Family Support Worker - PACT Program - Full Time

Your support can change a family's experience forever. At Guthire Lourdes Hospital, Family Support Workers play a vital role in delivering patient-centered care by providing comfort, education, and resources when families need them most.

About Guthrie Lourdes Hospital:

Join a 197-bed acute care hospital known for supporting its nurses and recognized nationally as a top place to work, including Modern Healthcare, Forbes, and Newsweek.

Schedule & Coverage:

Full-Time, Day Shift

Benefits That Matter:

Medical, Dental, Vision starting first of month after hire

PTO starts Day 1

403(b) with employer match

Position Summary

PACT (Parents and Children Together) is a child abuse and neglect prevention program serving families county-wide. Staff work with families in their homes and in the community to empower parents to be their child’s first teacher, develop positive parenting skills, encourage parent-child bonding and attachment, helping families build protective factors, and monitor and support healthy child development.

Education/License:

High School Diploma / GED with at least 1-year Early Childhood Experience required. Associate or Bachelor degree preferred. Some previous home visiting experience preferred.

Licenses and Certifications:

Valid driver's license, registration and insurance. Own vehicle used to travel to and from office/home visits.

Responsibilities

Build positive and supportive relationships with families; administer formal and informal child development and parent-child bonding assessments appropriately and interpret results.

Recognize and effectively address family's concerns in helping them develop and work toward family goals.

Make appropriate referrals to medical and health providers. Provide teaching and activities to parents and children following child -development curriculum.

Coordinate and collaborate with agencies involved with family.

Provide thorough and objective documentation of home visits and maintain an up-to-date chart for each family on caseload.

Must have strong listening skills, the ability to build positive rapport with families, ability to identify family strengths and foster self-sufficiency in families, and the ability to work well in a team environment.

Must demonstrate respect for and sensitivity to the needs and rights of others, including those with diverse cultural, racial, sexual, ethnic, and gender identities.

Good written communication skills and computer skills desired .

The ideal candidate for this position is self-directed and motivated with strong organizational and time management skills.

The contracted rate for this position is $21.00/hr.

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Joining the Guthrie team allows you to become a part of a tradition of excellence in health care. In all areas and at all levels of Guthrie, you’ll find staff members who have committed themselves to serving the community.

The Guthrie Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Guthrie Clinic is a non-profit, integrated, practicing physician-led organization in the Twin Tiers of New York and Pennsylvania. Our multi-specialty group practice of more than 500 physicians and 302 advanced practice providers offers 47 specialties through a regional office network providing primary and specialty care in 22 communities. Guthrie Medical Education Programs include General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Anesthesiology and Orthopedic Surgery Residency, as well as Cardiovascular, Gastroenterology and Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship programs. Guthrie is also a clinical campus for the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.