Family Support Practitioner

What You Will Be Doing

Our Family Support Practitioners work with reunified biological families, kinship families, and adoptive families in underserved rural communities, as well as the metro region, and provide support to increase stability and permanency. The goal is to prevent youth from re-entering the child welfare system.

Our team of Family Support Practitioners provide support (via TBRI® Caregiver training series, in-home coaching, connection groups, consultation, respite, specialized trainings, and resource coordination) to these families to help them better understand behaviors, their meanings, and what to do about them—equipping families with tools to use in the moment.

The designated service area for this position is Southeast Colorado, which includes the following counties. Kit Carson, Lincoln, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Bent, Prowers, Baca, and Otero.

Check out our website to learn more or to apply: https://app.jobvite.com/j?cj=ojPIdfwN&s=Craig'sList

Who We Are

Every young person goes through life knowing they have a caring adult by their side. So, every day, we show up for kids in foster care by listening to their needs and introducing them to adults they can rely on. We then surround those connections with support so that they grow into meaningful, lasting relationships that help our youth heal from the past.

When a connection is made, it’s just the beginning of a child’s transition into a better life. Youth need time, space, and services to properly heal and their new families need tremendous support to make their connections last. Without it, many children end up back in the system and the foster care cycle continues. We have a moral obligation to provide families with the resources and services they need to maintain their relationships and develop connections that last a lifetime. Because to truly raise the future, we must raise the bar for what it means to support vulnerable youth and families as they navigate life. That’s what Raise the Future is all about.

What You Will Get To Learn

As a Family Support Practitioner, you will learn and apply valuable tools and techniques of the Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®), which is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. You will also become credentialed as a TBRI® Practitioner.

Who We Are Seeking

The successful candidate is someone who understands complex developmental trauma, trauma-associated behavioral and developmental delays, and challenges related to permanency achieved through guardianship or adoption. You must be an advocate for yourself, youth, and families and have an ability to engage with families in all walks of life. This position is best suited for someone who is tenacious, hardworking, and loves helping others.

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree preferably in social work, psychology, human development, or human services related field, and at least 1-3 years of experience working with child welfare, mental health, or permanency services.

See Qualifications below for additional details.

What We Offer

As a nonprofit organization, we are mission driven, and our employees are highly engaged in the work they do. The best reward is when our efforts payoff and youth leave the child welfare system and find lasting connections with families.

We offer a great culture and a full benefits package too. We value the need for work life balance offering four (4) weeks of PTO, one (1) week of paid personal time, 10+ paid holidays per year, plus much more—that’s 35+ paid days off per year! Our benefits also include:

Health Insurance

Dental & vision insurance

100% Paid life, long-term and short-term disability insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and childcare

Health Savings Accounts

401k with matching contributions & immediate vesting

Flexible work arrangements available on case-by-case basis

Employee Assistance Program

Discount programs

Paid Parental Leave

What You Will Be Able To Accomplish

As a Family Support Practitioner, you’ll be building connections with youth and their families, and provide support that allow them to make big changes—moving families from surviving to thriving and raising the future for youth. When this happens, our Family Support Practitioners feel like superheroes!

You Get to Work With

You will join our diverse team of Family Support Practitioners who are like-minded in their passion for raising the future for families with youth that have been in the child welfare system working closely with reunified biological families, kinship families, and adoptive families as well as multidisciplinary professionals that serve them.

This position will be working with stakeholders in rural Colorado, and ideally the person in this role will reside within the service area. Applicants residing outside the service area are welcome to apply. Relocation assistance is not available.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in social work, psychology, human development, or human services related field

1-3 years’ experience working with child welfare, mental health, permanency services

Demonstrated understanding of complex developmental trauma, trauma-associated behavioral and developmental delays, and challenges related to permanency achieved through guardianship or adoption

General computer literacy required.

Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)

Database & Reporting Systems

Internet Research

Up to 50% travel, mostly driving within southeast Colorado, is required. Successful candidates have dependable transportation and be insurable as a driver.

Ability and willingness to travel with flexibility to work evenings and occasional weekends

Demonstrated ability to organize and manage multiple projects

Demonstrated ability to cultivate strong working relationships with diverse populations, including public agency staff

Excellent customer service skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Excellent observational and assessment skills

Demonstrated ability to effectively build rapport with families and children

Demonstrate effective organization skills and proactive thinking

Demonstrate diplomacy and networking skills

Ability to work autonomously as needed

Preferred Qualifications

TBRI® Practitioner accreditation

5 or more years post-graduate experience working with children and families

Master's Degree in Social Work

Bilingual

Serious candidates should submit a cover letter.

Check out our website to learn more or to apply: https://app.jobvite.com/j?cj=ojPIdfwN&s=Craig'sList

Raise the Future is more than an equal opportunity organization. We are committed to diversity and building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and ages. We are taking steps to meet that commitment. We especially encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, people of color, LGBTQ+, and people who are differently abled. We know there are great candidates who won’t fit everything we’ve described above, or who have important skills we haven’t considered. If that’s you, please don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.