Social Service Program Director - Visit Coach Program

DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER INC

Social Service Program Director - Visit Coach Program

Middletown, NY
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Benefits:

    Paid time off

    Competitive salary

    Flexible schedule

    Training & development

    This position is for a Program Director for a Visit Coach program, which provides supervised coached visits for parents whose children have been removed from their home.

    Bachelor's Degree required.

    Key Responsibilities

    · Manage, supervise, and provide oversight to the Visit Coach Program and its staff

    · Be responsible for interviewing, hiring, and training visit coaches for the program

    · Receive referrals from referring institutions

    · Coach parent during visits in accordance with training

    · Observe parents and children during their court-ordered visits and document the interactions. The documentation may be provided to courts, case workers, clients and lawyers for use in determining parenting time.

    · Intervene in visits when visitation rules are not followed.

    · Arrive on time during scheduled shifts.

    · Follow procedures for transition and supervision of children.

    · Prepare the visitation rooms prior to families arriving at the center, when relevant.

    · Maintain documentation and reports as required by referring institutions

    · Produce monthly, quarterly, and annual reports as required by contracts

    · Maintain log and schedule of vehicles required for transport of children/parents

    · Occasionally transport children and/or parents in company-owned vehicles

    · Supervise vehicle maintenance and service

    · Manage car seat training requirements

    · Ensure staff is compliant with annual continued education requirements

    · Other minor tasks associated with the program, as requested by Executive Director

    Qualifications

    · Completion of orientation/training and background check.

    · Sufficient knowledge of conditions that require supervised visitations: domestic violence, child abuse, child neglect, chemical dependency and/or mental illness.

    · Must be able to maintain confidentiality.

    · Must possess the ability to see and hear all interactions during supervised visits.

    · Must be dependable AND highly detail-oriented

    · Must have good judgment, maturity, common sense, and a high degree of responsibility.

    · Must act in a non-discriminatory manner toward all clients, regardless of age, sex, race, national origin, religion, physical handicap, political affiliations, social or economic status, affliction preference, or sexual orientation.