Safe Care Home Visitor+ + Job Tracking ID: 512690-888018
Job Location: Syracuse, NY
Job Level: Entry Level (less than 2 years)
Level of Education: 2 year degree
Job Type: Full-Time/Regular
Date Updated: October 28, 2024
Years of Experience: Up to 2 Years
Starting Date: ASAP
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Job Description:
Cayuga Centers is hiring immediately for a Safe Care Home Visitor
Earn: $25.00/hour
Location: Onondaga County
Share our commitment to helping parents of infants and young children build practical and essential skills to add to their parenting toolbox. Bring your experience, compassion, and energy to the team and make a difference in Onondaga County.
Cayuga Centers is looking for an individual who is passionate about supporting families. Being a parent to an infant or young child can be challenging. Now, imagine how much a family’s life could change for the better if their parents were equipped with knowledge and skills to promote healthy child development over critically important stages. Using an evidence-based and structured approach to skill building, you can serve as an agent of change that puts families on a positive path to resiliency. Are you inspired to work with young families and influence positive changes? If so, we would love for you to join our efforts in providing this critical service to families. We look forward to hearing from you.
About Cayuga Centers
Cayuga Centers is an accredited non-profit, human services agency dedicated to family support and preservation, trauma-informed care, and serving vulnerable populations with the most unique needs. Founded in 1852 in Auburn, NY, we have a long history of delivering high-quality and innovative services to individuals, children, youth and families. We have 22 offices across 8 states and serve over 17,000 individuals and families annually. Join us!
At Cayuga Centers, we embrace Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). We do this by taking a firm stance against hatred, inequality, bias, and injustice. We do this by providing our staff with the training, coaching, and resources necessary to grow and serve with cultural humility, acceptance, and understanding. We are responsive to the diverse needs of those we serve and staff, and are committed to ensuring that everyone feels respected, valued, and a sense of belonging.
Cayuga Centers is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee, prospective employee, or applicant based on race, color, creed, hair style/texture, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.
About the Program and Position:
Our SafeCare program serves families with children ages 0-8. We serve by doing model focused community-based interventions and this MAKES A DIFFERENCE because of our passion and dedication to families in need. The role the SafeCare Home Visitor plays in all of this is incredibly important and rewarding.
How you get to use your skills…
Actively participate as part of a team of service providers with the goal of keeping families together
Educate parents or caregivers following the SafeCare Program curriculum
Model skills surrounding parent infant/child interaction, how to address a variety of health concerns, maintaining appropriate supervision and childproofing the home
Assess parents or caregivers utilizing SafeCare skills, and provide specific positive and corrective feedback
Demonstrate an inclusive and accepting practice both in the office and in the field to support a diverse and accepting culture
Schedule:
Looking for an applicant who is willing to work with parents/families at a time that suits the family’s needs on a flexible schedule. This is a full-time, 40 hour a week position
Experience and Skills:
Associates degree in related field with experience working from a strengths-based perspective with families
Ability and willingness to work with families in an "in-home" context
Willingness to run parenting groups
Excellent communication, organizational, and collaboration skills
Knowledge of the Child Welfare System
Possess the knowledge, skills, and attitude needed to appreciate and encourage diversity, and understand the concept of cultural trauma as it applies to individual and family functioning
Physical Requirements:
Sitting for extended periods of time
Walking up and down stairs inside/outside
Must have ability to type documentation and maintain proper files.
Time on your feet for up to several hours a day
Lifting up to 50 pounds
Benefits
80 hours of Vacation
10 Holidays, 3 Personal Days, Medical Appointment Time
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Pet and legal Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
FSA, Transit, and Parking savings accounts
Supplemental life insurance, critical illness, enhanced short-term disability benefits
401(k) match up to 6%
Corporate Discounts Program
Sick Leave Pool
Identity Protection
In accordance with Federal, state & local laws, we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment drug testing.
