Father Support Specialist (Full-time)

The Father Support Specialist builds partnerships with fathers and professionals. The Father Support Specialist is committed to promoting a non-judgmental and respectful attitude when working with fathers and families, assisting them with their plan goals through empowerment, education and skill-building activities that increase confidence in parenting their children.

Specific job functions include (but are not limited to):

Primary Functions:

• Provide peer support to fathers and families.

• Assist fathers in achieving their stated goals.

• Deliver education and activities that meet needs, build on strengths and achieve outcomes.

• Support fathers as a peer parent, someone with common experiences and to assist with partnering with other child-serving agencies in the community.

• Participate with fathers and the family in forming and maintaining effective individualized service plans.

• Offer support and encouragement to fathers and families in their homes, the community and/or training at the Family Involvement Center.

• Promote the individual family culture through individual strength-based support services.

Collaboration

• Build partnerships with professionals through non-adversarial advocacy.

• Collaborate with other individuals involved in providing support and care to fathers and families receiving services.

• Serve as a mentor and advocate, supporting fathers in communicating their needs and accomplishments.

Job Expectations

• Meet productivity, quality and supervision standards as determined by Program Manager.

• Assist in the ongoing development and evaluation of the service plan.

• Establish and maintain positive and effective working relationships with internal staff, community resources and stakeholders.

• Demonstrate empathy and clarity to the father and encourage collaboration in working with family, and service plan.

• Responsible for understanding; adhering to all internal policies & procedures and training expectations.

• Attend at minimum, bi-monthly individual supervision with Program Manager.

• Meet all training requirements in expected timeframes as determined by Program Manager.

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must have skills necessary to engage and work with others from diverse ethnic and cultural groups.

• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills,

• Must have basic typing/computer processing skills.

• Must have good organization and time management skills.

• Must have High School Diploma or G.E.D. or in the process of obtaining.

• Must be at least 21 years old.

• Must be able to obtain fingerprint clearance through the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

• Must have a valid driver’s license and proof of car insurance and dependable transportation.

• Must have capacity to work flexible hours including some evening/weekend availability based on the needs of the family served.

• Must have the ability to travel up to 50 percent of the time in assigned geographic area.

• Must be able to drive to father/families’ homes, community events, and meetings at service provider offices or schools.

• Read, understand and abide by Family Involvement Policies and Procedures, Employee Handbook and Training Expectations. Be familiar with the RBHA Provider Manual.

• Must be able to take on multiple job roles and tasks as assigned.