Website:

www.orchards.org

POSITION SUMMARY

Providing home-based services to families who have come to the attention of Child Welfare System. Families are eligible who are experiencing challenges with parenting, meeting basic needs, or accessing services within their communities that will be addressed with supportive, home based, family preservation services to support the safety and wellbeing of families. MiFamily Together is designed to assist families through strengths-based, solution-focused/motivational interviewing intervention techniques and support services that are tailored to each individual family's needs and goals. MiFamily Together seeks to prevent maltreatment and prevent unnecessary placement of children into the Foster Care System. MiFamily Together is designed to address family needs at any risk level through meaningful engagement and flexible services for each family. MiFamily together programs use the "2Gen" model. This model recognizes whole family units

• as families define themselves
• to consider the variety of pathways for promoting positive, pragmatic, and effective outcomes for everyone.

MiFamily relies on the FAST (Family Advocacy and Support Tool) to guide the services to meet each family's unique strengths and needs. The FAST will also be used to guide the number of Face-to-face hours of family sessions each week per each family's needs. MiFamily relies on the use of Motivational Interviewing to support families toward increasing Protective Factors and goal achievement. MiFamily teams teach and model life-skills, household management, parenting skills, relationship building, and community resource navigation. MiFamily will continue to support families in safety planning, Domestic Violence, Infant Plan of Safe Care, Early On, etc. MiFamily will continue to have specific assistance to support families to support goal achievement/increase safety. MiFamily program can be provided to a family for up to 6 months, however some families may fully benefit from the program in less than 6 months and close out of services in less than 6 months. The Home-Based Family Preservation worker will demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

Requires a bachelor's degree in any human services field or education.

Preferred:

Experience working with children and families providing home-based services; knowledgeable of crisis intervention techniques, Motivational Interviewing Techniques, cultural humility, demonstrated knowledge and skills related to family systems, and knowledge of family treatment strategies using a strength-based perspective and trauma informed lens.

OUR MISSION

Orchards Children's Services leads Michigan's efforts in keeping children and youth safe by strengthening families, preventing child abuse, neglect and exploitation, mitigating the harmful long term effects of childhood abuse/neglect, and promoting child and family well-being that is sustained over time. This is accomplished through the delivery of services by our Community Based, Family Preservation, Foster Care, and Adoption program staff. Adhering to our mission to "Strengthen the community through quality services to children and families", ensures that we are building on the strength and resiliency of families and communities.' ' This Company Describes Its Culture as: Detail-oriented

• quality and precision-focused Innovative
• innovative and risk-taking Aggressive
• competitive and growth-oriented Outcome-oriented
• results-focused with strong performance culture Stable
• traditional, stable, strong processes People-oriented
• supportive and fairness-focused Team-oriented
• cooperative and collaborative

Job Type:

Full-time Benefits:

401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Employee assistance program Flexible schedule Flexible spending account Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Parental leave Professional development assistance Referral program Retirement plan Vision insurance

License/Certification:

specific degree as required in this job posting (Required)

Work Location:

Hybrid remote in Southfield, MI 48075