Parent Aid

POSITION: Parent Aid

DEPARTMENT: Foster Care (Columbia, MO)

PAY RANGE: $15.00 - $17.60 Hourly

(Starting salary depends on education and experience)

RESPONSIBILITIES: The Parent Aid provides support services to parents and families to help strengthen relationships and reunify parents and children. This position helps to develop trusting, nurturing, and supportive relationships with families through short and long term intervention using various social work and educational methods, including individual, and/or group family support, and supervised visitation. This is a part-time position that may require evenings and weekends.

QUALIFICATIONS: This position requires a High School Diploma or Equivalency (GED), and a minimum of two years' experience working with children and families and demonstrate knowledge of child development practice. Must be at least 21 years of age and pass background check, physical and drug screening. This position also requires a valid driver's license and proof of current vehicle insurance.

BENEFITS: Cornerstones of Care offers a competitive benefits package, which includes 9 Paid Holidays, Paid Time Away (unlimited Time Away for Salaried positions) or Paid Time Off (accrued PTO for all benefit eligible team members) for hourly positions. All team members who work 30 hours or more are eligible for medical(prescription)/dental/vision; prescriptions; accident and critical illness insurance; pet insurance; short-term disability; long-term disability(employer paid); term life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D); health savings account (HSA); flexible spending account (FSA); retirement (401K with employer match); employee assistance program (EAP); YMCA membership deductions; Tuition Reimbursement Program and Public Service Loan Forgiveness. To view a detailed Summary of Benefits please visit the Job openings page of our website at and in the left-hand margin use the benefits dropdown to download the current guide.

CORNERSTONES OF CARE'S ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTS:

• Nonviolence - helping to build safety skills and a commitment to a higher purpose.
• Emotional Intelligence - helping to teach emotional management skills.
• Social Learning - helping to build cognitive skills.
• Open Communication - helping to overcome barriers to healthy communication, learn conflict management.
• Democracy - helping to create civic skills of self-control, self-discipline, and administration of healthy authority.
• Social Responsibility - helping to rebuild social connection skills, establish healthy attachment relationships.
• Growth and Change - helping to work through loss and prepare for the future.

Questions?

Please contact: Cornerstones of Care, Human Resources Department

8150 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO 64114

Phone: (913) 225-0621 Fax: (816) 508-1757

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Cornerstones of Care is an

Equal Opportunity Employer