The Fatherhood Program provides individual, group and family services to non-custodial fathers and their families in Brooklyn. The program mission is to support non-custodial fathers to become more responsible parents through economic stability, healthy relationships, and connection to their children.
Responsibilities include:
- Provide strength based assessment and set goals in partnership with fathers to create and implement individualized service plans.
- Refer, advocate and collaborate within benefits, housing, employment, education, child support, child welfare, criminal justice, mental health, substance abuse systems.
- Facilitate parenting groups based on a provided curriculum.
- Provide support to increase connection with children and healthy relationships with co-parents, including review of child support status, visit coaching and visit hosting.
- Conduct office and community based sessions; accompany clients to appointments as needed.
- Provide crisis intervention and manage emergencies as needed.
- Plan, coordinate and implement events and activities for participants and their families.
- Collaborate across SCO program areas to enhance relationships and effective practice with shared families.
- Complete all required documentation and statistical reports within deadlines.
- Attend weekly supervision, team meetings and all necessary meetings and trainings.
- Strong sensitivity to cultural and socioeconomic characteristics present among staff and clients.
- Familiarity with traditional and diverse perspectives on child discipline and family functioning.
- Committed to being an active contributor to the vision and mission of the program.
- Works to create and support a respectful learning environment.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- BA/BS; human services field preferred.
- 3-years’ experience working with families and providing parenting services to men preferred.
- Previous direct service work with men and families.
- Demonstrated group facilitation skills.
- Preference given to candidates from the communities in Brooklyn primarily served.
- Self-initiated, motivated and well-organized.
- Possess a social justice perspective and ability to collaborate with culturally and socioeconomically diverse groups.
- Excellent writing and communication skills.
- Facility with data systems and Microsoft Office tools.
- Flexibility to work evenings and Saturdays.
- Non-conventional applicants encouraged to apply.
Work Environment and Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit at a desk with ergonomically appropriate equipment and drive/take public transportation to multiple SCO/community partner locations. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform his/her essential job duties. As part of the duties of this job, it may be necessary to assist with the transport of training equipment and room set-ups. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform his/her essential job duties
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