Health and Wellness Specialist

JOB SUMMARY: Responsible professional work delivery by assessing barriers in accessing health, mental health, and self-care practices. Promote self –care activities during weekly home visits and develop groups and training opportunities.

Essential Functions

• Maintains a caseload of up to12-15 families and not to exceed 18.
• Completes assessment tools.
• Assists caregivers in creating Caregiver Self-Management Plan.
• Maintains weekly contact with all families on active caseload by means of home and community visits, phone contact and correspondence.
• Facilitates support group training sessions on self-care.
• Coordinates with community partners to provide information and training to caregivers.
• Advocate for families in accessing health, mental health, and self-care practices.
• Meets with Program Supervisor on a weekly basis for supervision to review cases, training, and professional development and program development.
• Provides quality documentation of activities and outcome measures for reporting to funders.
• Participates in quality assurance reviews of the program services, outcomes, and records.
• Works within the philosophy and mission of the Children’s Home Network.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
  
  

***THESE ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS ARE NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMPLETE STATEMENT OF ALL DUTIES PERFORMED. EMPLOYEES WILL BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM OTHER JOB RELATED MARGINAL DUTIES AS REQUIRED***

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Education & Experience:

• Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university with an emphasis in Social Work, Public Health, and/or health education, or an equivalent field of study and three (3) years related professional experience required.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with an emphasis in Social Work, Public Health, and/or nutrition or an equivalent field of study and two (2) years of related professional experience required
  
  

Licenses & Certifications

• Must possess and maintain a valid Florida driver’s license with no record of criminal driving offense of license suspension.
• Must possess means of providing job related transportation and show proof of required insurance. Must be insurable under CHN’s current auto insurance policy.
• Must be able to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.
• Must successfully complete and maintain FDLE clearance, Federal background and state criminal background check and sexual predator screening.
  
  

Annual Training Requirements

The following training topics are required annually: Sexual Harassment, Blood-borne Pathogens, Workplace Accident Prevention and Reporting, Confidentiality and Privacy Practices, Diversity/Cultural Competency, Child Abuse and Neglect Mandated Reporter Statutes and Methods, Prevention of Violence in the Workplace, OSHA–related training, Crisis Prevention, and Program Goals.

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with families, coworkers, supervisors, and other individuals.
• Possess effective interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of agency’s organizational structure, standard operating procedures, and policies.
• Knowledge of child abuse or neglect reporting procedures and methods.
• Knowledge of infant and child development inclusive of developmentally appropriate strategies.
• Knowledge of intervention and behavior management methods, strategies, and techniques.
• Knowledge of quality documentation as required by agency standards, rules, and regulations.
• Ability to conduct assessments to develop self-care plans, and to provide follow-up services.
• Ability to work as a multi-disciplinary team member in a positive productive manner.
  
  

Essential Physical Skills

• Visual: ability to safely operate a motor vehicle, read printed materials, and make observations of physical facilities.
• Hearing: ability to understand and comprehend spoken dialogue in individual and group settings.
• Ability to speak clearly and effectively.
• Reasonable accommodation will be made for otherwise qualified individuals with a disability.
  
  

Environmental Conditions

• Works within an office environment, home office, or in family’s home.
• High level of emotional discussions, requiring self-awareness and understanding of professional boundaries.