Visitation Coordinator

The Visitation Coordinator (VC) serves as a Loyola team member establishing the OVW Justice for Families ( JFF) funded supervised visitation and safe exchange center at Loyola University ( LSVC). The LSVC is focused on providing supervised visitation and safe exchange services between parents for children of victims of domestic violence in Cook County.

The part time VC will engage in the direct facilitation of safe child visitation and/or safe exchange services with families impacted by domestic violence according to LSVC policy and protocols. The VC will engage in domestic violence training and education related to the center's operations. The VC will be joined by and work with MSW Loyola students in the delivery of these services, ensuring continuity for families utilizing the center during student rotations. The VC will deliver non-judgmental client services with an emphasis on healthy relationships and healing from violence in a safe and supportive environment. The position requires an understanding of intimate partner violence, culture, victim's needs, and confidentiality, ensuring informed delivery of services to victims of domestic violence, their children, as well as those who have perpetrated violence. The VC will help ensure services are delivered using a human-centered, intersectional approach, understanding this work as part of a social justice response to families and community.

* Conducts assigned intake interviews with new participants and facilitates goal planning with staff or participants using a domestic violence trauma informed approach.

* Coordinates families' assigned visitation scheduling utilizing best practices and guiding principles of supervised visitation programming.

* Facilitates supervised visits and exchanges between parents at the LSVC site.

* Maintains professional relationships with parents and children while treating everyone with respect. Engages in ongoing assessment and evaluation of the family's goals. Provides verbal feedback to participants regarding their conduct and progress in visits.

* Debriefs with parents and children before/after supervised visitation/exchanges and conducts weekly check-in by phone with parents

* Provides supportive referrals for parents as appropriate

* Ensures successful execution of standards, policies and procedures of confidentiality and programming focused on empowerment and safety.

* Intervenes with participants when LSVC guidelines are not being followed or when there is a threat of harm or actual harm to the children, victim, staff, or other individuals: logs facts, intervention taken.

* Provides an atmosphere that promotes and reinforces non-violent, non-manipulative, non-coercive behavior and communication skills, and respect and empathy for self and others.

* Responds effectively toward solving problems or conflict by recognizing a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

* Participates in staff meetings, training, and technical assistance opportunities as well as other Justice for Families related meetings as assigned.

* Helps supervise the MSW student Visitation Facilitators' practice during the delivery of supervised visitation sessions to support a positive learning experience and insure observance of LSVC procedures.
*Other duties as assigned.

The LSVC site is located near the Lakeside Loyola Campus in Rogers Parks on Sheridan Road near public transportation

Work schedule includes advanced scheduled weekend hours and/or some limited weekday hours to accommodate on-site scheduled visitation and safe exchange sessions based agency staff capacity.

Bilingual Spanish-English

40-hour domestic violence trained or ability to complete training within 12 weeks of hire.

Ability to always communicate professionally and ethically and maintain productive working relationship with colleagues. Ability to maintain a non-judgmental attitude when working with others whose values and beliefs may contrast with the VC's values and beliefs. Consistently able to demonstrate listening skills and common sense while demonstrating a caring and understanding attitude towards participants, co-workers, Loyola students and other agencies.

Basic Microsoft Office Suite will suffice for most of the work. Specific tools/systems required by the position will be developed on the job and only require basic computer experience.

Founded in 1870, Loyola University Chicago is one of the nation's largest Jesuit, Catholic universities, recognized for its academic excellence, commitment to community engagement, and leadership in sustainability. A Carnegie R1 research institution, Loyola leverages its status as one of an elite group of universities with the highest level of research activity to advance knowledge that serves communities and creates global impact. With 15 schools, colleges, and institutes-including Business, Law, Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences-Loyola operates three primary campuses in the greater Chicago area and one in Rome, Italy, that provide students a transformative, globally connected learning experience. Consistently ranked among the nation's top universities by U.S. News & World Report, Loyola is a STARS Gold-rated institution that is ranked as one of the country's most sustainable campuses by The Princeton Review and has earned distinctions from AmeriCorps and the Carnegie Foundation for its longstanding record of service and community engagement. Guided by its Jesuit mission and commitment to caring for the whole person, Loyola educates ethical leaders who think critically, act with purpose, and strive to create a more just and sustainable world.

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