Bilingual Newport School Liaison, Children with Special Needs

RIPIN

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Bilingual Newport School Liaison, Children with Special Needs

$21 - $23 /hour

About RIPIN:

RIPIN deploys a peer model to support people with special healthcare and education needs across the whole lifespan. Founded in 1991 by a group of parents of children with special needs, RIPIN continues to be peer-led: a majority of our board and more than three-fourths of our staff are parents or caretakers of loved ones with special needs. RIPIN’s peer professionals now help more than 45,000 Rhode Islanders every year navigate healthcare, schools, and other support systems.

Job Summary: Bilingual Community Health Worker(CHW) provides peer-to-peer support to families and children with special health care needs; completes family assessments; works with family to determine family goals and implement plan for achieving goals; links families to an array of supports and resources; provides input regarding services and programs in RI and works to mitigate system barriers to accessing services. This CHW works in collaboration with the Newport Public Schools and surrounding communities, increasing family/school partnerships, and creating awareness of parental/caregiver rights in the educational success for at-risk and students with disabilities.

Essential Functions:

• Provide Care Coordination of services and supports, while educating parents and primary caregivers in the navigation of systems of care for their CSHCN, by promoting person-centered care and medical home model
• Outreach to referred families within agency guidelines
• Conduct a Family Needs Assessment for referred families and develop an individualized Family Care Plan as appropriate
• Identify family strengths, concerns and natural supports; utilize motivational interviewing skills and culturally sensitive methods to support members in achieving their goals
• Support each family in finding geographically convenient supports and services; Collaborate with other service providers, helping families make necessary connections
• Mentor families encountering special education concerns, assisting families with navigating the education/special education system
• Assist families as they transition to independence /case closure; provide follow up support as needed
• Assist in statewide system analysis, planning and coordination with state agencies, state and local boards, community-based organizations, and community rehabilitation programs
• Actively participate as effective team member in assigned agency meetings and team meetings. Make constructive use of individual and peer supervision/one-on- one meetings
• Accept other duties and responsibilities as assigned