Visitation Coach

Are you passionate about making a meaningful impact in the lives of families?

Do you possess exceptional communication and interpersonal skills?

If so, we invite you to join our team as a Visitation Coach.

Job Summary:

Visitation Coaches partner with the biological families of children who are placed in foster care, providing guidance and assistance to the biological parent(s), helping them to develop their parenting skills, thereby improving their relationships with their children, and their quality of life.

Essential Job Duties:

• Scheduling and supervising visits of non-custodial parents with their children
• Teaching, reviewing and monitoring appropriate parenting skills
• Intervening with the parent(s)  to reinforce positive parenting skill development
• Documentation of visitation and communication with the assigned Case Planner
• Performs all other job-related duties assigned by supervisor

Skills:

• Computer skills
• Customer skills

Competency Template: Direct Care

Required Education:  Bachelor’s Degree

Required Experience: None

Required License/Registration/ Certification:

• Valid NYS Driver’s License

Required Training:

• New Hire Orientation

Physical Requirements:  

The overall nature of the position is sedentary requiring little physical effort with occasional light physical exertion required. There is little, if any, exposure to environmental conditions

• The constant physical demand of the position are standing and walking.
• The frequent physical demands of the position are climbing, talking, hearing, repetitive motions, and eye/hand/foot coordination, sitting.
• The occasional physical demands of the position are lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, balancing, stooping, crouching, reaching, handling, grasping, and feeling