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Trainer (PT or FT)

Child & Family RI
United States, Rhode Island, Providence
Jul 19, 2024
About Your Team Your team is part of our Family Preservation program which provides community-based prevention and intervention for high-risk children and adolescents, and their families, and focuses on issues affecting families including communication and parenting skills, truancy, and related family issues. We provide a wide range of assistance and supports to families who are in the process of reunification or are working to avoid separation. What You'll Be Doing You will work in collaboration with the Program Manager to onboard the program's new hires and to ensure all staff receive ongoing education necessary for their work. The FSP Trainer will assess the training needs of FSP staff as well as develop a plan to meet the needs. Your Main Priorities While additional responsibilities are likely to arise on the job, you will primarily: * Works closely with the program staff as they support families throughout Rhode Island. * Ensure program staff meet all requirements and deadlines outlined by the FSP training module and are enrolled in the appropriate training plans Provide field supervision and consultation to all program staff as needed and provide feedback to the Program Manager. * Provides training and direction for all program staff by completing field-based observations using a combination of face-to-face observations and video review. * Reviews documentation and certification for FSP staff and cases and ensure that the FSP programmatic requirements are adhered to, coordinate with the Training Coordinator and Program Manager * Provides case coverage to FSP families as needed. * Attends programmatic treatment model training to maintain current knowledge and certification status * Ensure ongoing support to FSP staff by maintaining appropriate skills labs and training groups and developing curriculum. * Plans and conducts workshops for the team to practice the identified programmatic treatment models. Who You Are Requirements, Skills & Abilities: * Bachelor's degree in social work or related field required. * Minimum 6 months' experience working in child welfare, parent education, or home-based services required. * Knowledge of child and adolescent development, family dynamics, and/or crisis intervention prefer. * Bilingual in Spanish preferred. * Strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management skills. * Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365. * Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population. * Collaboration and teamwork. * Must have a valid driver's license, proof of auto insurance and car registration. * Must authorize Child & Family to complete a motor vehicle records check. * The ideal candidate will be required to meet all background checks and medical clearances required for the position. Physical Requirements Direct Service Staff (Travel as part of position): This position requires time sitting, standing, walking, driving, carrying and lifting up to 25lbs. This role also requires operating desktop, laptop and/or cell phone, and communicating with colleagues. Travel Requirements Site location: Providence Statewide travel required. Equal Employment Opportunity Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state, or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies: * Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races. * Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experienced by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, and others. * Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services. Affirmative Action Child & Family strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve. Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies: * Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races. * Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experiences by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities LGBTQ+ communities and others. o Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.