Careers

Each position at Communities for People (CFP) offers the opportunity to change someone’s life…perhaps your own! CFP welcomes individuals from all religious, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. At CFP you will work in an enjoyable working environment with a team of dedicated staff. CFP is an equal opportunity employer and offers generous benefits, including:

  1. Cost shared health and dental care
  2. Excellent paid time off benefits, Full Time 3+ weeks and Part Time 1+ weeks in first year, with subsequent increases up to your fifth year
  3. 12 paid holidays
  4. Retirement plans
  5. Training and professional development workshops
  6. Life and disability insurance
  7. Tuition reimbursement for eligible employee

We are committed to creating an environment in which all of our team members feel valued, included, and empowered to fully participate, bring their full selves to their work, and confidently bring great ideas to the table in service of our mission. Communities for People is proud to support our JEDI (justice, equity, diversity and inclusion) council, a group of staff members who work to ensure the agency policies, practices and service delivery is continually evolving to ensure a supportive, positive, and inclusive environment for all.

My favorite thing about working in foster care utilizing the strengths in the community, learning more about the members in our community, and being a part of a team that helps children to experience safe, supportive, and nurturing environments.

– Jordan, RI staff member

 

Current Openings

Career opportunities are available in Massachusetts and Rhode Island! Apply Now

Looking for an internship? Contact Emily Buckbee Carey at ecarey@c4p.org or 401-241-3121.

Click here to learn more about becoming a foster parent with CFP, or here to learn more about our volunteer opportunities.

 

MASSACHUSETTS

Program Director - DYS Residential Program

Desire to make a difference in a youth or family’s life!

JOB SUMMARY: Oversee the overall operations of a LIFE (Learning Independence Fostering Empowerment) Site and DYS Contract, including but not limited to upholding the agency’s philosophy of care, supervision of staff, ensuring needs of youth in program are met and following licensing guidelines for residential programs. Part of the MA Program Operations Team to help inform universal practices around hiring, training, compliance, and residential best practices. EOE.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Provide a safe and nurturing home-like environment reflective of inclusive and trauma-informed care.
  • Manage the direct care staffing schedule to ensure appropriate staffing coverage at all times.
  • Provides daytime leadership presence and may assume direct shift coverage when needed to ensure required staffing ratios and continuity of care are maintained.
  • Provide senior-level leadership for the full spectrum of DYS services.
  • Liaison with HR on hiring and orientation practices of new LIFE staff
  • Responsible for universal practices around ensuring full compliance with DYS requirements.
  • Directly supervise on-site direct staff; models and reinforces a strengths-based, trauma-informed team culture, ensuring staff feel supported, engaged, and aligned around program goals and DYS expectations.
  • Support ongoing staff professional development by ensuring that staff receive all required training, complete probation and annual performance evaluations, address disciplinary issues consistently in accordance with agency policy and provide consistent coaching and support to on-site direct care staff.
  • Ensure the safety and well-being of program residents.
  • Work collaboratively with program clinical staff to manage referrals to program, the admissions process and coordinate all resident intake and discharge planning.
  • Work collaboratively with program clinical staff to ensure that residents’ educational, vocational, physical health and behavioral health needs are met.
  • Manage weekly house budget to ensure that all residents’ nutritional, daily care and transportation needs are met, that adequate household supplies are available at the site and to meet any routine household maintenance needs.
  • Ensure that resident medication is stored properly and administered according to CFP/DYS policy and procedure
  • Ensure that all relevant CFP/DYS policies regarding program administration are consistently followed by all program staff.
  • Attend all required CFP and DYS residential management meetings.
  • Work collaboratively with the LIFE Program Management team to ensure that all ongoing compliance and contractual responsibilities are met according to required timeframes.
  • Participate in agency-wide activities to implement the ARC model of trauma-informed care, maintain CARF accreditation and improve the services and supports provided to agency workforce and the children and families served by the agency.
  • Participate in the CFP MA residential on-call rotation.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Good writing and documentation skills as well as organizational ability. Ability to manage budgets. Must be able to provide culturally responsive leadership and able to work with a diverse group of residents and staff. Must have a current driver’s license and own vehicle.

Must complete BASIC, CCMA and other DYS required trainings within 3 months of hire date.

EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s degree in human services or related field preferred and at least 3-5 years prior experience working with children involved in the juvenile justice system. Minimum of 2 to 3 of those years in a supervisory/management role.

