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Catholic Charities offers an array of programs that strive to empower individuals, children and families. Catholic Charities of Buffalo, NY, is the most comprehensive human service provider serving all eight counties of Western New York with dozens of programs at 40 professionally staffed locations.
At Catholic Charities, we value inclusivity, flexibility, and respect, believing that each employee should feel comfortable expressing their authentic selves while maintaining a professional and respectful work environment. We believe that embracing diversity and fostering a positive environment enriches our organization and enhances our ability to serve our community.
We are hiring a FULL-TIME(35 hours a week) CULTURAL ORIENTATION TRAINING SPECIALIST for our Immigration & Refugee Assistance Program (IRAP) with Catholic Charities of Buffalo at our location on Herkimer Street.
Catholic Charities of Buffalo Offers:
Job Description:
Under the direction of the IRAP Community Outreach Supervisor, the Cultural Orientation Training Specialist supports the work of the Immigration & Refugee Assistance Programs, Reception and Placement Program as a critical resettlement team member by providing Cultural Orientation to newly arrived refugees according to the program funder requirements, utilizing an established curriculum. Cultural Orientation helps refugees understand American culture and beliefs and incorporates elements of American culture into their own culture, values, and beliefs. The Cultural Orientation Coordinator provides intensive structured information sharing sessions. The Cultural Orientation Coordinator provides the newly arrived refugee, who often has limited English language skills, information about life in the U.S., knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to adapt to their new lives and achieve self-sufficiency. Cultural Orientation sessions are supported with language assistance. This role will also include expanding and locating volunteers and community partners to participate in Cultural Orientation as well as in other areas of IRAP.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience: Experience collaborating with volunteers, refugees, and local service providers preferred.
Other:
Physical Demands/Work Environment: The physical demands/work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, hear, stand, walk, use hands to type and/or perform light lifting. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
Compliance: Adheres to all applicable federal and state laws and regulations including, but not limited to, those governing confidentiality, privacy, program, billing and documentation standards. All duties must be performed in accordance with CCFCS's corporate compliance & ethics program.
Additional Requirements:
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Catholic Charities serves more than 140,000 Western New Yorkers each year without regard to age, race, gender or religious affiliation. Catholic Charities programs include comprehensive counseling services for all ages, basic emergency assistance including operating 9 food pantries, Women Infants and Children nutrition program, behavioral health services, educational and job readiness services, services to older adults, immigration and refugee assistance and a variety of programs that address prevention and treatment of a number of family issues.
Full Time
Social & Legal Services
$77k-96k (estimate)
03/29/2024
03/27/2029
ccwny.org
OLEAN, NY
200 - 500
1923
Private
JON ANDERSON
$5M - $10M
Social & Legal Services
Catholic Charities of Buffalo is a nonprofit organization that works for the welfare of people in Western New York.