Bilingual Prevention Educator

The Retreat • Town of Islip, NY

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Bilingual Prevention Educator - Fatherhood will assist men enrolled in the Long Island Fatherhood Initiative (LIFI) program in their efforts to become responsible, committed, and nurturing fathers. This role involves teaching curriculum-based workshops and activities focused on responsible parenting, sustaining healthy relationships, domestic violence prevention, and economic stability. The educator will deliver workshops both in-person and virtually, conduct intake assessments, maintain client records, disburse incentives, and participate in professional development. Additionally, the role includes community outreach to promote LIFI services and preparing reports. The position requires travel to Nassau & Suffolk Counties and may involve some evening and weekend hours.

Requirements

• Bilingual (Spanish/English)
• Minimum of two years of experience in social services, group presentations or teaching.
• Excellent oral and written communication.
• Willingness to work as a supportive team member.
• Working familiarity with Microsoft Office, Google Docs and virtual platforms (zoom, google meet,etc).
• Fingerprint clearance
• Understanding of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and/or stalking.
• Valid driver's license and a reliable transportation is a MUST.
• Requires traveling to both Nassau & Suffolk Counties for program delivery.
• Requires some evening and weekend hours.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor Degree preferred.
• Lived experience with the family or criminal court system, whether personal or through a family member, is a plus and highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Promote responsible parenting among low-income, at-risk fathers by delivering/facilitating the 24/7 Dad™ curriculum group workshops in-person and virtually including one-one make up sessions as needed.
• Preventing family violence and child abuse/neglect by providing information on the impact of domestic violence and child abuse on families in-person and virtually.
• Enhancing the financial well-being of Probation/CPS/Family Court involved fathers using the 24/7 Dad Non- Custodial Dad "booster" on Money Management.
• Assist with program enrollment/orientation activities including but not limited to conducting intake assessments, client participation letters, nFORM entrance and exit surveys and preparation of participant welcome kits.
• Maintain records of all client activities completed on nFORM and other required data collection platforms including individual client charts.
• Disburse incentives earned by completion of 24/7 Dad parenting workshop and other program milestones and support.
• Participate in all professional development opportunities including but not limited to on-going training at conferences and webinars addressing Fatherhood, Healthy Relationships, Domestic Violence and Economic Stability.
• Working as a part of a team to deliver a range of community outreach and engagement activities to promote services offered through the LIFI program to prospective partner organizations including but not limited to probation/parole,DrugandFamilyCourt,CPS,homelessshelters,transitionalandrecoveryhousingfacilities.
• Prepare reports as requested and other project duties as assigned including hotline coverage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level