Visitation Aide (Temp Per Diem)
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Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark
Union City, NJ, US
Summary
The Visitation Aide is responsible for transporting children and parents to visitation sites and supervising these encounters to ensure a safe environment. They maintain communication with families and agencies while documenting all transportation and visitation activities.
Job Description
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark is one of New Jersey’s largest non-profit social service agencies with programs and facilities serving Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Union counties.
We are currently seeking a Temp Per Diem Visitation Aide to join our Supportive Visitation Services program located in Union City, NJ.
The Visitation Aide is responsible for transporting children and/or parents to and from visitation locations; ensuring safety of passengers, maintaining vehicle; Supervises visits, as needed; Documents transportation encounters and visits; Communicates with visitation specialists, parents, resource parents, children, etc.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
• Initiates and maintains ongoing communication with families in a culturally sensitive manner utilizing a family's preferred language taking into consideration a family's faith and culture.
• Ensures the environment for parent-child contact is safe, non-traumatizing, and promotes healthy attachment.
• Initiates and maintains ongoing communication with DCP&P, other providers, and supports.
• Creates an environment that empowers family members, including parents, children, and caregivers to communicate their goals and needs.
• Utilizes various interviewing and/or communication techniques in a culturally competent manner.
• Recognizes non-verbal communication and maintains good eye contact and posture.
• Advocates for parents/families as necessary and supports them in advocating for themselves.
• Operates from a trauma-informed perspective
SCHEDULE:
- Flexible hours Mon-Fri (some nights, weekends, and/or holidays may be required.)
- Duration: 3 months
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Minimum 1 year experience working with children & families, particularly families involved with welfare system and/or affected by trauma.
- Valid NJ Drivers License
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Note: Thirty (30) semester hour credits from an accredited college, which must include twelve (12) semester hour credits in
the behavioral sciences, may be substituted for the experience listed above.
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CURRENT EMPLOYEES:
- Please be advised that current employees applying to open positions within the Agency are required to fill out an Agency Internal Job Application Form which is available for download to all employees on HR's public folders in Outlook. Please forward the completed form to HR via email to the agency email address indicated at the end of the application form.
AGENCY MISSION:
- In response to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Catholic Charities, as a ministry of the Archdiocese of Newark, serves the poor and marginalized and advocates for their needs in order to promote the inherent dignity and worth of all people without regard to race, religion, or culture.
Rate: $24.04/hr
Tracing its roots to 1903, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark (CCAN) is the non-sectarian, not-for-profit social service corporation of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. The agency’s mission statement is as follows: Catholic Charities as a ministry of the Archdiocese of Newark participates in the Church’s social mission by recognizing the inherent dignity and worth of all people and responding with sincere Christian compassion to the corporeal needs of the poor and marginalized. The service of Catholic Charities is inspired by faith in Jesus Christ, Sacred Scripture, and the continuing exposition of Catholic social teaching. Through these activities, Catholic Charities strives to assist individuals in need, strengthen families, and provide those it serves with an experience of God’s mercy.
This mission inspires us to pursue critical social goals: 1) To help feed the hungry and house the homeless; 2) To reach the isolated, the lonely and those with special needs; 3) To nurture the development of the young and strengthen relationships within families; 4) To assist the poor and the disabled to achieve economic participation; 5) To help immigrants attain the benefits of liberty in a new land; and, 6) To guide those in need to helpful community resources.
Founded
1976
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Non-profit Organizations
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Newark, New Jersey
Tracing its roots to 1903, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark (CCAN) is the non-sectarian, not-for-profit social service corporation of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. The agency’s mission statement is as follows: Catholic Charities as a ministry of the Archdiocese of Newark participates in the Church’s social mission by recognizing the inherent dignity and worth of all people and responding with sincere Christian compassion to the corporeal needs of the poor and marginalized. The service of Catholic Charities is inspired by faith in Jesus Christ, Sacred Scripture, and the continuing exposition of Catholic social teaching. Through these activities, Catholic Charities strives to assist individuals in need, strengthen families, and provide those it serves with an experience of God’s mercy.
This mission inspires us to pursue critical social goals: 1) To help feed the hungry and house the homeless; 2) To reach the isolated, the lonely and those with special needs; 3) To nurture the development of the young and strengthen relationships within families; 4) To assist the poor and the disabled to achieve economic participation; 5) To help immigrants attain the benefits of liberty in a new land; and, 6) To guide those in need to helpful community resources.
Founded
1976
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Non-profit Organizations
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Newark, New Jersey
