Family Support Coordinator
About The Position
Devereux Arizona’s Community Based Services are designed to provide rapid, intensive, in-home support in the critical days/weeks following a crisis. Services include intensive, one-on-one in-home support, crisis and safety planning, family support and coaching, behavior management, and coordinating with community supports. We are looking for talented individuals who have experience working in behavioral health, with families and at-risk youth, to be a positive role model and have an impact on our families! The Family (Crisis) Support Coordinator works one-to-one with youth between the ages of 2-17, in a natural setting: home, school, group home, foster care, or kinship placement. Staff work with a caseload of 3-5 individuals, teaching essential life and emotional regulation skills, behavior reduction, anger management, coping with trauma-related behaviors, and communication techniques to help youth succeed at home, in school and in the community. Other job duties include working with the Child/Family Team, intakes, case management, and chart maintenance/documentation. We provide mileage reimbursement, work equipment (phone and laptop), and work schedule based on the individual/family needs. Pay Range: $21.00 - $23.10 / hr Full Time and Part Time Schedules: Tuesday - Saturday or Sunday - Thursday; ability to work afternoons/nights (as late as 8:30pm) Ability to commute throughout Maricopa County utilizing your own vehicle (with mileage reimbursement); Extra coverage needed for the West Valley and East Valley/Mesa areas
Requirements
- Minimum requirement of high school diploma or equivalency; Bachelors degree preferred
- High school diploma or high school equivalency diploma at least four (4) years of full time behavioral health work experience; OR: Has a high school diploma or equivalency diploma and a combination of education in a field related to behavioral health and full time behavioral health work experience totaling at least two (2) years; OR: Has an Associate's degree and at least two (2) years of full time behavioral health work experience; OR: Has a Bachelor's degree and at least one (1) year of full time behavioral health work experience
- Ability to commute throughout Maricopa County utilizing your own vehicle (with mileage reimbursement); Extra coverage needed for the West Valley and East Valley/Mesa areas
- Must be available to attend two (2) weeks of new hire orientation (paid, Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm) plus 2-3 weeks of on the job training
- Must be at least 21 years of age or older (per licensing standards)
- Valid Arizona Driver's License & pass DMV 36-month history check
- Drug test within 24hrs of offer w/ negative results
- Pre-employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment
- Current AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions (or eligibility to obtain with no restrictions). Arizona Revised Statutes Notice (ARS 36-411 Residential care institutions; nursing care institutions; home health agencies; fingerprinting requirements; exemptions; definitions). If a person's employment record contains a six-month or longer time frame during which the person was not employed by any employer, a completed application with a new set of fingerprints shall be submitted to the department of public safety.
Responsibilities
- Intensive, one-on-one in-home support
- Crisis and safety planning
- Family support and coaching
- Behavior management
- Coordinating with community supports
- Teaching essential life and emotional regulation skills
- Behavior reduction
- Anger management
- Coping with trauma-related behaviors
- Communication techniques to help youth succeed at home, in school and in the community
- Working with the Child/Family Team
- Intakes
- Case management
- Chart maintenance/documentation
Benefits
- Paid time off (24 days per year, increase with years of service)
- Sick time (64 hours per year)
- ASCEND, career accelerator program and tuition assistance
- Retirement
- eM Life for Mental Health and Work/Life Programs
- Service Anniversary Awards
- Free access to Payactiv , a platform to get a portion of your earned wages between pay periods
- Quality Low-Cost Benefits (medical, dental, vision, pet insurance): 30-day benefit eligibility waiting period for new hires!
- Medical (including telemedicine via phone, web, app), dental, prescription drug, preventative care, and mental health services
- Student loan debt assistance, tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance
- Generous time-off (start accruing 1st day), 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit, and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage
- Employee assistance / work-life balance program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
