Family Support Visitation Coach

Parent Support Network of Rhode Island (PSN) is a community-driven organization made up of parents, family members, youth, and individuals with lived behavioral health experience. Focused on empowering children, youth, families, and individuals, the organization provides dynamic support, education, and advocacy. Its mission is to prevent abuse and neglect while promoting universal health, wellness, and recovery. Parent Support Network collaborates closely with statewide and national partners to create meaningful change for those it serves.

PSN is hiring part-time and full-time Family Support Visitation positions to 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.

Full-Time Pay: $52,000.00 - $62,400.00 per year

• 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