Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen (CCDOM), with more than 450 employees is a non-profit, social services agency with its mission, driven by Catholic social teaching, of providing quality services with dignity and respect to the poor, vulnerable and all people in need and partnering with families and communities to improve the quality of life. We serve more than 68,000 clients per year throughout Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren counties in NJ.
Abbott Family Worker- Full-time
New Brunswick, NJ
Salary: $41,000 per year
Responsibilities
- Under the direction of the Center Director, the Family Worker is responsible for providing case management services to families served by childcare programs
- The job includes: establishing healthy positive relationships with parents and children, conducting 3 personal visits per year, maintaining contact with parents to ensure student’s attendance is regular, maintaining student files and ensuring all information is current and up to date
- Expediting referrals for children with a detected developmental delay or special need, completing follow up to ensure that referral services were obtained, ensure developmental screenings of all children occur annually
- The Family Worker collaborates with childcare staff, district personnel, and community based social service agencies to develop parent group meetings, trainings, programs, activities, as well as provide information dissemination to promote healthy child development
- This job requires the capacity to network successfully with community based & state agencies, flexibility, and excellent administrative and documentation abilities
- Ensures confidentiality of all children and families is respected and up-held, serve as the parent advocate where appropriate, and links families with emergency assistance and crisis intervention as needed
- Completes reports and other paperwork in a timely fashion
Requirements
- High School Diploma
- Minimum of two years experience working with preschool children in an Abbott district
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) required
- Family Worker credentials, a plus
Comprehensive Benefits Package
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Prescription plan
- Life insurance
- Retirement fund
- Generous vacation and sick time package
To learn more about Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen, please visit our web site: www.ccdom.org. Resumes can be mailed to Catholic Charities, DOM, 319 Maple Street, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $41,000.00 per year
Schedule:
Work Location: In person
