ABOUT SUPPORTIVE VISTATION SERVICES (SVS): 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.

DESCRIPTION: Responsible for day-to-day operations of agency’s SVS Program; recruiting, selecting, coaching, supervising, and assessing Therapeutic and Supportive Visitation Specialists and Regional Coordinator; recruiting and selecting of Visitation Aides; Provides clinical oversight and supervision of the visitation staff; collecting and reporting SVS data; participating in various CQI activities; and attending meetings and delivering presentations.

Schedule: 17.5 Hours Per Week

Salary Range: $46.70 to $49.45 Per Hour

Benefits: Prorated Paid Time Off

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Engaging

• 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.
• Ensures the environment for parent-child contact is safe, non-traumatizing, and promotes healthy attachment.
• Initiates and maintains ongoing communication with DCP&P, other providers, and supports.

Assessing

• Uses a process to gather information which includes reviewing collateral information and inquiring about family's natural supports.

Active Listening

• Creates an environment that empowers family members, including parents, children, and caregivers to communicate their goals and needs.
• Utilizes various interviewing and/or communication techniques in a culturally competent manner.

Teaming

• Advocates for parents/families as necessary and supports them in advocating for themselves.
• Links the family to community resources and formal and informal supports and coordinates with DCP&P.
• Collaborates with and shares relevant information with DCP&P staff, other providers, and supports.
• Facilitates visit planning meetings and participates in other relevant meetings.

Coaching

• Operates from a trauma-informed perspective.

Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master’s degree in social work, Counseling, or related field preferred. Valid Professional license (LPC, LCSW)

Experience: Minimum of five (5) years of work experience providing mental health services including at least two (2) years of experience providing mental health or other therapeutic services to children, adolescents and/or families. Minimum of two (2) years of supervisory experience. Experience working with diverse populations.

License: Required to possess a valid professional license (LPC, LCSW) and a valid NJ Driver’s License and clean driver’s abstract. Must hold certificate to provide clinical supervision.