Transportation Visit Coach

Job Description
Cayuga Centers is hiring immediately for Transportation/Visit Coach
Earn $20.00/hourly
Location: Syracuse/Auburn
JOIN OUR TEAM AS A TRANSPORTATION VISIT COACH AND HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY!
Share our commitment to helping children, youth and families build strong/life changing relationships and avoid hospitalization or placement. Bring your experience, compassion, and energy to the team and make a difference in the lives of children, youth, and families!
The Cayuga Centers CNY TFFC Team is looking for an individual who is passionate about supporting hard to place youth in the foster care system. We wrap services around the youth, their family/kin/caregivers, and the foster parents to get a child home or to a permanent home as soon as possible.
Transportation Visit Coach's are designed to support the youth by transporting and supervising family visits and/or appointments as needed. This staff member will serve as a positive adult role model to youth and their families, by providing a safe and positive environment that engages interest and promotes family bonding. The Transportation Visit Coach acts as an essential part of the overall CNY TFFC team whose ultimate goal is to ensure that everyone has a safe and structured visit while in our program.
Does this sound like it interests you? We'd love for you to join our team in helping children and families create safe, happy and healthy environments.
Schedule: Looking for an applicant who is willing to work with the youth/families at a time that suits the youth and family needs on a flexible schedule. This is a full-time, 40 hour a week position that includes evening and weekend hours.
How you get to use your skills...

• Demonstrate your areas of creativity and engagement by implementing a variety of activities which includes evidence based intervention and solution-focused work
• Become a primary support in helping children/youth develop preventative and responsive skills to cope. This may include supporting youth on weekends.
• Work within the CNY TFFC team collaborating and developing treatment plans to suite the needs of the child
• Demonstrate an inclusive practice both in the office and in the field to support a diverse and accepting culture
• Provide safe and timely transportation of youth to their appointments
• Supervise family visitations, including providing support to youth as they prepare for an process visitation
• Carry a small caseload providing skills training to assigned youth.

Why Cayuga Centers?

• Certified Great Place to Work ®
• Workplace Wellness Award Finalist
• Council on Accreditation (COA) Accredited
• Implement best practices and evidence-based interventions
• Committed to employee professional development and advancement
• We embrace change, innovation and opportunities
• Our diverse workforce acts and leads with human sensitivity and respect
• Large and growing national footprint

Experience and Skills

• High school diploma or GED with at least 1 year of experience working with families and children
• Valid NYS Driver's License required
• Safe and dependable vehicle required
• Ability to handle confidential material in a responsible manner
• Ability to maintain and uphold professional boundaries
• Ability to communicate clearly in writing and verbally
• Ability to work effectively and patiently with others in difficult and/or stressful situations.
• Ability to work within treatment models and acceptable behavior management principles to encourage behavior change.
• Demonstrate the ability to work well on a team
• Passion for working with children, teens, families and foster families
• Ability to work well with people from many cultures including recent immigrants, non - English speakers LGBTQ children, bio parents/families, and foster parents

Physical Requirements:

• Time on your feet for up to several hours a day
• Lifting up to 50 pounds
• Time driving to conduct client and family visits

Job 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

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment drug testing.