Group Parenting Educator

Description

Department: Child Well Being & Family Wellness

Program: Community Services for Families (CSF)

Status: Part time, non-exempt 

Hourly rate: $24 per hour

Location: Classes conducted virtually via Zoom. 

Schedule: Monday – Friday: 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Teaching two classes per week for a total of approximately 2.5 – 7.5 hours per week. 

# of openings: 2

Who we are

SBCS (formerly South Bay Community Services) transforms communities to support the well-being and prosperity of children, youth, and families. For more than 50 years, we’ve worked throughout San Diego to provide safe shelter, transitional housing, intervention prevention programs, mental health support, and many other services that meet the ever-changing needs of our communities.

Our organization is dedicated to offering high-quality services and ensuring all services align with the community's needs. To best serve our communities, SBCS partners with various grassroots organizations throughout California to develop innovative strategies that enhance services, empower clients, and ensure that culturally appropriate and trauma-informed care is offered. SBCS provides a wide range of services tailored to meet each client's unique needs. At SBCS, our client-centered approach highlights the importance of respect, empathy, and compassion when interacting with all community members. 

About YOU

You are an advocate and champion of nurturing communities where families can pursue their dreams and fulfill their potential. 

You are dedicated to and energized by engaging directly with individuals and communities. 

You care deeply about the well-being and prosperity of ALL children and youth throughout San Diego.

You want to become a part of an energetic and effective team, and contribute your expertise, creativity, and insights to a unique role encompassing program management, development, and direct counseling services for at-risk children, adolescents, and families. 

About our organization

SBCS is home to a committed team of 470 dedicated employees and volunteers who diligently serve all of San Diego County. Having offered services for 52 years, SBCS is committed to providing hope and support for numerous young children, individuals, and families facing adversity. With an annual budget of $68 million, SBCS continues to be a beacon of assistance in the community. 

Competitive and Sustainable Employee Pay Package:

SBCS offers competitive pay and additional benefits for full-time employees, including generous vacation time, holidays, health, vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, an employee assistance program, discount programs, public service forgiveness loan, and an excellent retirement plan with matching contributions. 

Program

SBCS’s Community Services for Families program enhances parents’ abilities to create stable and nurturing environments; ensuring children at risk of removal remain safely in their homes and coordinate timely reunification of families. Services include Family Support Partners, Parent Partners, Family Support Clinicians and Group Parenting Classes for parents with children up to age 17.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

The CSF Group Parenting Educator (GPE) under the supervision of the Program Director and Department Director is responsible for providing services to SBCS’ culturally diverse families and/or individuals and the community. The Group Parenting Educator will facilitate free virtual sessions to help parents understand their child’s development, cultivate parenting techniques and skills and receive support from other parents. Classes are available in English and Spanish for families with children up to age 17. Services will be in keeping with the agency goals, objectives, mission and style provided within a team framework. Associates are responsible for working with the team in developing team goals and objectives and in meeting those goals and objectives. 

DUTIES:

• Works with parents to teach, model and provides virtual group parenting education classes to support parents acquisition of parenting skills to maintain children in their homes or to return them to the home setting. 
• Adheres to Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) Curriculum
• Prepares virtual sessions to present to parents
• Creates a supportive and positive classroom environment. 
• Maintains records of student attendance.
• Models effective parenting techniques and teaches parents about appropriate discipline and nurture for their child’s development needs.
• Completes all required paperwork in a timely and routine fashion.
• Communicates with Child Welfare Services (CWS) Social Workers and other involved parties as requested.
• Works collaboratively and communicates appropriately with other staff members.
• Provides safety planning and crisis intervention as needed.
• Helps build the family’s natural support system by referring and linking the family to resources.
• Maintains and completes client case files and documentation in required agency database (s) in accordance to Agency standards.
• Adheres to agency client confidentiality, HIPAA, and mandated reporting policies.
• Attends all agency required trainings, staff meetings, and activities.
• As other duties assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Minimum 2 year’s of experience in child development, behavior management, youth and family services, preferably in a community-based or neighborhood service organization. 
• Ability to work with a diverse cultural population, possess cultural sensitivity, and maintain appropriate boundaries with clients.
• Experience working with families who have been involved or have been at risk of being involved with Child Welfare Services preferred.
• Experience facilitating or leading groups and knowledge of teaching methods. 
• Work hours will consist of afternoon and evening hours. 
• Ability to work remotely and independently, completing and submitting work on time. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Experience and familiarity with MS Office Suite programs.
• Must be proficient in and be able to facilitate client meetings using Zoom video conferencing technology.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

Conditions of Employment

• Employment may be conditioned upon satisfactory completion of certain background clearances which may include a Department of Justice criminal background check requiring my fingerprints (Live Scan), screening through the National Sex Offender Public Website, drug test, tuberculosis (TB) test, and such additional clearances as may be required under the program. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Mentally and emotionally: Ability to work under deadlines, various projects and dealing with clients in crisis and difficult situations.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position during shift. 
• Moves throughout the building. 
• Moves, raises, or lowers (includes upward pulling) an object or equipment up to 50 lbs. 
• Transports an object, from 20 to 50 lbs. across the facility, for various needs.
• Ability to exert force upon an object so that the object moves away from the force. 
• Ability to exert force upon an object so that the object moves toward the force (includes jerking) 
• Ascending or descending stairs and ladders when applicable. Body agility is emphasized. 
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when ascending, descending, traversing.  
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist, requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles. 
• Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with objects or office machinery. 
• Communicating: Expressing or exchanging ideas. Communicating is important for those activities in which workers must impart information to clients or to the public, and in those activities in which they must convey detailed or important instructions to other workers accurately, or quickly. 

The statements contained herein describe the scope of the responsibility and essential functions of this position but should not be considered to be an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time unless restricted by a negotiated contract.

Accessibility Accommodation

SBCS is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. 

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, parental status, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Equal Opportunity Employer/Program – Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

At-Will Employment Status

Please note that all employment with SBCS is at-will, which means your employment may be terminated at any time by you or SBCS, without cause or advance notice. The terms and conditions of any employment may also be modified.

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