Bilingual Prevention Educator Job Hauppauge area,New York USA,Social Work

Position: Bilingual Prevention Educator - Fatherhood

FLSA status: Non-Exempt

Hours: Full time, M-F

Department/

Location:

Fatherhood/Hauppauge

PURPOSE:

To assist men enrolled in the Long Island Fatherhood Initiative (LIFI) program in their efforts to become responsible, committed and nurturing fathers. The Prevention Educator will help dads strengthen their connection and involvement in the lives of their children by teaching curriculum-based workshop and activities addressing:

Responsible parenting

Sustaining healthy marriage/relationships

domestic violence prevention

economic stability

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

Promote responsible parenting among low-income, at-risk fathers by delivering/facilitating the 24/7 Dad™ curriculum group workshops in-person and virtually including one-one make up sessions as needed

Preventing family violence and child abuse/neglect by providing information on the impact of domestic violence and child abuse on families in-person and virtually.

Enhancing the financial well-being of Probation/CPS/Family Court involved fathers using the 24/7 Dad Non
- Custodial Dad "booster" on Money Management
.

Assist with program enrollment/orientation activities including but not limited to conducting intake assessments, client participation letters, nFORM entrance and exit surveys and preparation of participant welcome kits.

Maintain records of all client activities completed on nFORM and other required data collection platforms including individual client charts.

Disburse incentives earned by completion of 24/7 Dad parenting workshop and other program milestones and support.

Participate in all professional development opportunities including but not limited to on-going training at conferences and webinars addressing Fatherhood, Healthy Relationships, Domestic Violence and Economic Stability.

Working as a part of a team to deliver a range of community outreach and engagement activities to promote services offered through the LIFI program to prospective partner organizations including but not limited to probation/parole,Drugand Family Court ,CPS,homeless shelters,transitionalandrecoveryhousingfacilities.

Prepare reports as requested and other project duties as assigned including hotline coverage.

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIP

Reports to the Senior Prevention Educator

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bilingual (Spanish/English)
Bachelor Degree preferred with a minimum of two years of experience in social services, group presentations or teaching.
Excellent oral and written communication
Lived experience with the family or criminal court system, whether personal or through a family member, is a plus and highly valued
Willingness to work as a supportive team member
Working familiarity with Microsoft Office, Google Docs and virtual platforms (zoom, google meet,etc).
Fingerprint clearance
Understanding of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and/or stalking

** Valid driver's license and a reliable transportation is a MUST

** This position requires traveling to both Nassau & Suffolk Counties for program delivery and will require some evening and weekend hours.

OTHER DUTIES:

Every effort has been made to make agency job descriptions as complete as possible. However, it does not state or imply that these are the only duties required for this position or the sole responsibilities for which this employee will be accountable. The omission of specific statements of duties or responsibilities does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, is a logical assignment to the position, or is within the scope of generally accepted business practices for an employee with this specific job title.

Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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