<p>Family Preservation Specialist</p> <p>In-Home Services | Methodist Home for Children</p> <p>Starting Salary Range: $42,000 - 46,000, based on education and experience</p> <p>When families reach our Family Preservation team, they are in crisis, facing addiction, mental health challenges, housing instability, or the risk of losing their children to foster care. Our mission is simple and powerful: keep families together whenever safely possible.</p> <p>As a Family Preservation Specialist, you'll provide intensive, home-based therapeutic services that empower parents, stabilize homes, and protect children. You won't just manage cases. You'll help break cycles and change futures.</p> <p>What You'll Do</p> <ul> <li> <p>Deliver concentrated, short-term (15 -18 weeks) in-home therapeutic interventions to families at risk of out-of-home placement</p> </li><li> <p>Develop individualized, goal-focused service plans with families and referring agencies</p> </li><li> <p>Partner with DSS, Juvenile Justice, mental health providers, and community resources</p> </li><li> <p>Maintain a minimum caseload per state/county contracts</p> </li><li> <p>Provide 24/7 on-call support to assigned families (with arranged coverage when off duty)</p> </li><li> <p>Complete timely documentation, evaluations, and program reporting</p> </li><li> <p>Offer consultation to referring agencies when appropriate</p> </li><li> <p>Ensure compliance with ethical, legal, and clinical standards</p> </li></ul> <p>What You Bring</p> <ul> <li> <p>Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, or related behavioral health field</p> </li><li> <p>2+ years of full-time experience in social work, counseling, or human services</p> </li><li> <p>Experience working with high-risk or multi-problem families</p> </li><li> <p>Strong crisis intervention, family systems, and therapeutic skills</p> </li><li> <p>Excellent documentation and organizational abilities</p> </li><li> <p>Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and insurability</p> </li></ul> <p>Flexible schedule required, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and on-call responsibilities.</p> <p>Why Join Methodist Home for Children?</p> <p>We support the people who support families. Our benefits include:</p> <p>Paid holidays, vacation & sick leave</p> <p>Medical, dental & vision insurance</p> <p>403(b) retirement plan with company match</p> <p>$75,000 company-paid life insurance</p> <p>Access to counseling & employee support services</p> <p>Coastal Credit Union membership</p> <p>If you're passionate about strengthening families, preventing foster care placement, and making meaningful, hands-on impact in your community, we invite you to apply today.</p> <p>Help us protect children. Empower parents. Preserve families.</p> <p>#MHCJOBS</p>