Family Visitation Specialist: Sheldon, Iowa

In a career as a Family Visitation Specialist, you join a team that is changing the lives of youth and families every day. Drug and alcohol addiction, domestic abuse, adolescent defiance, and behavioral challenges are some of the issues that our team works to overcome as they strive to keep struggling families together. Your work here will not only be life-changing but lifesaving. The Family Visitation Specialist transports youth and supervises visits between youth and biological parents.

Hiring Bonus $2,000

$16.60/ hour

Use of Boys Town vehicle

Flexible hours - must be able to work evenings and weekends depending on needs of families

Responsibilities:

• Ensures the safety of the youth during transportation and during visitation with biological family.

• Transports youth in and around service area from a designated location to the place of the visit and back again understanding that being on time for every scheduled visit or transportation is crucial.

• Supervises the youth and their family members during scheduled visit times to ensure the safety of the children involved and that conversations are positive and appropriate.

• Observes and assesses behaviors of all parties and guides or redirects as needed to assist in the process of constructing a successful visit.

• Maintains and organizes documentation of each supervised visit and transportation.

• Communicates as needed with the appropriate staff on various issues that arise with each case.

• Develops working relationships with youth and family. Assisting parents constructively interact with their children.

• Identify the proper time to step in and intervene when redirection is required as a result of any violations.

• Responds on short notice situations occasionally to substitute for a supervised visit, to fulfill urgent requests for new visits, or to transport children from one place to the other.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• Must be a minimum of 21 years of age.

• Minimum of 1 year of full-time experience in human services.

• Must possess a valid driver's license with a good driving record, plus the ability to provide own transportation (mileage reimbursed) to complete travel requirements of the job. Must meet auto insurance requirements established by Boys Town policy and/or State and Local laws and pass an annual Motor Vehicle Registration (MVR) check.

• This position is on-call (continuously or rotationally) to provide support.