Regional Family Support Specialist - Safe Families Oklahoma - FT

Safe Families Oklahoma, a project managed by It’s My Community Initiative, is a mission-driven, innovative strategy for offering temporary living solutions for children. We focus on minimizing the risk for abuse or neglect, while giving vulnerable parents the time they need to help their families thrive, through the engagement of churches and a volunteer network of host families, coaches, and family friends.

This position matches a social worker or leader with a heart for connecting the local church with vulnerable children and families, a background and interest in helping people take steps to grow and a passion to empower volunteers to discover and use their gifts to move the mission forward. Strengthening families through hosting support, community referrals and volunteer connections. This person will assess family needs, and make referrals for housing, employment, mental health, and other services that support participants' basic needs.

• Screen incoming referrals to confirm program eligibility and conduct initial intake assessments.
• Collaborate with participants and their support system (Circle of Support) to establish an individualized goal plan.
• Provide referrals to community resources. Educate participants and their support system (Circle of Support) of available resources and assist them in establishing needed services. Act as an advocate and empower participants to increase self sufficiency.
• Provide supportive counsel in response to the psychosocial impact of coping with but not limited to unemployment, houselessness, physical and/or mental illness, intimate partner violence, grief and trauma
• Provide crisis intervention through rapid assessment and develop crisis intervention plans.
• Complete all program documentation and ongoing case notes into the Safe Families National database, ensuring timeliness, accuracy and proper procedures are followed.
• Based on identified needs create, plan, and coordinate volunteer training opportunities and connection for regional volunteers and church partners.
• Strategically connect all volunteers to their network and help provide initial connection and ongoing support
• Collaborate with Family Support Supervisor to facilitate Family Coach and volunteer Training events and opportunities throughout the year for ongoing support, training and development
• Collaborate with Regional Community Engagement Leaders to attend and present at community outreach events and cultivate partnerships with other nonprofit organizations, schools, hospitals, and other agencies or service providers that fit within the scope of Safe Families Oklahoma.
• Contribute to SFO social media accounts and webpage
• Other duties as assigned.