Supervising Supportive Visitation Specialist Job Newark area,New Jersey USA,Social Work

Position Title:

Supervising Supportive Visitation Specialist

Reports to:

Associate Director Broad Function:
Supervising Supportive Visitation Specialist will oversee a team of Supportive Visitation Specialists and provide supportive visitation services. I: CORE VALUES

Demonstrates awareness of biases, internalized racial superiority and oppression. Leads with a racial equity lens and actively uses the racial equity tool in meaningful ways,

Contributes to valuable and positive cultural humility transformation in individuals, organizations, and social systems to actively progress across the antiracist multicultural institution continuum.

Demonstrates cultural humility through an awareness of and sensitivity towards Agency’s clients’ and coworkers’ cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.

Committed to the value of a nurturing family as the ideal environment for a child and believes in the capacity of people to grow and change.

Works from a strength-based perspective.

Recognizes that consumers come first and responds to consumers appropriately.

Knows and adheres to all FC Policies and Procedures.

Participates in a Quality Improvement subcommittee and keeps abreast of and adheres to QI policies and procedures.

II: PROFESSIONALISM:

Values and participates in the Team as a proactive member.

Respects others’ professional opinions and tolerates a range of feelings.

Able to give and receive constructive criticism.

Willing to take on extra work as needed (i.e. when there is a vacancy).

III: SUPERVISION:

Attends supervision consistently and comes prepared.

Able to receive feedback and learn from it.

Has insight about self (i.e., strengths and weaknesses) and utilizes that knowledge towards growth and change.

IV: LEADERSHIP:
Supervising Supportive Visitation Specialist

Maintains and/or develops expertise in the SVS model.

Oversees team of Supportive Visitation Specialists.

Facilitates and co‑facilitates on‑boarding and staff training for supportive visitation team.

Ensures all vehicle maintenance is completed for supportive visitation specialist’s team fleet in collaboration with Coordinator in accordance with vehicle policies and procedures.

Be an active, positive stakeholder in the communication feedback loop among administration, supervising visitation specialists, and all direct service staff. Support a positive relationship between service and administration that is balanced with accountability, positive morale, and support.

Support staff’s facilitation and/or documentation of Visit Planning Meetings when assistance is required.

Support staff’s completion of caregiver surveys, assists staff with scheduling as needed.

Ensures team’s documentation is complete in accordance with the SVS model.

Share on‑call responsibilities with leadership.

Regularly attends chosen sub‑committee.

V: DIRECT SERVICE

Attends all necessary trainings in compliance with the SVS model.

Schedules and conducts visits in the least‑restrictive, most home‑like location (the first preference being within the family's home) while ensuring the safety of the children.

Initiates and maintains ongoing communication with families that is culturally sensitive, utilizing family’s preferred language considering a family’s faith and culture.

Ensures the environment for parent‑child contact is safe, non‑traumatizing, and promotes healthy attachment.

Uses strengths‑based, solutions‑focused, family centered, trauma informed strategies to elicit family input.

Advocates for parents/families as necessary and supports them in advocating for themselves. Uses a process to gather information which includes reviewing collateral information and inquiring about family's natural supports.

Completes required assessment tools including but not limited to:
Rose Wentz Matrix and SVS Caregiver Surveys.

Documents contacts with families in agency's progress notes and DCP&P contact sheets.

Creates a visitation plan with active familial involvement and updates the plan at regular intervals.

Facilitates visit planning meetings and participates in other relevant meetings.

Initiates and maintains ongoing communication with DCP&P, other providers, and supports.

Links the family to community resources,…