Family Support Specialist II - Healthy Families

Job description

FAMILY SUPPORT SPECIALIST II - BILINGUAL - HEALTHY FAMILIES: Healthy Families is a free, voluntary, home visitation program designed to promote and enhance the healthy development of children and families. The program (parenting classes, parenting programs) promotes positive parenting and works to reduce negative childhood outcomes, including abuse and neglect. The program offers outreach services designed to build trusting relationships, promote positive parenting, enhance maternal-infant bonding and attachment, enhance the child’s physical, emotional and educational development, and enhance parent-child interaction. Assistance also is provided to participating families in the use of available community services and resources. SALARY: Pay Grade 8, $17.53 Hourly, Non-Exempt WORK LOCATION AND SCHEDULE: 2135 Marshall Edwards Dr. Bartow, FL 33830 Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM EMPLOYEE BENEFITS: Polk County BoCC is a Certified Age-Friendly and Drug-Free Workplace Must have the physical, developmental, and mental ability to perform job tasks, work efforts, responsibilities and duties of the job illustrated below: MAJOR FUNCTIONS Works with individuals, families and groups in order to...