SALARY: $75,000-$80,000

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Residential Direct Care Counselor

Job Description

Communities for People (CFP) is a non-profit agency serving youth and families through community-based programs and services. You will be instrumental in helping youth and families to achieve permanency, independence and integration into the community. You will gain professional experience and exposure to the child welfare system. EOE

Residential Direct Care Counselor Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Dependability and reliability
  • Ensure that the clients are receiving proper care
  • Providing a safe physical/emotional environment
  • Providing supervision
  • Assist in developing and carrying out goals
  • Excellent at conflict management
  • Provide transportation as necessary
  • Adhere to site policies, routines, and procedures
  • Maintain certifications and trainings
  • Attend weekly meetings, in-service trainings and orientation programs

Residential Direct Care Counselor Qualifications:

  • High School graduate or equivalency
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Own reliable transportation
  • Bilingual (Spanish) a HUGE plus
  • Depending on the program, must complete MAP (Medication Administration Program) certification within 3 months of hire date
  • One year minimum experience working directly with adolescents and/or children OR BA/BS in social services or related field with no direct work experience

Residential Direct Care Counselor Benefits:

  • 12 Paid holidays
  • Time off benefits
  • Weekly pay checks
  • Trainings and professional development
  • Medical and dental benefits
  • Tuition reimbursement

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $23.75 – $24.25 per hour

  • WEEKEND DIFFERENTIAL PAY OF $2.00 at our Emergency Residence, Community Treatment Residence and LIFE Programs.
  • EMERGENCY RESIDENCE differential pay of $1.50!

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RHODE ISLAND (PROVIDENCE, RI)

Behavioral Specialist - Foster Care

Communities for People (CFP) is a non-profit agency serving youth and families through community-based programs and services. You will be instrumental in helping youth and families to achieve permanency, independence and integration into the community. You will gain professional experience and exposure to the child welfare system. EOE

Benefits:

  • 12 Paid Holidays
  • Paid training and professional development
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Generous time off benefits
  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Mileage reimbursement

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • To cover all assigned shifts in foster home (nontraditional hours).
  • To provide a safe physical/emotional environment.
  • To provide supervision of activities when needed.
  • To help develop and carry-out treatment goals for individual clients as outlined in treatment plans and/or ISP goals and objectives
  • Develop specific behavioral plan with client, foster parent and social worker to address behaviors within the home and community settings
  • To recognize and confront inappropriate behavior and redirect clients according to treatment goals and house standards.
  • Assist in transitioning youth and families from homes.
  • Maintain cultural competency in working with a variety of families
  • To encourage input and participation in house routines and to encourage integration within the community.
  • Ability to set limits and to form appropriate relationships with clients.
  • Provide transportation for clients as needed.
  • Crisis management
  • To attend weekly meetings, in-service trainings, and orientation programs.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Valid driver’s license and transportation
  • Own reliable transportation
  • Bilingual (Spanish) a HUGE plus

Hourly Pay Rate: $23.00-$24.00

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Direct Support Professional for Independent Living Young Adults

Open Schedules:

  • FULL TIME (Tuesday-Saturday 4pm to 12am)
  • PART TIME (Sunday & Monday 4pm to 12am)

Benefits:

  • 12 Paid Holidays
  • Paid training and professional development
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Generous time off benefits
  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Schedule flexibility
  • Mileage reimbursement
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • EOE

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Dependability and reliability
  • Ensure that the clients are receiving proper care
  • Providing a safe physical/emotional environment
  • Providing supervision
  • Assist in developing and carrying out goals
  • Excellent at conflict management
  • Provide transportation as necessary
  • Adhere to site policies, routines, and procedures
  • Maintain certifications and trainings
  • Attend weekly meetings, in-service trainings and orientation programs

Residential Direct Care Counselor Qualifications:

  • High School graduate or equivalency
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Own vehicle
  • Bilingual (Spanish) a HUGE plus
  • One year minimum experience working directly with adolescents and/or children OR BA/BS in social services or related field with no direct work experience.

