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LYFTE Family Support Specialist





Department:
SOM Wichita Pediatrics
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Pediatrics-Research

Position Title:
LYFTE Family Support Specialist

Job Family Group:
Professional Staff

Job Description Summary:
Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of young families? Look no further! At Lifting Young Families Towards Excellence (LYFTE), we're dedicated to improving the well-being of families, parents, and children through a holistic approach to life-skills development.

As a Family Support Specialist, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring pregnant persons and parents of infants receive the care and guidance they need. Here's why our team is the perfect fit for you:

Comprehensive Support: You'll provide case management and personalized support, ensuring families have access to regular health services, understand healthy choices, and practice safe infant care.

Empowerment Through Education: Help families progress toward self-sufficiency by promoting education and employment opportunities. We believe in empowering families to thrive!

Building Healthy Relationships: Strive for healthy family dynamics by fostering positive connections and facilitating appropriate referrals to other community services.

Join us in creating a brighter future for young families!

Reliable transportation and some evening and weekends availability required. This position pays around $22.00 per hour.

A cover letter and resume are required for this position.

Job Description:

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Associate's Degree and/or equivalent combination of experience/education
• Work Experience: 2 years' experience working in one of the following areas: with community-based programs, heath care systems, health departments, or clinics
• Experience with databases, email, the internet, Zoom and Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education:
  • Bachelor's Degree in health, social work, psychology or related field
• Work Experience:
  • Case management or Teen Pregnant Targeted Case Management (TPTCM) training or experience
  • Experience working with adolescents and/or pregnant and postpartum women
  • Experience working with the KanCare system and/or the uninsured population
  • Experience with vocational assessment, training or support
  • Knowledge of maternal infant health and evidence-based safe infant care practices
  • Knowledge of perinatal needs, education and employment programs, and related services in Wichita
• Skills
  • Bilingual in Spanish or other relevant language
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with others, in person, by phone and by virtual platform (e.g., Zoom, Microsoft Teams)
  • Self-directed and able to exercise independent judgment
  • Ability to effectively organize and concurrently manage daily tasks
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality
  • Experience with data collection and entry
  • Ability to approach problems using critical thinking skills

Job Duties:

Case Management - 70%

• Follow up on referrals and enroll new participants, completing all required tracking and documentation
• Identify barriers to program enrollment and participation
• Promote evidence-based health promotion and risk reduction strategies related to pregnancy, health and safety
• Work with participants to identify needs through home visitation, screening and conversations.
• Administer and score screening tools and provide brief intervention related to relevant topics
• Coordinate connections to other programs to meet the needs of the participants, including:
  • Refer through established partnerships with area programs and track outcomes of these referrals
  • Ensure follow-through with enrollment and participation as needed
  • Provide assistance in navigating through various systems related to access to services
  • Identify barriers and assist clients in strategizing to overcome these obstacles (e.g. transportation, child care)
• Report issues outside of scope to Program Director

Program Planning, Coordination, Implementation - 15%

• Develop, monitor and maintain referral processes for the LYFTE Program
• Provide regular status updates to internal personnel and external partners regarding successes, barriers and program needs
• Work collaboratively with other program staff and community partners to resolve conflicts and overcome barriers
• Participate in decision making processes related to quality improvement
• Facilitate biweekly program updates with the Program Director
• Distribute promotional program materials within the community
• Represent LYFTE with referral agencies, stakeholders and at community events
• Participate in collaborative work with other state-wide sites, including attendance at relevant conferences, trainings and workshops
• Promote research opportunities to program participants
• Promote teamwork and cross-site collaboration among staff and collaborators (i.e. home visitation and other community programs)

Data Collection and Evaluation - 10%

• Obtain necessary authorizations and consent from clients
• Enter data relative to the program in a timely and accurate manner
• Review program data (with the executive team) to utilize in program planning and continuous program improvement
• Use referral monitoring processes to inform on improvement and effectiveness

Administrative and Grant Support - 5%

• Attend bi-weekly CRIBS program staff meetings
• Attend all funder required trainings, webinars and conferences
• Assist with the completion of quarterly grant reports
• Assist in the development of annual grant applications
• Participate in collaborative work with other state-wide sites, including attendance at relevant conferences, training and workshops

This position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Employee Type:
Regular

Time Type:
Full time

Rate Type:
Hourly

Compensation Statement:

The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking. A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding. At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above.

Pay Range:
$21.97 - $30.76
Minimum
$21.97
Midpoint
$26.37
Maximum
$30.76



Application Instructions:

To learn more and apply online, please visit https://kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/kumc-jobs/job/Wichita-KS/LYFTE-Family-Support-Specialist_JR007660 or go to https://careers.kumc.edu/ and search for position number JR007660.



Applications must be submitted directly through the KU Medical Center website to be considered for this position. Any applications submitted via email or this website will NOT be reviewed or considered.



About KU Medical Center:

The University of Kansas Medical Centers mission is to educate exceptional health care professionals through a full range of undergraduate, graduate, professional, postdoctoral and continuing education programs in the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions. KU Medical Center also advances the health sciences through world-class research programs; provides compassionate and state-of-the-art patient care in an academic medical center environment; and works with communities in every Kansas county to improve the health of Kansans. Learn more at www.kumc.edu.



Benefits:

KUMC offers a range of great benefits that support employees and eligible family members. Our health insurance benefits begin on hire date and KUMC offers other exciting benefits such as paid parental leave, generous employer retirement contributions and other resources to improve health and well-being. For more information, please visit https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html



Equal Employment Opportunity Statement



The University of Kansas Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, age, protected veteran or disability status, marital status, parental status, or genetic information. http://policy.ku.edu/IOA/nondiscrimination




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