Job description

Do you have a desire to help others and serve your community? Portage County Health & Human Services has a part-time Child and Family Aide opening! This position is 20 hrs / week but is still eligible for benefits!

Starting pay is $18.26 / hour

What are the primary job duties?

Provides supervised and monitored visitation for families and assists in mentoring and coordination of schedules with other Child and Family Aides.

• Arrange and coordinate supervised and/or monitored visits for parents and children.
• Be within sound or sight for supervised visits
• Recognize unsafe parenting practices and intervene when safety concerns arise
• Model and redirect parent to safe parenting practices.
• Contact parents, foster parents, in advance regarding visitation.
• Maintain regular communication with the assigned Social Worker.
• Report any safety concerns immediately to the Social Worker.
• Complete documentation for all visitations.
• Provide transportation as needed.
• Include parent education/coaching as requested by the Social Worker.
• Clean visitation room after visits as needed. This may include vacuuming, disinfecting, etc.

Conducts safety checks to clients' homes including drug/alcohol monitoring.

• Collects UAs and gives breathalyzer tests as requested.
• Conduct checks at homes and observe for safety concerns as requested.
• Report safety concerns immediately as requested and contact on-call for emergencies.
• Document all safety checks.

Provides Home and Financial Management (HFM) to child welfare clients.

• Meet regularly with the Ongoing Worker to determine appropriate goals to meet.
• Establish budget within limits of resources and obligation as requested.
• Teach clients mechanics of budgeting including decision-making about priorities.
• Assist clients to seek out employment, or other programs to assist with income.
• Assist clients to seek out housing and develop working knowledge of housing options.
• Assist clients to enhance skills in cleaning, parenting, and basic home management.
• Assist clients to bring their home to a safe and clean condition.
• Document HFM meetings.
• Assist to hold family meetings.
• Attend family team meetings and internal staffing meetings.

What are the minimum qualifications?

• High school diploma or equivalency required
• One year experience with child welfare programs or work with children and families strongly preferred
• Knowledge of mental health and parenting skills strongly preferred
• Experience dealing with challenging clients and/or children under emotional duress strongly preferred

Portage County offers an AWESOME benefit package, which includes the following;

• Vacation - available on day one!
• Health insurance- your choice of two health plans- (Health Savings Account associated with a High Deductible Health Plan with a County contribution or a PPO Co-pay plan)
• Health insurance starting at $19.15 a paycheck (for full time, 40 hr/week employees!)
• Wellness incentive plan offered with health insurance enrollment! Earn up to $600 per year!
• Flexible spending account
• Dental insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid sick leave
• EAP (Employee Assistance Plan) - paid by the County
• 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan

Portage County is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

For a complete position description, email hr@co.portage.wi.us

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