Hourly Rate: $21.50-$22.00

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Family Support Partner

JOB SUMMARY:

The Family Support Partner (FSP) works as part of the FCCP team. The FSP is responsible for partnering with families involved with the assigned CFP region. The role of the FSP is to empower families toward self-efficacy. EOE.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Regular, consistent attendance and punctuality; ability to work a flexible schedule in order to accommodate the schedules of families; includes some evening and weekend times and may occasionally exceed.
  • Familiarity with the principles and process of Wraparound and providing strength-based treatment and family-based services.
  • Knowledge of different systems including child welfare, mental health, juvenile justice, schools, health, community resources and ability to engage them.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and engages and supports a diverse population of families.
  • Knowledge of behavioral disorders of client population, family work, family dynamics, and adult learning techniques.
  • Ability to be flexible and work in both an office setting and the client’s homes.
  • Actively participates and contributes as a member of the Family Planning Team.
  • Facilitates effective child/parent relationships by coaching, education, support and encouraging proper coping skills.
  • Ensures that clients and families receive quality services, which comply with the standards set by CFP, DCYF, licensing agencies and other relevant organizations.
  • Helps carry out crisis stabilization when necessary.
  • Follows policies including Confidentiality and Privacy, HIPAA, Professional Code of Ethics and Dress Code in the delivery of services.
  • Completes required documentation, forms and reports in a professional and timely manner.
  • Attends, participates and completes all required CFP and DCYF trainings.

QUALIFICATIONS: High School Diploma or GED. Personal experience receiving services from the RI child welfare or juvenile corrections system required. Experience in raising a child with serious emotional disturbances (SED) or developmental disabilities (DD). Valid Driver’s License and personal vehicle required for transports.

  • $750 Bonus at 90 days for Qualified candidates after successful completion of the introductory period.
  • Monthly retention bonus of $694.00 for full time employees.

Hourly Rate: $20.00-$20.50

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House Manager

Company Overview:

Communities for People (CFP) is a non-profit agency serving youth and families through community-based programs and services. You will be instrumental in helping youth and families to achieve permanency, independence and integration into the community. CFP will provide you with professional experience, great benefits and pleasant working environment. EOE

Job Summary:

To uphold the CFP philosophy and values of care; to assist the Program Director in the daily operation of the site; to provide supervision to direct care staff; and to provide orientation for new clients (regarding tasks such as: the routines, limits, anchor points, and house rules in conjunction with the house staff).

Job Responsibilities:

  • To provide a safe and nurturing home-like environment.
  • To assign the appropriate level of responsibilities and/or tasks to each client and Direct Care Counselor.
  • To develop and monitor activities that meet the educational, recreational, physical and emotional needs of each client.
  • To prepare regular reports of each client’s progress.
  • To keep close contact with the client’s families and monitor all family contact.
  • To provide consistent supervision to house staff.
  • To provide weekly written records to the program office including; logs, incident reports, menus, budget materials, home visit records, staff time sheets.
  • To provide orientation and on site training for staff members
  • To create and submit weekly staff schedules to the appropriate administrative staff.
  • To represent the program to visitors and outside agencies.
  • To maintain & monitor agency standards for the physical site and to ensure that staff are familiar with the standards.
  • To provide weekly written records to the program office including; logs, incident reports, menus, budget materials, home visit records, staff time sheets.
  • Provide emergency on-call to site

Benefits:

  • 12 Paid Holidays
  • Paid training and professional development
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Generous time off benefits
  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Mileage reimbursement

Qualifications:

  • Valid Driver’s License and transportation required.
  • Prefer BS/BA in human services or related field and one year prior experience working with either children, youth or residential care OR High School Graduate with five years residential experience working with children and adolescents.

Hourly Pay Rate Range: $25.50-$26.00

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Per Diem Clinician

Company Overview:

Communities For People, Inc is dedicated to providing a continuum of care for youth and families involved in foster care and child welfare systems. Our mission is to ensure that every child has the opportunity to live with a permanent, loving family while continuously improving our programs to meet their evolving needs. EOE.

Job Summary:

Conduct an initial diagnostic assessment and provide ongoing individual, family, and/or group therapy to identified clients.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Conduct an initial diagnostic assessment of each client including a DSM 5 diagnosis
  • Provide ongoing individual, family, and/or group therapy for identified clients
  • Develop and update treatment plans quarterly, identifying specific treatment goals and target dates of attainment
  • Make appropriate referrals for more intensive services as needed
  • Seek consultation and coordination from team members and supervisor on difficult to treat issues
  • Obtain initial and ongoing authorization from insurance carrier(s)
  • Obtain authorization or refusal of authorization to communicate and coordinate with all service providers involved with client, including Primary Care Physicians.
  • Maintain case records to highest standards, including all Intake documentation, Releases of Information, Initial and Ongoing Treatment Plans, and Progress Notes.
  • Individual/group supervision offered weekly, with the expectation of attendance once a month
  • Participate in on-call rotation and provide crisis intervention as needed
  • Provide billing information to Office Manager

