About the Role
This role supports incarcerated individuals and their families using the Family Peer Advocacy model, evidence-based parenting programs, and OASAS prevention guidelines. It focuses on building strong parent-professional partnerships and community engagement.
Responsibilities
- Provide support to incarcerated individuals and their families using the Family Peer Advocacy model.
- Implement evidence-based parenting programs, including Parenting Inside Out, Active Parenting, Active Parenting of Teens, and Strengthening Families.
- Become accredited in specific evidence-based family programming.
- Adhere to OASAS prevention guidelines.
- Foster effective parent-professional partnerships and promote family-driven and youth-guided approaches.
- Develop and provide community presentations.
- Attend mandatory prevention and family programming trainings, workshops, and conferences.
- Compile program data for reporting requirements.
- Assist in strategic planning and development.
- Build collaborative partnerships with local, regional, and state agencies.
- Travel within Oneida County.
- Become familiar with community agencies and supportive services.
- Perform other duties as requested.
Requirements
- Help families and individuals identify goals and track progress through the Family Peer Advocacy model.
- Participate as the FPA in specific evidence-based treatment models.
- Initiate and support parent support and skills groups.
- Help families learn about special education services, procedures, and rights.
- Facilitate effective family-provider partnerships.
- Provide support to incarcerated individuals and their families through the implementation of evidence-based parenting programs.
- Become accredited in specific evidence-based family programming.
- Must adhere to OASAS prevention guidelines with programming.
- Foster effective parent-professional partnership and promote the practice of family-driven and youth-guided approaches.
- Develop and provide community presentations as requested.
- Will attend mandatory prevention and family programming trainings, workshops, and conferences.
- Compile program data for local and state reporting requirements for monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
- Assist in strategic planning and development and following work plan.
- Assist with completion of programming related to the work plan.
- Build collaborative partnerships with local, regional and state agencies.
- Travel required within Oneida County.
- Become familiar and well versed in community agencies and supportive services.
- Perform other duties as requested.
Skills
- Family Peer Advocacy model
- Evidence-based parenting programs
- OASAS prevention guidelines
- Community presentations
- Data compilation for reporting
- Strategic planning
- Collaborative partnerships
- Community agency knowledge
Location
- Oneida County
Work Type
- Travel required
