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Counseling & Recovery Services Of Oklahoma is actively recruiting a Full timeFamily Support Provider. As a Family Support Provider, you will be able to use your previous life experiences and learnings to not only uplift but empower children and their families to heal from all of the different forms of mental illness, trauma, substance abuse and addiction.
Minimum Qualifications: High School diploma or equivalent. A candidate that has raised or lived with a child who has emotional problems is preferred. This is a Full Time position and the starting hourly rate is $ 18.70.
Job Description:
- Ability to evaluate situations and adopt an effective course of action, to delegate responsibilities, organize and present facts effectively.
- Must possess good working knowledge of community social service resources, strong emotionally intelligent advocacy skills, basic crisis management skills, behavioral health resources, and the ability to provide trauma-informed care and a commitment to the Sanctuary Model components.
- Ability to communicate clearly and in an emotionally intelligent manner with clear, polite, and respectful communication with staff, client's and families, administration, public school personnel, and the community- verbally, in person, through written correspondence, and on the telephone.
- Ability to work well under pressure meeting deadlines with efficiency and consistency while maintaining appropriate self-care with a balance between good physical and mental health and the job requirements.
- Exhibit ability to effectively organize and plan field-work schedule to best service and maximize the needs of clients, i.e. arranging home based meetings, agency meetings, care coordinator meetings.
- Ability to use own discretion and personal judgment to assess family needs by:
- Creating a family plan and course of action based on individual needs of a family;
- Advocating for the family in the agency setting, and with other agencies and organizations identified;
- Using personal judgment, identify available options for agencies and organizations as appropriate to meet a particular families needs;
- Coordinating between all program resources and benefits identified;
- Educating the family concerning agency interactions, benefits and programs;
- Evaluating situations using discretion and personal judgment to adopt an effective course of action, to delegate responsibilities, organizes facts and present them effectively;
- Providing consultation and expert advice to management regarding family plans and advocacy.
