Family Visitation Coach

Program Overview

The Family Time Homes (FTH) program aims to create a nurturing and supportive environment for parents to reconnect with their children under supervised visitation. Through evidence-based practices and personalized support, we seek to promote positive parenting behaviors and strengthen family bonds.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates parent orientation.
• Supervises parent-child visitation and coaches parents until reunification or services end.
• Identifies and completes goals established for families.
• Conducts intakes and assessments.
• Supports parents in establishing positive relationships and a safe home environment.
• Supports overall well-being of children.
• Ensures accommodation of scheduling outside of regular business hours.
• Attends and participates in weekly supervision.
• Attends and participates in trainings.
• Enters and maintains accurate data into PLC database or any other contractual database.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Associates or bachelor’s in psychology, social work, counseling, education or other human service field from accredited college or university required.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum one (1) year of progressive experience working with children, youth and families in human service setting.
• Ability to work Monday - Friday from 11am - 7pm.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.
• Experience in human services best practices & training.
• Experience utilizing MS Office Suite and databases.
• Effective oral and writing skills.
• Certified in CPR/First Aid.
• Ability to work an on-site work schedule.
• Ability to work a flex schedule to accommodate the family visitation needs of parents/youth.
• Valid driver’s license, access to a vehicle, and ability to travel within the City of Philadelphia and surrounding regions.
• Complete Nurturing Families Program® certification within 30 days of hire.
• Certification in NTU™ Service Delivery Model within one (1) year of hire.

Benefits

We offer an exceptional benefits package with opportunities for personal and professional growth, including:

• Fringe Benefits – health, dental, vision, retirement fund, and more...
• Paid Time Off
• Clinical Training with Continuing Education Units

Physical Demands

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Ability to remain in a stationary position 30% of the time. Ability to move, walk upstairs and transport families inside and outside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. Ability to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery. Ability to position self to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Ability to frequently communicate with employees/customers/clients; and must be able to exchange accurate information by perceiving the nature of sound, near and far vision, depth perception, providing oral and written information. Ability to frequently move files weighing up to 20 pounds throughout the office space. Ability to be received business calls and respond to situations during office hours rapidly. Ability to support children when required and protect a person in physically confrontational situations. Ability to respond to families/youth in crisis that can cause significant amount of emotional stress which can cause related physical stress.

Work Environment

Normal office environment or residential facility, but also may travel locally to visit clients within their homes, meet with service providers, and/or attend meetings: schools, hospitals, mental health clinics, private practices, prisons, corporations, and numerous public and private agencies.

Equal Opportunity Employer

PLC is an equal opportunity employer. PLC does not discriminate in employment on account of race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, political affiliation, military status, or other non-merit-based factors.