Family Development Coach (Healthy Families)

Chinese-American Planning Council•New York, NY

3d•$27 - $29•Onsite

About The Position

Founded in 1965, CPC is a social services organization that creates positive social change. We empower Asian American, immigrant, and low-income communities in New York City by ensuring they have equitable access to the resources and opportunities needed to thrive. Today, CPC is the nation's largest Asian American social services organization, and we are the trusted partner to 80,000 individuals and families striving to achieve goals in their education, family, community and career. Through all of our services, we empower New Yorkers to become agents of positive change in their own lives and in their communities. The Healthy Families program aims to support and strengthen families using a holistic, strengths-based approach based on the principles of family development. The target population is youth, adults, and families. If a youth enrolls as an individual, the minimum age is 14. Required activities are Access Services and Family Development Coaching. Programs may also choose to provide Education/Career Counseling, Emergency Services, Employment Assistance, Family Budgeting and Consumer Education, Individual Family Housing Advocacy, Individual/Family Housing Assistance, Legal Assistance, Parent Skills Training, and Review of Child Support Status. The Family Development Coach will focus on providing services to Individuals and Families based out of the Waters Edge Educational Campus and within the NDA 2 map as outlined by DYCD. The FDC will be responsible for working with the family/individuals to achieve their goals. Responsibilities will include outreach and recruitment, developing and reviewing family development plans (FDP’s), maintaining case notes and entering in information in a timely manner. The family development coach is expected to work with community-based organizations as well as New York City agencies that offer parent and family resources and refer participants as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Social Work, Counseling or related field preferred.
Family Development Coach certification required within 1 year of employment.
A minimum of 2 years of experience working with youth and community and experience working with diverse populations.
Must be culturally competent and provide services in manner sensitive to participants’ cultural heritage and traditions, life experience, sexual orientation and gender identity.
Excellent written, communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
Strong work ethic and demonstrated passion for working with immigrant and low-income communities, and youth/family development.
Knowledge of MS office applications, especially Excel, and virtual platforms such as Zoom, Teams, and Webex.
Willingness to travel to Outreach/Community events and internal/outside partnerships via public Transportation.
Bilingual (fluency in English and any of the following languages Arabic/Chinese/Spanish).

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of Canva or Adobe Creative Cloud applications are a plus.

Responsibilities

Provide individualized guidance and counseling, and case management services; maintain participant files/programmatic documents enter participant case notes and track attendance, outcomes and overall progress, including services received.
Assist and guide community members with their educational/counseling, emergency services, financial, and/or professional short- and long-term goals.
Document meetings with written progress notes, updating steps achieved and to be taken toward meeting the goals identified in the FDP (Family Development Plan).
Conduct community needs assessments to identify community member needs.
Act as a liaison between CPC and both internal and external partners + Develop new partnerships with a variety of services that will benefit our community members.
Plan and facilitate career- readiness, college readiness, life-skills workshops and other topics relevant to the families served through the program.
Coordinate the scheduling of guest speakers, internal and external services within program guidelines.
Assist with recruitment, enrollment, and retention of program participants.
Refer CPC’s direct services and resources to youth and families.
Attend meetings and professional development trainings as required by CPC and NYC DYCD, including Family Development Coach certification training.
Collaborate with SYEP/WLG programs during the school year/summer and support as needed.
Report to and fulfill other related duties as outlined by the Multisite Director.