Safe Care Home Visitor

Cayuga Centers is hiring immediately for a Safe Care Home Visitor

Earn $44,000 annually

Location: Onondaga County

Share our commitment to helping parents of infants and young children build practical and essential skills to add to their parenting tool box. Bring your experience, compassion, and energy to the team and make a difference in Onondaga County.

Cayuga Centers is looking for an individual who is passionate about supporting families. Being a parent to an infant or young child can be challenging. Now, imagine how much a familys life could change for the better if their parents were equipped with knowledge and skills to promote healthy child development over critically important stages. Using an evidence based and structured approach to skill building, you can serve as an agent of change that puts families on a positive path to resiliency. Are you inspired to work with young families and influence positive changes? If so, we would love for you to join our efforts in providing this critical service to families. We look forward to hearing from you.

About Cayuga Centers

Cayuga Centers is an accredited non-profit, human services agency dedicated to family support and preservation, trauma-informed care, and serving vulnerable populations with the most unique needs. Founded in 1852 in Auburn, NY, we have a long history of delivering high-quality and innovative services to individuals, children, youth and families. We have offices in 10 cities and serve over 10,000 individuals and families annually. Join us!

About The Program And Position

Our Safe Care program serves families with children ages 0-8. We serve by doing model focused community-based interventions and this MAKES A DIFFERENCE because of our passion and dedication to families in need. The role the Safe Care Home Visitor plays in all of this is incredibly important and rewarding.

How You Get To Use Your Skills

• Assess parents or caregivers utilizing SafeCare skills, and provide specific positive and corrective feedback
• Educate parents or caregivers following the SafeCare Program curriculum
• Demonstrate an inclusive and accepting practice both in the office and in the field to support a diverse and accepting culture
• Model skills surrounding parent infant/child interaction, how to address a variety of health concerns, maintaining appropriate supervision and childproofing the home
• Actively participate as part of a team of service providers with the goal of keeping families together

Location: Onondaga County, NY

How You Get To Use Your Skills..

• Assess parents or caregivers utilizing SafeCare skills, and provide specific positive and corrective feedback
• Actively participate as part of a team of service providers with the goal of keeping families together
• Educate parents or caregivers following the SafeCare Program curriculum
• Demonstrate an inclusive and accepting practice both in the office and in the field to support a diverse and accepting culture
• Model skills surrounding parent infant/child interaction, how to address a variety of health concerns, maintaining appropriate supervision and childproofing the home

Schedule

Looking for an applicant who is willing to work with parents/families at a time that suits the familys needs on a flexible schedule. This is a full-time, 40 hour a week position.

Required Experience

• Possess the knowledge, skills, and attitude needed to appreciate and encourage diversity, and understand the concept of cultural trauma as it applies to individual and family functioning
• Willingness to run parenting groups
• Ability and willingness to work with families in an "in-home" context
• Excellent communication, organizational and collaboration skills
• Knowledge of the Child Welfare System
• Associates degree in related field with experience working from a strengths-based perspective with families

Benefits

As a full time benefits position, staff is eligible to enroll in medical, dental, vision, FSA, supplemental life insurance, critical illness, enhanced short-term disability, and 401(k) benefits.

In accordance with Federal, state & local laws, we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment drug testing.

Benefits

• 10 Holidays, 3 Personal Days, Medical Appointment Time
• 401(k) match up to 6 %
• Supplemental life insurance, critical illness, enhanced short-term disability benefits
• FSA, Transit, and Parking savings accounts
• Sick Leave Pool
• Identity Protection
• Pet and Legal insurance
• Hybrid remote working
• 80 hours of Vacation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Corporate Discounts Program
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Why Cayuga Centers?

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

Keyword: Safe Care, Home Visitor, Family, Resiliency, Health Care, Human Services, Non-Profit, CBI