Advocate Health Care is hiring: Family Support Worker in Chicago

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This role is an in‑home based position, travelling to families around the Chicagoland area to provide intensive home visiting services.

Base pay range

$24.85/hr - $37.30/hr

Major Responsibilities

• Bilingual in Spanish/English highly preferred.
• Provides support work services to families who accept HFI, offering ongoing home visitation services.
• Develops an Individual Family Service Plan for each family, identifying family strengths and needs through collaborative discussions with family.
• Identifies goals for family for parent(s') growth and development as well as for child's overall health and development.
• Reviews IFSP every six months, assessing outcomes of goals and revising goals as necessary to reflect family needs.
• Provides weekly home visits, giving educational materials regarding infant care, safety, parenting, overall health and development of child from HFI curriculum.
• Prepares educational materials that are commensurate with family's language, educational level, and learning style.
• Offers supportive counseling to adolescent parents, linking with appropriate community agencies when needed.
• Promotes positive parent‑child interactions.
• Administers Ages and Stages Developmental screenings on child and at determined intervals.
• Augments program curriculum to meet individual families' needs.
• Maintains appropriate documentation.
• Provides case management services to families within target population.

Education/Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree in human services related field or equivalent (4 years or more in comparable social service position).
• Interest in working with teen parents and infants/toddlers.
• Interest in providing home-based services.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required

• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to learn to work with community agencies.
• Ability to work with appropriate developmental education materials for infants/toddlers (up to age 5).

Physical Requirements And Working Conditions

• May be exposed to hazardous materials and life‑threatening diseases.
• Services provided in off‑campus locations, primarily the home with possible early evening hours.
• Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance; patient-handling equipment may be required for heavier loads.