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Child/Parenting Specialist
Milwaukee, WI
Job Description
Job Purpose
The overall purpose of the Child/Parenting Specialist is to provide trauma-informed, evidence-based, client-centered parenting interventions to participants enrolled in the TIP Program. They will support the parents and children in keeping families together in a safe and healthy environment.
Qualifications
We are an EEOC/AA/ADA employer.
The overall purpose of the Child/Parenting Specialist is to provide trauma-informed, evidence-based, client-centered parenting interventions to participants enrolled in the TIP Program. They will support the parents and children in keeping families together in a safe and healthy environment.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in social services, Master’s is strongly preferred
- Minimum two years of experience in child services
- Valid driver’s license and proof of current insurance (Must be able to pass a DMV records check)
- Experience working with Veterans is preferred
- Experience delivering services to SUD, COD, or homeless population is also preferred
- Provide needs assessments for all children in Veteran household
- Provide for, or refer, a developmental assessment of all children in the Veteran household and refer for interventions as needed
- Incorporate children’s needs and goals into the household’s client-centered Individualized Stability Plan (ISP)
- Collaborate with TIP Case Manager to identify, access, and coordinate needed child services such as: enrolling in healthcare, Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), academic services, and other identified needs
- Assist parents with accessing concrete supports such as: household goods, food, medical, and pediatric care
- Provide hands-on assistance and support for parents to model and promote parenting abilities
- Provide age appropriate activities, focusing on parent/child interactions and play activities
- Provide education on parenting topics tailored to the family such as: child brain development, developmental stages and expectations of children, self-esteem development, disciplinary techniques, daily schedules and routines, feeding, diapering, bathing and hygiene, safety, family rules, expression of emotions, health, and the prevention of risky behaviors
- Ensure that each unit is safe and provides the basic needs for children
- Provide Child Welfare workers with weekly case reports for all Child Welfare involved families
- Coordinate with Child Welfare agencies to arrange visits for children in out-of-home care
- Perform all required record keeping and paperwork
- Attend all required meetings
- Support goals of the Center for Veterans Issues, Inc. (CVI) by working at events such as: Stand-down, Military and Veteran Family Day at the Zoo, Point-in-time, and the various CVI fundraisers
- Other duties as requested or assigned
We are an EEOC/AA/ADA employer.
Job Summary
Start Date
Immediate
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Hours per Week
40
Work Hours (i.e. shift)
1st Shift
Salary and Benefits
$35K - $50K Annually
Medical, dental, vision, life, supplemental medical, supplemental life, vacation, sick, and personal time, 401(k) with match, 13 paid holidays
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
2+ years
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