Canadian County Supervised Visitation Center strives to keep children safe and provide a neutral environment that promotes healthy, safe interactions between family members and prevent re-victimization. This center is child-focused and provides a safe and comfortable place for parents and their children to create, build, and/or maintain positive relationships. This is also a supervised Safe Exchange Center that strives to prevent verbal and physical confrontation from occurring between family members during the exchange of children for unsupervised visitation of with non-custodial parents.
Supervised Visitation is provided between parents, children, siblings, and/or others who have been separated due to allegations of abuse or neglect or are involved with juvenile court system. Supervised visitation allows the referring agency, in most cases the Department of Child Services or the Courts of Canadian County, to assess the relationship between the child and parent.
Description of essential duties and responsibilities:
- Adhere to policy and procedures for the program
- Provides accurate and clear documentation of visitation logs and client contact logs after each visit
- Prepare and submit reports in a timely manner
- Prepare visitation rooms prior to and after visits
- Have the ability to facilitate de-escalation of inappropriate behaviors and terminate visits if necessary
- Facilitate visits and exchanges in a respectful and positive manner
- Communicate regularly with supervisor, DHS, clients, the court and parents involved with the visit
- Complete required training
- Work on a regular full-time basis 40 hours a week or part-time basis (19-hour work-week)
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications for position:
- Individual must have obtained a high school diploma or GED
- Must have at least one year of experience in child care and/or social service, child psychology, criminal justice, or related field
- Must pass a background check and drug and alcohol screening.
Supervisory relationships:
The position is directly supervised by the Court Services Program Supervisor.
Skills and knowledge required:
Must be familiar with the principles of family dynamics and child development. Should be familiar with social service and court systems. Must have strong administrative skills and be able to adhere to program policies and procedures. Must have the ability to be objective and neutral with regards to clients. Must be able to assert authority as necessary.
Prior experience required:
One year of related work experience is required
Personal qualities:
Must be able to communicate in a professional manner with peers and clients
Amount of travel and other special conditions or requirements:
None
Work Schedule:
Required 40 hour work week 8 hour workday or Part-time hours weekly up to 19 hours weekly; will be required to work some evenings and weekends.
This job classification has been designated as a safety sensitive job classification in accordance with the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, 63 O.S., § 427.1 et seq., (OSCN 2019), effective August 29, 2019. This means employees in this job classification can be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination if they test positive for marijuana components or metabolites, even if they possess a medical marijuana license.