What are the responsibilities and job description for the Training Specialist (Part-time) position at Presbyterian Childrens Homes and Services?
Description
*Remote Position in TX or MO*
We are committed to supporting at risk children and families by providing them with tools and resources to help prevent children from experiencing child abuse, neglect and abandonment. We are a Christian agency that believes in living our mission: “to provide Christ-centered care and support to children and families in need.”
In response to this community-wide challenge, Presbyterian Children’s Homes and Services (PCHAS), provides 14 programs and services in 28 locations in Texas, Missouri and Louisiana. In all of our programs, we seek to provide children with permanent homes and adults with increased self-sufficiency. This is accomplished by the agency’s commitment to “The PCHAS Way” which inspires the agency to be strength-focused, family-centered, and goal driven with every client.
Benefits of serving children and families in need through PCHAS include competitive salaries, flex work schedules, paid time off, medical, dental and vision insurance options, voluntary life insurance options, paid holidays, and a very generous retirement plan (after one year of service and working 1,000 hours the agency matches an employee’s contribution).
Status: Non-exempt
Working Conditions: Works in office or remotely. Uses office equipment including computers. May be required to sit for extended periods of time. Travel to various agency locations a must: usually less than five days per month, but at times could be more based on agency need. Travel costs are either reimbursed or an agency vehicle is utilized.
Position Summary: Develops and implements a plan for implementation of the PCHAS Model of Care, focusing on the Strengths Model and TBRI. Ensures that training equips staff to implement the agency mission of providing Christ-Centered Services as expressed in the PCHAS Way, being Family-Centered, Strength-Focused and Goal-Driven.
Essential Job Functions
- Support the Manager of Training and Agency Champions in designing and developing a framework for ‘Apply’ of PCHAS’ Model of Care, focusing on ways to support employees’ implementation of TBRI and the Strengths Model.
- Work with Program Directors and Supervisors to provide tools, resources, and job aids to meet the program specific needs for PCHAS Model of Care Implementation.
- Observe in-person and give skills-based developmental feedback for TBRI and the Strengths Model to employees.
- Identify and report to the Manager of Training effectiveness of implementation for specific programs and the agency as a whole, including strengths and needs for additional classroom training, supervisor’s tools, and employee resources.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the ‘Apply’ implementation initiative using the Kirkpatrick 4 Levels of Evaluation.
- Work with the PQI team to develop relevant measures for program and employee implementation of the Model of Care, including TBRI and the Strengths Model.
- Assist the PCHAS University Team the development and maintenance of the PCHAS U Learning Management System.
- Develop training in a variety of formats to meet the training needs of PCHAS employees using industry-recognized models and practices, such as ADDIE and SAM.
Requirements
Education and Experience: A bachelor’s degree is required and a master’s degree or current enrollment in a Master’s Program related to social work or child development preferred. Three to five years of experience in a foster care, child, or family services agency a plus.
Licenses and Certifications: TBRI Practitioner or willingness to become a TBRI Practitioner.
Knowledge and Skills:
- A working knowledge of the following topics:
- In-person observation and feedback
- Adult learning theory and practices
- Curriculum development
- Trust Based Relational Intervention
- Strength-Focused work with children and families – Strengths Model
2. Demonstrate a pattern of lifelong learning.
3. Ability to use effective goal setting.
4. Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to inspire and encourage staff from all departments of the agency.
5. Effectively train and present to a group of individuals or to one person at a time.
6. Effectively observe and give developmental feedback to coworkers.
Other Requirements:
Must hold a valid driver’s license, have and maintain a risk-free driving record. Must be willing to undergo initial and periodic child abuse/neglect, criminal history, sexual offender, and childcare/elder care disqualification list screenings. As requested, must submit fingerprints for review by the state of your employment and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Must undergo a pre-employment drug screen and a pre-employment physical with the results showing no evidence of communicable disease.
Christian Commitment:
Presbyterian Children’s Homes and Services is a faith-based Christian organization. We provide Christ-centered care and support to children and families in need. We strive to serve like Jesus. We meet our clients where they are and treat them with respect. We focus on our clients’ strengths rather than their problems. And we encourage our clients to focus on their future rather than their past. When we do this well, we help our clients find hope and know the love of God.
