FAMILY RESOURCE SPECIALIST

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS:

The Family Resource Specialist is a vital component in the overall Family Preservation/Family Support efforts.

This position works cooperatively and collaboratively with the Parenting Skills Training program staff to provide

in-home services for parents that focus on enhancing family functioning, promoting positive parent/child

interaction, and encouraging self-sufficiency in homemaking. The Family Resources Specialist provides in-home

services that are interactive and presented in a caring, sharing and respectful (Traditional) way that is modeled in

the O’odham Himdag (the Way of the People).

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

 Provide in-home services to families referred for support or preservation services, which includes modeling

appropriate child rearing, homemaking, family interaction styles, and standards; Assess family strengths to

construct a service plan with the family that will address all factors of the referral.

 Assist family in acquiring the knowledge, skills and abilities to promote self-sufficiency and independent

living; provide emotional support and encouragement, while demonstrating and teaching childcare, child

rearing, and practical application of housekeeping and homemaking.

 Provide transportation for children and/or families for visitations, court hearings, intakes, substance use

testing, parenting education training, and placement.

 Coordinate services with other providers (e.g. Family Counselors, Parenting, WIC, Public Health, etc.) to

ensure the family’s needs are correctly identified and a continuum of services are in place.

 Maintain all required documentation of services provided which includes compiling and submitting monthly

reports in a timely manner; attend and participate in staff meetings and monthly case staffing which includes

providing updates and input for measures of behavioral changes for families.

 Provide support for various program within Tribal Social Services, which includes Foster Care Program,

Nurturing Parenting Education Training Program, and Family to Wellness Court Program, family prevention

for in-home dependencies, Residential Programs for Youth, and the Kinship Care Program.

 Assist in submitting Social Security Card applications and assisting parents in the process of establishing

paternity; assist in delivering needed food boxes, clothing, beds, and hygiene items to families.