Job Description:
We are seeking a Post Permanency Services Coordinator to join our Easterseals VT team! The individual in this role will work with Vermont’s adoptive and guardianship families in partnership with the State Post Permanency Manager to provide a range of family centered practices that focus on normative adoption issues and early trauma.
Responsibilities include:
- Write and implement plans of care to be approved by the consulting agency clinician. Write contact notes, formal monthly reports and discharge summaries.
- Provide services to family in the home that encompass adjusted parenting education, developmental trauma education, normative adoption development, advocacy, school issues, kinship support, and consultation regarding birth parent contact.
- Assist the family in finding resources for preventative and supportive services and partner with parents by participating in treatment teams, school teams, coordinated services plan meetings, and other appropriate meetings.
- Attend PPSP quarterly trainings, a minimum of two additional trainings per year that relate to early trauma or adoption, all VT Consortium trainings and conferences, and all Fostering to Forever classes within their catchment area
- Visit client homes to meet with caregivers to implement the requirements of the individual’s plan of care and ensure compliance of the case plan.
- Make diligent efforts to establish and maintain support groups for families formed through adoption and guardianship in assigned catchment area.
- Provide transportation for clients when required.
- Testify concerning treatment services in court when subpoenaed.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field required
- Two (2) years of experience preferred
- Excellent writing skills necessary
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
Hours: This is a part-time, 20 hour/week position, with some scheduling flexibility.
Compensation: Starting $23 hourly. Additional compensation based upon relevant experience and education.
What’s in it for you? We offer a comprehensive benefits package for full-time, eligible employees, including:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability
- PTO begins accruing on your first day!
- 10 Paid Holidays – includes a floating holiday of your choice
- 403(b) employer match up to a maximum of 3%
- Tuition reimbursement after one year of employment
- Student loan repayment for qualifying degrees after one year of employment
- Wellness programs: nutritional counseling services, reimbursement programs for weight loss & tobacco cessation
We are proud to be a recovery-friendly workplace and a NH Veteran-Friendly Business.
To learn more about this role, please click on the blue “Apply Now” button below to submit your application.
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