FIRST STEPS TOGETHER FAMILY RECOVERY SUPPORT SPECIALIST
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED is required; Recovery Coach Certification preferred.
- Experience providing support to families with young children.
- Familiar with and able to work from a strengths-based, family-centered approach.
- Strong organizational and communication skills, including the ability to work well with a wide range of families and service providers.
- Must have a minimum of three years in recovery from substance use addiction.
- Basic computer proficiency skills are required to record and track activities, contacts and referrals.
- Valid Driver’s license and use of a vehicle is required.
- Bi-lingual strongly preferred.
- Knowledge and familiarity with DCF is preferred.
- Parenting or caregiving experience preferred.
- Flexible hours are necessary.
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:
- Experience working with parents in perinatal period, pregnancy planning, birthing plan, labor and delivery and parent/child attachment.
- Provide parenting and peer recovery education and supporting families with children according to Parents as Teachers home visiting model requirements.
- Knowledge of substance use and understanding of harm reduction strategies, recovery support, and medication assisted treatment during prenatal, pregnancy, and breastfeeding support.
- Engage parents in services using Mothering from the Inside Out evidence-based approach.
- Use a formal goal-setting process to help program participant’s articulate family goals.
- Work collaboratively with other providers to support evidence-based services to families in recovery.
- Help families navigate the healthcare system and social service system; accompany parents/families to appointments and meetings as needed.
- Educate parents about child and parent development and utilize resources to increase understanding of age appropriate expectations, positive discipline skills, and connections to networks of support.
- Actively participate in required trainings and meetings as determined by Square One and DPH and SAMHSA.
- Maintain the strictest confidentiality of documents, discussions, resources and information when working with families.
- Perform other duties assigned by supervisor.
- Assist with planning, preparation and providing parent groups.
- Complete all record keeping as required by Square One, Parents as Teachers and program funders.
- Other duties as assigned.
Physical Demand
- Ability to stand or sit for long periods of time during working hours and on special occasions.
- Excellent auditory, verbal and sensory skills and abilities.
- Ability to travel to and from homes in the Hamden County area by conventional means including motor vehicle, in addition to required training sessions as identified by Square One.
Mental/ Visual Demand
- High attention to detail involving normal mental and visual attention.
Working Conditions
- Professional business office setting.
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