Family Support Visitation

Part-time and full-time Family Support Visitation positions work with families of children and youth who are at high risk or who have serious emotional, behavioral health challenges with involvement in child welfare, justice system, and family court. PSN is committed to hiring individuals who are birth, foster and/or adoptive parents and are ready to serve as peers and coach others by sharing similar lived experiences to access services and support. 

Family Support Visitation Coaches partner with caregivers, provide support and assistance with navigating and accessing services and support; and providing trauma informed and evidence-based Family Time Coaching Model with community-based visitation to support reunification and home-based wellness visits and parent education training to preserve families. PSN provides extensive training and clinical supervision for our staff with a paid apprenticeship program. 

Family Support Visitation Coaches must have reliable vehicles and be willing to transport children to visits and other needed treatment and services. Multiple shifts are available, and we need flexible hours into early evenings and weekends. Individuals should possess a strong sense of empathy, good communication and collaboration skills, documentation skills, and are knowledgeable of the regulations for accessing and working with the interacting service systems, programs, and statewide community resources. 

Qualifications 

• High School or equivalent and Driver's License required
• Bilingual is additional strength and need
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work on-site in Warwick, RI with flexibility for family-focused schedules

• Willingness to transport families and work some weeknights and weekends 

   

PSN specializes in peer-based family support. Feel free to reach out if you have lived experience raising children or youth with serious emotional, behavioral, and mental health challenges or special education needs, or experience supporting children or youth whose parents have mental health and/or substance use challenges, or child welfare involvement.

To Apply

Email cover letter and resume to Flavia Tetreault, Executive Manager or check for job listings on LinkedIn to apply online.