About the role
FSRI is always looking for candidates that want to make a positive impact on the community!
Position Summary: To plan, coordinate, and implement engaging, age-appropriate activities and programming for children, adolescents, and families living at Lucy’s Hearth. Build positive, trusting relationships with children and families while creating a safe, welcoming, and supportive environment throughout their shelter experience. Provide a variety of recreational, educational, creative, social-emotional, and community-based activities that encourage healthy development, connection, learning, and positive family experiences. Collaborate with staff, volunteers, and community partners to identify and provide opportunities that meet the interests and needs of children and families.
Qualifications:
* Bachelor’s degree in social work, Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Human Services, Recreation, or related field preferred; relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. * Experience working with children and families and planning age-appropriate activities preferred. * Strong communication, organization, teamwork, and relationship-building skills. * Knowledge of and sensitivity to diverse cultural, racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. * Ability to maintain professional boundaries and follow agency policies and safety requirements. * Flexible schedule required, including occasional evenings, weekends, holidays, and adjusted hours for planned activities, events, outings, or guests. * Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, current insurance, registration, inspection, and acceptable driving record required. * Ability to safely supervise children of varying ages and developmental levels. * Successful completion of required background checks and agency screening. * Bilingual/ASL skills are compensated by an additional 6% above base pay. * Multilingual skills are compensated by an additional 8%, above base pay.
Physical Requirements:
This position requires the ability to:
* Travel to community locations and other FSRI sites as needed, including navigating walkways, stairs, and elevators. * Lift and carry up to 20 pounds. * Safely participate in and supervise children during a variety of indoor and outdoor activities.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Here at FSRI, we’re dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about one of our career opportunities, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be the perfect fit for this or another opportunity!
Only together can we continue to grow and make a difference in our communities. Join our FAMILY today!
Family Service of RI (FSRI) is a statewide organization with a 130 year track record of improving the health and well-being of children and families. We are passionate about our mission to advance opportunity and hope. FSRI’s diverse and inclusive teams – working across the Health, Healing, Home and Hope divisions, are experts in their fields, delivering strategies to positively impact lives. We provide services statewide, and currently operate in three locations in Providence; and four locations in East Providence, Smithfield and North Smithfield.
Family Service of Rhode Island provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
FSRI determines pay based on a candidate's relevant and transferable experience, certifications, licenses, degree and language ability.