Associate Director - Drug Court IOP - Looking for a dynamic and innovative leader with both mental health and substance abuse experience to lead in the development of a co-occurring continuum of care utilizing our existing Outpatient and Substance Abuse services. This candidate will also start-up a new Drug Court IOP program that will be using an evidence-based SAMHSA model for treatment. REQUIRED: LCSW, LPC, LMFT, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, APN. Supervisory experience; Substance Abuse Treatment experience.  DESIRED/PREFERRED: Experience with evidence based model; LCADC; Experience with SPMI population. Rate of Pay: BOE HOURS: Monday-Friday  10 or 11am - 6 or 7pm (need to be flexible). Please send resume and cover letter to: sberard@familyconnectionsnj.org  

Co-Occurring Clinician - Drug Court IOP - Looking for a creative and innovative co-occurring clinician with Mental Health and Substance Abuse treatment experience to join a team in creating a new Drug Court IOP with Co-Occurring services. REQUIRED: LCSW, LPC, LMHC, Substance Abuse and Mental health experience. Experience with evidence based model. DESIRED/PREFERRED: LCADC; Rate of Pay: BOE HOURS: (Monday-Friday)  two days 10am - 6pm; two days 12pm - 8pm; and Fridays 9am - 5pm.  Please send resume and cover letter to: sberard@familyconnectionsnj.org

Care Manager - UCM - Facilitate Child and Family Team meeting. Provide monthly face to face visits; provide weekly telephone contacts with family and collaborative agencies; provide on-call coverage as scheduled; provide crisis intervention and management with linkage to other professional services. Actively participate in committees or project teams as assigned; ensure compliance with HIPPA and other confidential regulations. Transport children and/or families to appointments as needed. Actively participate in all required individual and group/team supervision and/or case conference. Actively participate in all trainings. Facilitate the development of ISP (Individual Service plans) for children and their families; coordinate and facilitate comprehensive assessments of strength and needs of children and families in their community. Coordinate service information with community resource manager and/or Community Care Manager across multi-systems on an ongoing basis. Assess the quality of all services being offered to clients, maintain accurate, timely and comprehensive records for each child and family. Prepare required reports as prescribed by Quality Management Systems. Develop transition plans for the child and their families into other services and other duties as assigned by the supervisor or higher level management personnel. REQUIRED: Bachelor degree; must possess writing skills and be computer literate. DESIRED/PREFERRED: Experience with community relations and resource development. MSW or Master's in Social Service field; Must possession a valid driving license; must pass criminal background check. Rate of Pay: $36k - 40k HOURS: Monday-Friday  9am-5pm flexibility required to accommodate some families.

Babysitter - Incredible Parent = Incredible Kids - Strengthening Families of  Essex - Looking for a dynamic part-time Babysitter to plan activities to occupy children for duration of group session, manage behavior of children during parent group session, build a rapport with and engage parent as necessary, help serve and set up for meals as well as assist with clean up for groups; ensure babysitting room is clean and orderly at the end of each day and assess for safety concerns and notify parent and Coordinator/Manager with any concerns. REQUIRED: HS Diploma or High School student with babysitter training certification.  DESIRED/PREFERRED: BSW, or degree in a related field. Rate of Pay: $10/per hour HOURS: Monday-Thursday, 1.5 to 4.5 hours per week.

Coordinator - Coalition - Report to Coalition Manager. Maintain and recruit a diverse coalition membership with representation from all identified sector including, health department, clergy, schools, law enforcement, local business, parents, youth as well as other community members. Complete needs assessment, data collections, tools, evaluation measures and surveys. Coordinate and facilitate Coalition meetings as well as oversee work group efforts. Assist Director to evaluate Coalition's effectiveness and Coalition strategic plan as well as complete funder and evaluating reports. Partner with Coalition Manager to ensure expenditures of budge. Remain aware of new and developing drugs, alcohol and tobacco affecting target areas. Find dynamic and innovative ways to implement environmental changes that will reduce the use of tobacco alcohol and drug use of underage youth. Educate business owners and community members on the importance of reducing underage tobacco and drug use and collaborate to implement environmental changes that will reduce the behaviors. Some nights and weekends required. REQUIRED: Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS), Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), or Masters Level Preventionist with minimum of three years experience in substance abuse prevention, coalition work, and evidenced based programming. Experience collaborating with community leaders, business owners and community members. Excellent interpersonal skills, strong Cultural competence skills, proven ability to advocate on behalf of prevention programming. Experience coordinating and facilitating a Coalition. Experience implementing environmental changes with in suburban and urban areas. Knowledge of affects of underage use of alcohol, tobacco and drug use on communities and individuals.  DESIRED/PREFERRED: Bi-lingual preferred(Spanish/English or French-Creole/English). Rate of Pay: BOE High $50's to Low $60's. HOURS: Monday-Friday, Hours varied with flexibility for evenings and weekends. (35 hours).

