Family Development Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title : Family Development Specialist

Location : On the Road in Hamilton County

Job Type : Full-Time, 40 hours per week, some evenings and weekends

Salary : Based on experience, average starting salary $42,000

Qualifications

• Education : Bachelor’s degree in social work, education, or a related human services field. Equivalent experience may be considered.
• Experience : Minimum of two years in a social work agency or relevant field. Experience in home visiting and working with children aged birth to three strongly preferred.
• Technical Skills : Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook); ability to use web-based documentation systems.
• Other Requirements : Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation. Flexible schedule availability, including evenings and weekends if needed.

Job Summary :

The Family Development Specialist provides home-based education, parent support, and case management services to Spanish- and English-speaking families with children from the prenatal stage to age three. Through the implementation of Every Child Succeeds (ECS) program, this role promotes safe, healthy home environments and supports early childhood development and school readiness. Services are delivered using evidence-based curricula and through coordination with community partners to ensure comprehensive family support.

Key Responsibilities :

Direct Client Services

Administrative and Documentation

Collaboration and Community Engagement

Compliance and Quality Assurance

Work Environment :

Exposed to a combination of office, school and mental health treatment environments. Exposed to children with behavior problems. May be exposed to shouting and clients who may be verbally and physically aggressive. May be exposed to blood or vomit and bodily fluids.

Physical demands :

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to : Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend and lift objects of up to 50 pounds. Ability to operate a motor vehicle safely in changing weather conditions required.

Our Culture :

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is Greater Cincinnati’s most prolific non-profit specializing in education, behavioral and therapeutic health services and autism services for vulnerable, at-risk youth, their families, and caregivers.

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is proud to embrace our ideals of an equal opportunity workplace by actions as well as our words. We lead our community with respect and tolerance, internally and externally, and we expect our employees to embrace this ideal and express it in their day-to-day interactions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against, based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.