Visitation Coach Specialist

Wayfinder Family Services; Stockton (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 29,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Holiday pay

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

PSLF eligible

FSA plans

Job summary

Wayfinder Family Services in Stockton, CA is seeking a part-time Visitation Coach Specialist to support supervised visits for families involved with foster care. The role focuses on preparing children and parents for visitations, coaching during visits to build self-worth, bonding, and healthy parenting strategies.

Minimum requirements include a high school diploma; a bachelor’s degree in social work or related field is preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent required; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Bilingual in Spanish is highly preferred; strong coaching skills needed.
• Experience with family welfare, trauma-informed approaches is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate visitation in home, community, and office settings with families.
• Provide coaching to parents to strengthen attachment and parenting skills.
• Use Protective Factors and Nurturing Parenting Program in sessions.
• Ensure safe, nurturing visitation environments and intervene as needed.
• May transport clients and perform other duties per job description.

Skills

Bilingual Spanish

Communication

Coaching

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's in social work or related field (preferred)

Job description

At Wayfinder Family Services, we understand the unique challenges facing some of our state’s most vulnerable children, youth and adults. Those with disabilities, those without a home of their own, those who have been abused and many, many more. We answer the call for them. We believe in the amazing potential in, and for, each and every one of them. And, together, we find a way to turn that potential into reality.Program and Role SummaryWayfinder’s Supervised Visitation program provides parents whose children are in foster care with supervised visitation and coaching services to strengthen parenting skills, enhance parent-child relationships, and sustain family ties.The primary focus on the Visitation Coach Specialist, is to prepare the child and parent for visitation time and facilitates parent and child visitation, coaches the parent during visits to increase parents’ sense of self-worth, empathy, bonding, and attachment to their child, helps parents’ increase the use of alternative parenting strategies to harsh disciplinary practices, increase parents’ knowledge of age-appropriate developmental expectations, and coordinates and facilitates “icebreakers” between parents and resource family caregivers.The hourly wage range for this role is $20.00 - $21.00.This is a part-time position budgeted for up to 35 hours/week.Primary Responsibilities:Facilitate visitation in a variety of settings such as the parent’s home, community and visitation office.Provide ongoing assessment of parent interaction with the child and provide coaching and support to the parent increasing knowledge of positive/safe parenting skills; ability/confidence to provide safe and nurturing environment and improve parent/child attachment.Use Protective Factors and Nurturing Parenting Program (NPP) Framework with families.Provide a safe and nurturing environment for visitation to occur and identify safety factors as they are present to intervene and ensure safety of all parties is maintained.Implement trauma-informed and culturally appropriate interventions that increase the ability of parents to interact safely with their children and develop positive and safe parenting skills.May transport clients as needed.Other duties as outlined in the position description.Education and Experience:At a minimum, a high school diploma or its equivalent is required. A bachelor’s degree in social work or a directly related field from an accredited university is preferred.Bilingual (Spanish), highly preferred.Coursework or work experience with children, family, and child welfare is preferred.Valid CA Driver License with a minimum of three (3) years good driving history and must be approved by the agency’s insurance carrier to drive agency vehicles.Benefits: Wayfinder is committed to providing our employees with a benefits program that is both comprehensive and competitive which includes:Paid Time Off: Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) policy, 11 paid holidays, plus five winter holidaysMedical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance401(k) retirement plan with employer match up to 4%Employee referral program: Encourage your colleagues to join usEducation tuition assistance program: Invest in your career developmentPublic Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibleFlexible spending account (FSA) plansEligibility and other benefits are outlined in plan documentsAdditional Benefits Offered for this role :Training and professional developmentWayfinder Family Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We support a drug-free workplace and conduct pre-employment background and drug screenings.