Therapeutic Visit Specialist - Nassau Supervised Visitation

Join Our Team as a Part Time Therapeutic Visit Specialist

Are you passionate about supporting diverse populations, and making a real difference in their lives? EAC Network, a leading not-for-profit social service agency dedicated to helping over 79,000 people through 120 impactful programs across Long Island and NYC, is looking for a dedicated part time Therapeutic Visit Specialist to join the Nassau Supervised Visitation Program.

• Wage:  $25 per hour
• Schedule: Up to 18 hours per week - will weekends and weeknights as needed.
• Location: Hybrid - Predominately remote role with an office located at 175 Fulton Ave in Hempstead NY

Primary Purpose of Job:

The Part Time Therapeutic Visit Specialist is responsible for providing therapeutic supervised visitation for families referred by the court.  The Therapeutic Visit Specialist utilizes independent discretion and judgement to work with families on how parenting impacts parent-child bond, focus on parent attunement to child’s emotional experiences, and facilitate healing conversations to assist families in transitioning from supervised visitation to reunification and/or unsupervised visitation when appropriate. The Therapeutic Visit Specialist will assist families in making connections with local resources for basic needs and those of their children. 

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Conduct intake/interviews and screenings for children and parents for the therapeutic program.
• Provide community based therapeutic supervision of visits using policies and procedures established by Therapeutic Supervised Visitation Program in facilitating therapeutic visits.
• Conduct pre-visit and post-visit meetings, therapeutic supervision, intervening and educate during visits.
• Assist with providing parents psychoeducational parenting workshops, positive parenting skill building and securing outside resources if needed.
• Ensure that accurate and detailed case notes are written upon completion of each therapeutic visit. 
• Submit written reports as required by the court and program.
• Assist and coordinate with the Program Supervisor contact with the courts and DSS as needed.
• Assist Program Supervisor in completion of program statistics, reports, and scheduling when assigned.
• Utilize the educational training, skills and experience obtained from advanced degree to provide appropriate professional services, techniques and strategies for clients and families.
• Attend relevant trainings to be kept informed of current research and best practices in the field.  
• Perform all other relevant duties as determined by Program Supervisor and EAC NETWORK Administration.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work or Psychology, LMSW or LMHP required, with a minimum of 2 years supervised visitation experience and/or three years’ experience working with families or comparable experience required.
• Must have knowledge of mental health, behavioral, child and family issues, and the court systems.
• Therapeutic Supervised Visitation training preferred.
• Must have good communication skills, both oral and written; must have ability to work cooperatively with other agencies and professionals interfacing with program clients.
• Must have the ability to handle volatile emergency situations independently and possess excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must be proficient in computer applications or other automated systems such as spreadsheets, Microsoft Office applications, calendar, email and/or database software necessary to perform work assignments.