Family Residence Prevention Service Coordinator: Sign On Bonus!

Seeking energetic, caring, compassionate individual to provide a nurturing, supportive, safe home for children in foster care. Live in position with housing and all related expenses provided to suitable candidate and immediate family members. Candidate to provide parenting and oversight to youth in foster care in Delaware County. Bachelor's degree and/or four years' experience working with children and adolescents. Couples encouraged to apply. This position requires experience working with children and adolescents.

Salary range $55,343-$68,968 annually. Sign on bonus of $1500.00 after two successful months of employment. The application review process will be ongoing until the position has been filled. Applications accepted at Delaware Opportunities Inc., 35430 State Highway 10, Hamden, NY 13782 or THunt@delop.org

Employment Opportunity MF/F/Disability/ Protected Veteran Status.

Delaware Opportunities Inc. was established in 1965 under provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as a Community Action Agency. Delaware Opportunities is a not-for-profit, private corporation. Although the agency contracts with Delaware County and other local municipalities, the agency is not a part of local government. It is governed by a Board of Directors, and has wide powers, designed to improve living conditions in Delaware County. The mission of the agency is to help people achieve self sufficiency and attain a better quality of life.

As a community action agency, the Board of Directors was established, and remains today, as a tri-partite board. One third of the board must be elected officials, one third must represent the community, and one third is democratically elected by low income persons over the age of 18 and residents of Delaware County. The board was charged with the responsibility of identifying problems and opportunities faced by residents of Delaware County and to plan and implement programs which address problems and give lower income families and individuals access to the opportunities. Accordingly, the board obtained preliminary grant funding of $3,000 and hired a part-time Executive Director.