Family Service RI
Full-time, $19.00 – $23.62
Experience parenting child with SED or DD
Position Summary: Responsible for partnering with families and supporting the wraparound facilitator to do Wraparound with the family. May provide direct support and services for some families. Responsible for connecting families with other families with similar challenges and other community resources. The FSP will partner with and support families with children and youth who are at risk for abuse and neglect, who have serious emotional disturbance (SED) or a developmental disability (DD) and/or who have juvenile corrections involvement in the home and/or school setting. The FSP’s involvement with families is by family choice, as some families may either choose not to have a FSP or may not require it. The length of involvement is different with each family as the FSPs role is to empower the family toward self-efficacy.
Qualifications:
- The FSP is a peer mentor and must have experience parenting a child with serious emotional disturbance (SED) or a developmental disability (DD) and/or who has been involved with child welfare services or juvenile corrections.
- Knowledge and competencies needed to effectively support another parent or caregiver are needed.
- Wraparound training and certification are required, but will be provided in-service at a later date.
- Must be willing and able to work a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends as needed
- Bilingual/ASL skills are compensated by an additional 6%, above base pay.
- Multilingual skills are compensated by an additional 8%, above base pay.