SOJOURNERS CARE NETWORK HOME ABOUT US FOUNDING VALUES PEOPLE OF SOJOURNERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS CAREERS WITH SOJOURNERS CARE NETWORK VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES HELP SOJOURNERS DOWNLOADS FOSTER CARE POLICY MANUAL NEWSLETTERS CONTACT US Skate Jam in Athens this Saturday! Leave a reply Sojourners’ Athens Resiliency Center is partnering with other local groups to host Skate Jam Saturday, October 16, from 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Athens Skate Park. This entry was posted in Uncategorized on by adminxtina. Work for Sojourners–YouthBuild, Family Support, Outreach Programs are Hiring!! Leave a reply YouthBuild is seeking an experienced licensed educator– Education and Learning Coordinator Sojourners’ Education and Learning Coordinator is responsible for all aspects of YouthBuild education. This includes supporting individual student learning as well as implementing and documenting participation, attendance, and attainment in online high school diploma or equivalent credential (GED, etc.) programs and classes for all young adults in the YouthBuild Program. The Coordinator will also provide academic and technology support, expertise, and resources to other YouthBuild staff, engage in planning activities to augment education activities, foster positive relations with educational partners through regular communications, monitor students’ progress toward their education goals, conduct academic testing, and assist students with post-secondary education planning, applications, and financial aid. YouthBuild-Education-and-Learning-Coordinator-08.24.2021Download Join the Outreach Team for service to young people at risk of homelessness or trafficking– Runaway and Homeless Youth Outreach Coordinator The RHY Outreach Coordinator is responsible for teaming with community partners to locate and identify youth under 24 years who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness, runaway behaviors, or trafficking. Key community partners for this position are the Department of Youth Services, Job and Family Services, local schools, and Juvenile Probation. Services will focus on preventing disruptions in the young person’s home life or behaviors and environmental influences that put the young person at risk. Runaway-and-Homeless-Youth-Outreach-Coordinator-09.07.2021Download Family Support, the backbone of Sojourners Care Network, has two position openings– Kinship and Adoption Navigator The Kinship and Adoption Navigator is a full-time position dedicated to supporting kinship caregivers and adoptive parents in accessing the services, resources, and social supports they need to care for themselves and the children in their homes. The primary functions of this role include providing direct services to families and children, participating in continuous quality improvement activities, community outreach, collaboration, and continuing education. Kinship-and-Adoption-Navigator-09.07.2021Download Family Education and Intervention Coordinator The Family Education and Intervention Coordinator serves a vital role on the Family Visitation Center Team. Their main responsibility is to proactively work with families in Southeastern Ohio who have been identified as “at-risk” for child abuse and/or neglect before issues occur; working to prevent future family involvement in the child welfare system. The Family Education and Intervention Coordinator also provides visit monitoring and education supports across Sojourners’ visitation centers to visitation staff and families whose children are placed in out-of-home care. Family-Education-and-Intervention-Coordinator-09.07.2021Download Additional position openings are listed on the “Careers with Sojourners” page. This entry was posted in Uncategorized on by adminxtina. Wanted: To Join the Sojo Resiliency Center Team in Athens, OH–a New COMCorps Member Leave a reply Want to join our team at the Sojo Resiliency Center in Athens? Join COMCorps an AmeriCorps Program today! Watch this clip to learn more and click here to apply: www.tinyurl.com/COMCorpsApply This entry was posted in Uncategorized on by adminxtina. Leave a reply This entry was posted in Uncategorized on by adminxtina. Sojourners’ YouthBuild Program is Recruiting Teens and Young Adults… Leave a reply Calling all 16 to 24-year-olds who have struggled in a traditional school setting, this post is for you!! Youthbuild can help with vocational training and certification as well as GED prep or obtaining credits to graduate. Contact Sojourners to get back on track! This entry was posted in Youthbuild on by adminxtina. Coordinated Entry Plan for Homeless Youth Published Leave a reply For nearly two years, the Coalition on Housing and Homelessness has been working with 17 Homeless Planning Regions to develop plans to standardize access to homeless services. Coordinated entry seeks to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of homeless services. Sojourners Care Network takes the lead in Region 17 in providing coordinated entry for homeless youth. The Region 17 Coordinated Entry Plan has been completed and can now be downloaded here. For more information on accessing youth housing and homelessness resources, contact Sojourners Care Network at 740-596-1117 and choose the Outreach Team extension. This entry was posted in Uncategorized on by admin. The Brown Foster Family Leave a reply Let us introduce you to Mike and Misty Brown, part of an intergenerational family of folks fostering with Sojourners. We appreciate their dedication to our youth in care! This entry was posted in Adoption, Family Development, Foster Care on by admin. Foster parents Pat and Mike Provost Leave a reply Meet Pat and Mike Provost, who bring skill, patience, and caring to a house full of boys, and make it work! This entry was posted in Family Development, Foster Care and tagged National Foster Care Month on by admin. foster parents needed Leave a reply Our Foster Care Program experiences these problems everyday as we struggle to find placements for foster children. WE NEED MORE FOSTER HOMES. If you are interested in learning more about becoming a foster parent with Sojourners please call 877.496.8531 today. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…/the-foster-care-crisis-the-… This entry was posted in Adoption, Family Development, Foster Care and tagged National Foster Care Month on by admin. Meet the Snow-Bevins foster family Leave a reply In the next few weeks we happily share with you profiles of our foster parents. Today, let us introduce you to Becky Snow-Bivens and Greg Bivens. Becky has been fostering with Sojourners for five years. She recently married Greg, who will shortly become a foster parent, too. They live in a big white house in the country in Ross County, with lots of foster children, all boys. You could say that Becky is always outnumbered! This entry was posted in Adoption, Family Development, Foster Care and tagged National Foster Care Month on by admin. Post navigation ← Older posts HOW TO FIND US Sojourners Main Campus 605 West Main Street McArthur, OH 45651 Sojourners Family Center & Administrative Offices 31860 Claypool Hollow Road McArthur, OH 45651 Ross County Visitation Center 59 W. Main Street Chillicothe, OH 45651 Athens Resiliency Center 5 N. Shafer St. Athens, OH 45701 740.596.1117 Proudly powered by WordPress