Supervised Visitation Specialist
National Youth Advocate Program•Aurora, CO
•Onsite
About The Position
Under the general supervision of the Program Manager or designee, the Supervised Visitation Specialist works with children, families of origin, foster parents, and community partners to supervise child and family visits. The goal is to support reunification and maintain sibling contact and connections. The role includes transportation, visitation supervision, parent education, counseling, advocacy, and other professional services. The position requires travel to serve youth and families and may involve responding to after-hours emergencies when on call. The posting identifies the position as contractor work, with evening and weekend availability needed, based in Aurora, Colorado, and compensation of $23 per hour.
Requirements
- Must be at least 21 years of age.
- Degree in social work or a comparable human services field from an accredited institution.
- Reliable transportation and minimum vehicle liability insurance of $100,000/$300,000; the driving requirements also specify minimum bodily injury liability coverage of $100,000/$300,000.
- Valid driver’s license and good driving record.
- Proficient use of desktop and laptop computers, smartphones, tablets, printers, fax machines, photocopiers, and word-processing, spreadsheet, and database software.
- Capacity to be flexible and responsive to youth served, foster caregivers, system partners, and internal customers.
- Capacity to remain objective and professional in all areas of job function.
- Ability to work respectfully and sensitively with people from varied cultural, socioeconomic, ethnic, religious, and racial backgrounds; demonstrate tolerance and respect for others’ ideas and actions.
- Ability to follow a team approach and support agency goals and coworkers.
Nice To Haves
- Two years of direct-service work experience with youth and families is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Perform work consistent with the National Youth Advocate Program’s mission, values, and philosophies.
- Transport children and facilitate parent-child or sibling visits to help family members maintain bonds and connections during out-of-home placement.
- Implement the visitation plan designed by the supervisor.
- Help children and parents participate in appropriate activities by modeling desired parenting skills and observing parent-child interactions.
- Structure visits to support positive closure and discuss plans for the next visit to provide predictability for children and parents.
- Assess family strengths and needs, monitor safety and risk of harm during visits, and immediately report incidents involving harm or risk of harm to children.
- Maintain contact with families through regular and planned parent-child visits.
- Provide active supervision, transportation, parent education, counseling, advocacy, and other professional services, meeting or exceeding established outcomes.
- Prepare for and participate in administrative and court reviews of case plans and other court proceedings.
- Perform on-call duties when called upon to respond to after-hours emergency situations.
- Travel daily to provide supervision services in compliance with organizational, contract, and regulatory requirements.
- Document each visit on the appropriate visiting record form, ensure it is completed correctly, and complete reports for missed visits.
- Complete required training in a timely manner.
- Use Children’s Welfare Best Practice Principles in decision-making.
- Participate in Continuous Quality Improvement activities monthly or quarterly.
- Actively participate in weekly supervision.
- Perform other duties as requested.
