualifications free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation or gender identity), age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, mental or physical disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
  If you have any questions, require assistance or reasonable accommodations while seeking employment, please contact the Human Resource Department at HR@blake.easterseals.com or call 520-327-1529