Bi-Lingual / Spanish Speaking is Required.
Status : Full-Time Hourly FLSA Classification : Non-Exempt
Summary of Position : The Family Preservation Service (FPS) Worker is responsible for providing intensive, in-home crisis intervention, counseling, and skill-building for families with children at imminent risk of placement or in placement and in need of intensive services to support reunification using the New Jersey Family Preservation Services (FPS) Program Model.
The NJ FPS model is designed to keep children safe, strengthen families, prevent out-of-home placement, and safely reunify children and their family.
FPS Workers carry a caseload of no more than two (2) families at any given time, except during the last week prior to discharging one family, when staff may carry a third case.
Qualifications / Requirements : Master’s degree in social sciences or an undergraduate degree from a fully accredited college / university with at least one and a half years’ experience in providing services to families in crisis.
Bachelor's Degree with experience will be considered.
Candidates required to be Bi-Lingual / Spanish Speaking.
Benefits Available :
- Medical / Prescription
- Dental
- Vision
- Short Term Disability
- UNUM Supplemental Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid time off
- Holiday Pay
- 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan.
Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, ancestry, national origin, place of birth, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, military or veteran status, genetic characteristics, or disability unrelated to job performance or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where YAP operates.
YAP will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.