Experience:

  • At least 2 years of supervised practice

Qualifications:

  • Licensure in Social Work or Mental Health Related Field
  • Approved credentialing with insurance carrier

Pay:

  • $45.00/hour for pre-licensure
  • $55.00/hour for Independent License

Benefits:

  • Employee assistance program
  • Flexible schedule

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Professional Foster Parents

Did you know that being a foster parent can be your full-time job? Like regular foster parents, the most important qualifications are room in your heart and home to welcome children in need, but professional foster parents have the capacity for up to 4 youth at a time, often siblings who we would ideally like to keep under one roof when they are removed from their biological home or a previous placement. One adult in the home must be available as a full-time foster parent in order to qualify.

You can earn a tax-free stipend of $1,400+ per week while providing safety, stability, and love right in your own home. Professional foster parents also receive:

  • Time to Recharge: 2 weeks of planned paid vacation.
  • Hands-On Support: Up to 20 hours a week of in-home assistance from CFP staff.
  • Expert Team: Daily guidance from a Behaviorist, Case Worker, and Clinician.
  • Rewarding Work: Make a difference for foster youth without leaving your home.
  • Step-by-Step Guidance: Comprehensive training and ongoing support provided.

Ready to apply? Click here and fill out the foster care interest form!

Questions? Contact Angela Watson at 401-481-5430 or awatson@c4p.org

Residential Clinician

We are looking for a full-time residential clinician to join our team!!!

Company Overview:

Communities For People (CFP) serves youth and families through community-based residential programs, managed care networks, home based services, adoption, foster care and outpatient services. CFP strives to achieve permanency, independence and integration into the community for the youth and families we serve. CFP focuses on strengths to foster self, family and community empowerment. EOE.

Residential Clinician Responsibilities:

  • Oversee the treatment planning and assist with the case management needs of youth between the ages of 13-21
  • Ensuring implementation of family centered practice
  • Development and implementation of Individual Service Plans
  • Facilitates case conferences and discharge conferences for clients
  • Oversight of coordinating psychiatric, psychological, medical and dental services
  • Overseeing timely notification of referral dispositions
  • Assisting in the training program of staff
  • Actively participating in staff meeting and group supervision
  • Providing clinical support to program staff
  • Crisis management
  • Participating on-call rotation

Residential Clinician Qualifications:

  • Must have a Master of Social Work degree or related degree
  • At least 1 year of clinical experience preferred
  • Must have valid driver’s license and transportation
  • Excellent writing skills / computer literacy
  • Excellent organization and time management skills

Treatment Coordinator/ Clinician Benefits:

  • Salary range based on experience and licensure
  • Clinical Supervision towards licensure
  • Medical, dental, vision insurance
  • Time off accruals
  • 12 paid holidays
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Employee Assistance Program

Salary Range: $60,000-$64,000

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Residential Direct Care Counselor

Job Description

Communities for People (CFP) is a non-profit agency serving youth and families through community-based programs and services. You will be instrumental in helping youth and families to achieve permanency, independence and integration into the community. You will gain professional experience and exposure to the child welfare system. We are looking for 2nd and 3rd shift (overnight) Direct Care Counselors for our Providence locations. EOE

Residential Direct Care Counselor Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Dependability and reliability
  • Ensure that the clients are receiving proper care
  • Providing a safe physical/emotional environment
  • Providing supervision
  • Assist in developing and carrying out goals
  • Excellent at conflict management
  • Provide transportation as necessary
  • Adhere to site policies, routines, and procedures
  • Maintain certifications and trainings
  • Attend weekly meetings, in-service trainings and orientation programs

Residential Direct Care Counselor Qualifications:

  • High School graduate or equivalency
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Own reliable transportation
  • Bilingual (Spanish) a HUGE plus
  • One year minimum experience working directly with adolescents and/or children OR BA/BS in social services or related field with no direct work experience

Residential Direct Care Counselor Benefits:

  • 12 Paid holidays
  • Time off benefits
  • Weekly pay checks
  • Trainings and professional development
  • Medical and dental benefits
  • Vision Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Tuition reimbursement

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $21.50 – $22.00 per hour

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Communities for People, Inc., and its affiliated agencies are equal opportunity employers. Persons of color, women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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