Parent Coach/Social Worker

Anu’s Parent Coaches guide caregivers toward increasing their confidence in their parenting skills while also increasing the loving connection between them and their children. Most of Anu’s Parent Coaching clients receive county support through Comprehensive Community Services or the child welfare system. Parent Coaches provide psychoeducation to caregivers about how to meet their child’s emotional, behavioral, and developmental needs. Anu is searching for individuals passionate about helping families thrive to join the Parent Coaching team to serve Eau Claire, Chippewa, Barron, and nearby counties.

This position is part-time or full-time, with the opportunity to increase hours based on the candidate’s availability, professional goals, and the number of referrals received for the service. Anu offers a work environment with competitive benefits, a flexible schedule with some evening hours, a home-office base, and opportunities for professional development. With this position, there is also an opportunity to earn 3,000 supervised hours to become a Licensed Professional Counselor or Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Professionals hired for this position receive paid training via an online Parenting Coach Certification course. Parent Coaches employ Present Moment Parenting, helping parents focus on the whole child in the present rather than on modifying the behavior. Parent Coaching is a strengths-based intervention that provides biological, foster, adoptive, and kinship parents with hands-on, here-and-now tools for bringing about rapid, dramatic improvements in the relationship with their child, encouraging healthy changes in the child’s behavior.

To learn more about Parent Coaching, please visit us at www.anufs.org. We must receive a resume and a completed application for further consideration.

Job Requirements:

Candidates will have a Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in counseling, social work, human services, or a related field, plus significant experience in child welfare or another child-related field. Preferred candidates have experience working with caregivers whose children have experienced trauma. A valid driver’s license, insurance, and reliable transportation are required for this position and the candidate must be willing and available to provide in-person, in-home services to clients in the identified counties.

Anu Family Services strives for a diverse and inclusive working environment. Applicants from underrepresented populations, including women and racial and ethnic minorities, are encouraged to apply. EEO.'

Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Work Location: From home and on the road