Stephen Dufe

• Delivery, coordination, and case management of support services to families in the bridges program.
• Work in partnership with Children’s Services to support families in achieving family reunification and or maintaining family preservation.
• Provide support to families based on the joint casework model, shared practice frameworks, and the specific goals and needs of families.
• Support families through empowerment, hands on in the moment teaching, skill development, providing information on parenting and child development, facilitate and link families with networks and resources in the community (food banks, parenting resources, counseling, housing etc.)
• Conduct home visits regularly to assess living conditions, safety concerns, and overall familial well-being within their environment.

• Provide in-home support

• Enhance effective parenting skills

• Educated caregivers on how adverse childhood experiences, toxic stress, and trauma affect parenting and child development

• Positively influence brain development by focusing on attachment, literacy,

culturally sensitive play, and nutrition

• Addressed and provided resources for issues that are interfered with positive

parenting, such as mental health concerns, addictions, domestic violence

• Enhanced effective communication and advocacy skills

• Supported financial literacy

• Documented interactions with families and completed required paper flow

• Supported service users in daily activities (e.g., volunteering, paid employment, leisure interests)

• Provided mental health and behavioral support (e.g., AA meetings, Harm Reduction)

• Provided support to maintain health (e.g., attending medical appointments, medication administration, liaising with pharmacy, emotional support)

• Supported the development and maintenance of meaningful relationships

• Supported choice, rights, and responsibilities, and promoted and facilitated empowerment

• Responded to client behaviors of concern including physical and verbal aggression

• Communicated effectively with client’s support network