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- Family Group Decision Making Coordinator / Facilitator
- Speech Language Pathologist
- Social Worker - Substitute
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Family Group Decision Making Coordinator / Facilitator (2 Positions Available - 1 Full Time, 1 Part Time)
Summary: Engage and prepare all participants, including the wider family circle, the informal support network and professionals / service providers, for a Family Group Decision Making meeting. The coordinator also facilitates the meeting.
Position Duties:
Relationship-based practice
- Connect with family members through meaningful engagement in issues affecting the safety and well being of their children.
- Conduct home visits to parents, the children, relatives, kin, and other identified persons.Purpose of pre-meetings
- Help identify safety issues that may impact the process.
- Negotiate meeting goal; safety planning.
- Provide information about the FGDM process, child protection process and the juvenile court process.Partnership-based collaboration
- Provide coordination between child protection workers, service providers, and family members to encourage cooperation and mutual exchange of information.
- Screen new cases with the referring worker.Shepherd the process
- Facilitate meetings that achieve their desired outcomes with neutrality.
- Ensure accessibility by making arrangements for childcare, transportation, support people and interpreters in an effort to remove barriers to attendance at the family meeting.
- The coordinator is a neutral third-party facilitating the process for family and service providers.
- The coordinator is responsible for distributing the plan after the meeting.
Qualifications: Bachelors degree or equivalent.
Requirements: 3-5 years experience working with families / children. Attendance at a program sponsored Family Group Decision Making training (can be obtained after hire). Knolwedge of empowerment theory, family systems theory and the public child welfare system.
Job Available: Immediately
Deadline: Until position is filled
Social Worker - Substitute (Temporary Full Time)
Summary: Function as a member of an interdisciplinary team in planning for and implementing a comprehensive early intervention preschool program for highly stressed children and families. Address family psycho-social needs, provide service coordination, support and advocacy services.
Position Duties:
- Conduct intake interviews, in partnership with classroom teacher, with caregivers of referred children.
- Conduct initial assessment of family dynamics and social service needs for families of children on social worker's caseload.
- Consult with appropriate Families Together intervention team to determine family support plan.
- Participate in classroom team staffing meetings.
- Conduct home visits to provide support, advocacy, and service coordination to assigned families.
- Maintain and expand awareness of community social service resources, and make appropriate referrals.
- Share resources with other home visiting staff.
- Evaluate need of support groups for children's parents and other caregivers and organize and conduct groups as needed.
- Provide ongoing consultation and support to other team members regarding family issues and intervention strategies for home visiting.
- Assist in coordinating family involvement activities such as social parties, field trips, monthly newsletter and other resources and donations.
- Maintain records and reports as required by the agency, adhering to agency policies and administrative directives.
- Review cases with supervisor or social work consultant on at least a monthly basis.
- Participate in program, division, agency and community meetings as appropriate.
- Perform other duties as assigned by program supervisor.
Qualifications: Minimum of Bachelors Degree in Social Work or related Human Service field. State of Minnesota Social Work License preferred.Requirements: Minimum of three years experience working with highly stressed, low-income families. Demonstrated ability to understand and work well with families of young children from economically and socially diverse backgrounds and with other professionals. Commitment to team concept. Current Red Cross First Aid and CPR training (may be taken after hired. Annual Mantoux test or chest x-ray. Maintain a valid driver's license and use of personal vehicle for agency business
Hours Per Week: 40
Job Available: Immediately
Deadline: Until position is filled
Speech / Language Pathologist (On-Call)
Summary: Seeking qualified speech pathologists interested in on call / weekend coverage of adult clients in an acute hospital setting. Hospitals are located in St. Paul and eastern suburbs. This position may have the potential for regular hours.
Position Duties: Provide evaluation and treatment to adult clients for a variety of diagnoses, including aphasia, dysarthria, cognition, and swallowing. Evaluations will include clinical speech/language and cognitive evaluation, bedside swallow assessment, and video fluoroscopic swallow studies. Must be independent with dysphagia evaluations and treatment. A qualified therapist will be effective, not only in providing speech therapy services, but in time management, completion of the necessary documentation, and communication with other professionals.
Qualifications: Must hold a certificate of clinical competence in speech pathology and be eligible for MN licensure in speech pathology.
Requirements: Experience with adult clients preferred.
Hours Per Week: On call / occasional weekend days with the potential for possible growth into regular hours.
Job Available: Immediately
Deadline: Until position is filled
To apply, SPECIFY POSITION YOU ARE APPLYING FOR and send cover letter and resume to:
Lifetrack Resources
Attn: Julie K.
709 University Avenue West
St. Paul, MN 55104
juliek@lifetrackresources.org
Fax: 651-227-0621
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