Specifications include, but are not limited to: Genesee County Circuit Court-Family Division is in need of an Intensive Family Support program. The Intensive Family Support program is an intensive case-management program designed to support families petitioned to the court or under court jurisdiction in child protective proceedings. The service focus is intended to facilitate an early return home for youth or provide early intervention in the youth's home to prevent removal. The services will be provided in the community or home-based. Two social workers will support families that have demonstrated issues in the area of substance use, mental health, improper housing, lack of basic necessities to have children in their home, poor school attendance, poor parenting skills, poor relationship skills, lack of participation in parenting time, and lack of participation in court hearings. The social workers will not only provide a referral to community resources, but will assist parents in accessing community resources. The program will help parents obtain the services identified in the parent/agency treatment plan, or will help the parents remove any barriers to the return of their children that have been identified by team members. The social workers may help parents complete housing applications, complete intakes for mental health treatment, provide transportation to parenting time, provide transportation to court hearings, attend court hearings as an advocate for parent, help gain access to courtordered services, obtain basic necessities to facilitate a return home of their children, or work with the schools to remove any barriers to school attendance. Social Workers working full time (40 hours/week) must be available during normal business hours. If required, Social Workers should make themselves available outside of regular business to meet the needs of the client. All youth and families within this program are subject to intensive, weekly face to face contact. Families are monitored by staff who carry no more than a 1:20 staff/intensive caseload ratio. The social worker will work in collaboration with the team that may include the DHHS worker, the parent, parents’ attorneys, the child’s attorney, and other service providers to achieve the following goals: 1. Increase parent engagement in the child protective process and attendance at court proceedings; 2. increase parent and child participation in services; 3. increase involvement in parent-child visitation; 4. accelerate reunification; 5. decrease recidivism; 6. decrease time for parents to achieve permanency and reunification