Job Description
Job DetailsJob Location: Northern Alabama (primarily Huntsville Metro) - Huntsville, AL 35613Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: 4 Year DegreeJob Category: Nonprofit - Social ServicesGateway seeks a skilled, organized, energetic, customer service-oriented and committed professional for a position as Family and Child Specialist in our Intensive In-Home Services program in Northeast Alabama (Gadsden). This position offers a rewarding opportunity to be a game changer for children and families, in a supportive learning environment that helps our staff develop their skills and abilities to the highest levels.
The mission of the Family and Child Specialist in Gateway’s Intensive In-Home Services program is to provide intensive in-home skill-based education and therapy services to at risk families. The goal is to protect children while safely keeping families together. Therapy and services are provided in family homes, utilizing a highly successful teaching and coaching curriculum and evidence-based, trauma informed interventions. Gateway is Alabama’s leading provider of IIHS since we began this service in 1995.
QualificationsBachelor’s degree in social work, psychology or a related field. One year of experience in child welfare preferred. Good written and verbal skills. Skilled with engaging families and building on their strengths to successfully and safely care for their children. Proficient with Electronic Health Record, email, and Microsoft Office. Ability to work a flexible schedule. Reliable transportation, ability to deliver in-home services and therapy in assigned county, and driving record and insurance as required by Gateway’s insurer.
Gateway offers a competitive salary, mileage reimbursement, generous leave time, comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) match, excellent supervision and skills training, and seeks to promote from within. Gateway hires the best people, because the children and families we serve deserve nothing less. Our team is a hardworking, ethical, diverse and courageous workforce of champions. We are game changers, leaders and innovators, dedicated to building strong families and stronger communities. Each team member is an exemplary professional and role model, working at the highest levels of quality, integrity, cultural competence, safety and enthusiasm. Our unique strengths combine in Gateway’s collaborative environment to produce world-class outcomes for those we serve.
Gateway is a game changer for Alabama families:
- We have helped families pay back more than $69 million of debt
- We have helped 143 foster children find forever homes in five years
- We exceed national statistics helping teens in foster care find jobs
In 1891, before they had the right to vote and long before the child welfare system existed, a group of courageous women saw the need to care for homeless children on the streets of Birmingham. They formed the Magic City's first orphanage and human service agency. One hundred and twenty-eight years later, Gateway operates like a fast-paced start up, continuing its legacy of innovation for child and family success.
We are determined to pioneer leading-edge services, because we know strong families can move the needle in Alabama. Our method is simple, but proven. We provide children and families with proven tools to become connected, competent and contributing members of our communities. The result is transformational, delivering solutions for problems that most claim are impossible to solve.
Gateway offers a wide range of services, but we will keep it short and sweet:
- Mental health solutions
- Financial counseling
- Foster care services
Gateway hires the best people, because the people we serve deserve nothing less. Our team is a hardworking, diverse and courageous workforce of champions, dedicated to moving the needle for Alabama children and families. We are game changers, leaders and innovative thinkers, who build stronger communities one child and family at a time. Each team member is an exemplary professional and role model, working at the highest levels of quality, integrity, cultural competency, safety and enthusiasm. When our unique strengths combine into Gateway's collaborative environment, we can produce world-class outcomes for those we serve.
If you are interested in being a game changer for children and families and joining our workforce of champions, apply today at www.gway.org/careers.