JobsUSAFamily Specialist, After School Program
Company : RWJBarnabas Health
Location : Elizabeth, NJ, 07215
Posted Date : 15 September 2025
Job Details
Family Specialist, After School Program
Req #:
Category: Behavioral and Mental Health
Status: Per Diem
Shift: Day
Facility: Trinitas Regional Medical Center
Department: After School Program
Pay Range: $25.50 per hour
Location:
655 E. Jersey Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07206
Job Title: Family Specialist
Location: New Point Campus
Department Name: After School Program
Req #:
Status: Hourly
Shift: Day
Pay Range: $25.50 - $25.50 per hour
Pay Transparency:
The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.
The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.
Job Overview:
The Family Specialist is responsible for running the psychoeducational groups in the program and supporting the therapeutic milieu. The Family Specialist coordinates the program's behavioral structure and provides crisis and supportive counseling as needed. The Family Specialist assists with assuring the children have the quality of care and interventions needed to maintain the program.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelor's Degree in a mental health field
Preferred:
- One year related experience
Scheduling Requirements:
- Shift working, any day Monday through Friday between the hours of 8am and 8pm
- A full day shift could either be 8am to 4pm, or 12pm to 8pm
- Per Diem (PD)
Essential Functions:
- Develops and leads designated therapeutic groups in order to support program objectives and responds to the needs of program participants
- Responds to crisis situations, according to established policy and procedure in an effort to maintain the patients in the program and the community
- This includes the use of therapeutic interventions for crisis deescalation
- Independently monitors and evaluates the patients' progress within the structured behavior modification aspect of program
- Collaborates on a regular basis with program assistants in order to affect a coordinated problem-free transportation schedule
- Evaluate the effectiveness of available resources for program enhancement to include, but not limited to videos, educational curriculum, printed material, books, therapeutic games, etc.
- Maintains open channels of communication with team members, patients and families
- Participates in treatment team planning meetings, program/staff meetings, group and community meetings, as required, and acts as a resource to the team, when indicated
- Regularly collaborates with the social workers, and provides individual and family assessment, when appropriate
- As necessary, independently makes visits to the home environment to engage the youth/caretaker into the program setting and to sustain engagement
- Provides psycho-educational sessions in the home environment when indicated, which are geared toward achieving specified outcomes
Benefits and Perks:
At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees' physical, emotional, social, and financial health.
Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!
RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.
RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey-whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.
RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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