The Children's Home Society Of New Jersey
Location
Washington, New Jersey
Salary
$58,000 / YEAR
Support parent-child visitation for families in their homes or communities to maintain familial interactions and facilitate permanency. Responsibilities include completing visitation plans, documenting visits, and linking families to appropriate community providers.
Requires a Bachelor's degree in social work or counseling (preferred) or an Associate degree with 3 years of experience. A valid NJ Driver's License and knowledge of trauma's effect on children and families are required.
Parent-child visitation services for CP&P- involved families with children in out-of-home placement to maintain and strengthen familial interactions and facilitate permanency. Services are provided in the least restrictive setting that maintains safety along a continuum of supervision based on family need. Core activities include ongoing assessment, visitation, aftercare (post-reunification support), transportation and documentation.
Responsible for supporting parent-child visitation for families in their homes or communities; completing and updating visitation plans; documenting visits and completing reports; facilitating parent debriefings before and after visits and visitation planning meetings; transporting children and/or parents, as needed; communicating with children, parents, relatives, resource parents, DCP&P, and/ or other stakeholders by phone and in person; attending various meetings and trainings; and assessing families’ service needs and linking them to appropriate community providers.
Locations: Warren County in New Jersey
Salary: $58,000/Per Year
CHSofNJ Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, Life/LTD, PTO, 403B
Initiates and maintains ongoing communication with families in a culturally sensitive manner utilizing a family's preferred language taking into consideration a family's faith and culture. Schedules and conducts visits in the least-restrictive, most home-like location while ensuring the safety of the children, ensuring the environment for parent-child contact is safe, non-traumatizing, and promotes healthy attachment.
Uses a process to gather information which includes reviewing collateral information and inquiring about family's natural supports. Completes required assessment tools including bio-psychological assessments, Rose Wentz Matrix and SVS Caregiver Surveys and documents contacts with families in agency's progress notes and DCP&P contact sheets. Creates a visitation plan with active familial involvement and updates the plan at regular intervals.
Creates an environment that empowers family members, including parents, children, and caregivers to communicate their goals and needs.
Advocates for parents/families as necessary and supports them in advocating for themselves. Links the family to community resources and formal and informal supports. Coordinates with DCP&P and other providers, and supports.
Enhances parental skills by goal setting, modeling, mentoring, reinforcement and feedback and reflection through a trauma-informed perspective. Prepares for each visit with caregivers encouraging them to be the lead in visit planning.
The Children’s Home Society is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer M/F/D/V. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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