Family Support Coordinator

Overview

Department History Overview

Harris County Resources for Children and Adults was founded in 1966 as The Harris County Child Welfare Board to provide support services for children under the care of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. The department has expanded services for early prevention, intervention, and adult services.

Vision: To better the lives of children and adults in Harris County.

Brief Position Overview: Under the supervision of the Family Services Supervisor, this position is responsible for facilitating Multi-Agency and Family Centered Meetings designed to coordinate services for survivors of child sex trafficking. The Family Support Coordinators manages cases after the crisis stage, handling communication and service coordination with the client, the client s legal guardians, family members, and involved professionals.

• Coordinates the ongoing Care Coordination for child sex trafficking survivors with their legal guardian, survivor’s advocate, law enforcement, District Attorney’s office, Children Assessment Center (CAC), placement providers, survivor service providers, Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) staff and Juvenile probation staff.
• Maintains regular consistent (weekly/monthly) contact with survivor’s family/guardians as well as all community partners involved with the service plan to ensure all parties are actively working in the development of change for the surviving youth.
• Engages the survivor’s family or legal guardian(s) into survivor centered services while acting as a guide and liaison between the caregivers and community service providers.
• Facilitates multi-disciplinary meetings to link survivors with resources in the community.
• Demonstrates effective networking and collaboration with community partners to facilitate coordinated service delivery and continuity of care across systems.
• Develops and maintains records management system to provide proper evaluation, control, and documentation of assigned programs and develops a multi-disciplinary case-planning document to guide services among agencies.
• Attends core trainings during the first year and afterwards attends 15 hours of trainings related to child sex trafficking.
• Participates in individual and group supervision monthly.

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Education: Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Criminal Justice, or related field.

Experience:

• Minimum three (3) years full-time paid work experience working with children in youth-service agencies such as Department of Family and Protective Services, Harris County Resources for Children and Adults, The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD or Juvenile Probation.

• Minimum one (1) year full-time paid work experience participating in multi-disciplinary team meetings with at risk youth in either a juvenile justice, mental health or child welfare setting.

• Training and experience using a personal computer with a variety of software such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Case Management Software.

Licensure:

• Reliable transportation with a valid driver’s license (Texas) and auto liability insurance.

• Successfully complete the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) training assessments within six months of employment and maintain yearly certifications thereafter.

• Successfully complete the Child Sexual Exploitation Identification Tool (CSE-IT) and Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) training within six months of employment.

• Ability to interact with youth, parents, advocates, staff, and community agencies.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to speak and interact with persons of various social, cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds.
• Ability to provide direction and delegate responsibility to multi-disciplinary team participants.
• Ability to describe specific tasks, assign specific…