Family Educator (Orange County)
Family Educator (Orange County)
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USD 24 - 24
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Title: Family Educator(Orange County)
Salary Range: $24.72 per hour
Status: Full-Time Non-Exempt 35 hours per week
Supervisor:Program Coordinator
Function:Family Educators provide weekly home visits and facilitate two or three parenting groupsper year. Family Educators also provide case management and supportive counseling to families referred by the Department of Social Services and/ormay beinvolvedwith preventive agencies.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in social work or related field is required.
- This position requires knowledge about understanding of and an ability to work with children and families with expertise in early childhood development.
- Possession of a reliable vehicle and valid NYS drivers license is required.
- Must be able to work indoors and outdoors and traveltodifferent areas within Orange County.
- Working knowledge of community resources in Orange County (training provided).
- Candidate must have the ability to workflexiblehours.
- Candidates who are bilingualinEnglishandSpanishare preferred.
Family Educators enthusiastically support practiceand communicatetheagencys mission and statement of values.
Our Mission: Family Services brings people together to find the support they need improving their lives and communities and building a stronger safer Hudson Valley.
Our Agency Values
Integrity - Being honest and trustworthy
Compassion Extending empathy and understanding to others
Hope - Believing in the strength of the human spirit and heart to emerge and thrive in the face of challenge
Diversity Promoting a vison of community comprised of wide-ranging assets
Respect - Treating all individuals with dignity and without judgement
Community - Recognizing and reinforcing the importance of our world as being comprised of people of differing strengths and perspectives
Justice Promoting social and economic equity and fairness
Quality Striving for excellence in every aspect of our work
Job Responsibilities:
- Teaching advising coaching and supporting families in mastering parenting skills through home visits and/or group facilitation.
- Maintaining a flexible schedule so that home visits can occur in the early morning or evening hours if neededbased on client needs.
- Provide transportation to parents and children for visits and services in personal vehicle as needed.
- Maintaining accurate visit records documentation and reportson a timely basis.
- Collaborating with DSS preventive and CPS workers and other service providers to ensure family cooperation with mandated services and child service needs.
- Ability to work with people from many different racial cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
- Possess strong teaching/coaching skills; meet the needs of family members with effective solutions. Possess compassion and empathy.
- Modeling nurturing attitudes and behaviors in all contacts with program participants and teammates while acting in congruence with Nurturing Program philosophy methods and Standards of Practice.
- Provide excellent and thorough customer service to all family members.
- Possess out of the box thinking and resourcefulness.
- Ability to work effectively when under extreme pressure.
- Ability to work independently; but relate issues to manager appropriately.
- Attend supervision meetings staff meetings and training as required.
- Complete client-facing and administrative duties as assigned by supervisor based on program need.
Benefits:
- Medical dental and vision coverage.
- 403(b) retirement plan with employer match up to 5%.
- Generous paid vacation holiday sick and personal time package (2 weeks vacation in first year 13 paid holidays per year 12 sick days per year and 4 personal days per year).
- Access to Family Services Compassionate Leave Programwhere employees can donate/receive unused time off.
- Group term life and long-term disability insurance.
- Supplemental life insurance & accidental death and dismemberment coverage (AD&D).
- Supplemental insurance through Aflac.
- Employee assistance program (EAP).
- Pet insurance.
Competencies:
- Computer literacy
- Strategic thinking
- Organizational skills
- Client focus
- Time management
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred
- Communication and public speaking skills
- Attention to detail
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Work Environment:As a Family Educatormosttime will be spent conducting home visits advocating for familiesand helping families become self-sufficient. Family Educators are required to have supervision on a weekly basis and be able to take direction from eithersupervisorsand/or co-workers based on the situation. Training on program curriculum is provided.
Family Services Inc. complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact
Family Services is an equal opportunity employer. We follow federal state and local laws prohibiting discrimination in hiring and employment.
Must be authorized to work in the United States without work sponsorship.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
