Social Work - In-Home-Services Family Worker

Who is Wellspring?

Hello!

Because you navigated to this page, we know you are interested in becoming a In-Home-Services Family Worker with Wellspring. Can we just say how excited we are that you are here? It means so much to us that something about the Wellspring family stood out to you.

Wellspring Lutheran Services purposefully takes a whole-person approach to our organization and delivery of our services. We are convinced that we must find the strengths in people and build on these for any lasting change to occur.

We hope you can find the answers to your questions by reading some of the information below.

About You:

Are you wondering whether this would be a good fit for you? Here are a few questions you should ask yourself as you continue your search:

• Do I consider myself a patient person? What does it look like when I get overwhelmed?
• Do I respect ALL people — even on MY hard days? (We all have them; it’s ok!
• Do I like working with a team of people who are all committed to the same goal?

What you'll be doing:

• Maintain face to face contact with families according to the contract defined frequency and the individual needs of the family.
• Provide skills training, including but not limited to parental resilience, social connections and concrete support, child development, social and emotional competence of children, nurturing and attachment and infant safe sleep.
• Provide support, counseling and crisis counseling to families.
• Provide and assist families in connecting to resources and obtaining concrete needs such as housing, transportation, home maintenance and repair.
• Refer families/make collateral contacts to community services.
• Prepare written reports to DHS including Initial Assessments, Progress Reports and Terminations Summaries within the expected time frames.
• Observe and respond to early signs of abuse and neglect.
• Provide access to 24/7 crisis intervention.

What'll You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or related human service field
• Experience working with children and families

Wellspring Lutheran Services, Children & Families, Advanced Impact, Social Work, Human Services, Family Services

Full Job Description available during the interview.