Community Organizer (P/T) - Coalition - Report to Coalition Coordinator. Assist in maintaining and recruiting a diverse coalition membership with representation from all identified sectors including, health department, clergy, schools, law enforcement, local business, parents, youth as well as other community members. Assist in completing needs assessment, data collections, tools, evaluation measures and surveys. Assist Coordinator in facilitating Coalition meetings as well as oversee work group efforts. Assist Coordinator in evaluating Coalition's effectiveness and Coalition strategic plan. Remain aware of new and developing drugs, alcohol and tobacco affecting target areas. Assist in finding dynamic and innovative ways to implement environmental changes that will reduce the use of tobacco, alcohol and drug use of underage youth. Assist in educating business owners and community members on the importance of reducing underage tobacco and drug use and collaborate to implement environmental changes that will reduce these behaviors. Assist Coordinator in completing administrative requirements of the Coalition and Agency. Assist Coordinator in performing tasks needed to implement program. Some nights and weekends required. REQUIRED: BA in field related to community organizing/social service. Experience collaborating with community leaders, business owners and community members. Experience working in community development. Experience coordinating and facilitating a Coalition. Experience implementing environmental changes with in suburban and urban areas. DESIRED/PREFERRED: Bi-lingual preferred(Spanish/English or French-Creole/English). Rate of Pay: BOE $20-22 per hours HOURS: (20-23) varied, with flexibility for evenings and weekends.

Youth Development Specialist Aide - PT - The Loft at Columbia High School - School Based - Interact with students during appropriate times to facilitate social skill development. Experience working in a school setting, preferably in a high school and with a diverse school population. Assist in developing and planning events, recreational activities and cultural trips. Supervise and interact with students in recreation program. Opportunity to assist with co-facilitating life skills groups. Ability to be flexible and work on multi-disciplinary team. Demonstrate cultural competence through and awareness of and sensitivity towards Agency's clients' and coworkers' cultural and socioeconomic characteristics i.e. is flexible in presentation of profession self, has the ability to "connect" with diverse populations, and has the skills to integrate culture* throughout the clinical process with respect to race, color, creed, religion, gender, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, age, appearance, mental and/or physical capability, etc. Perform other duties as deemed necessary by the Manager or SBYSP  REQUIRED: Bachelors Degree; Proven ability and experience working with adolescents in an urban setting, ideally a high school. Ability to work as a member of a team, ability to advocate for students with school personnel. Knowledge of adolescent development, community resources, and group process. Rate of Pay: $12.00/hour.  HOURS: Monday, Wednesday and Friday  11am-5:30pm; Tuesday and Thursday 2-5:30pm.

Group Leader - Community School - School Based - Must be professional, organized, flexible, engaging, creative, supportive, and motivated in assisting the teacher and students in the learning environment. Must be able to chaperone students from classroom to activities within the school in an orderly manner; must be able to assist the teacher in all assigned activities;  must be able to implement planned activities and experiences in accordance with program model and schedule; must be an exemplary role model to the students; must be able to supervise students appropriately and safely; must have strong organizational skills; must have strong oral and written communication skills; must be flexible and creative. REQUIRED: High school diploma; experience working with children in a school environment; must have knowledge of the developmental growth of children. Rate of Pay: $12.00/hour.  HOURS: Monday - Friday 3pm - 6pm. To be consider for this position please email: zsally@familyconnectionsnj.org.