The House of the Good Shepherd

Meet our Assistant Principal, Sarah Roselli! "Sarah is an incredibly kind, giving, and hard-working person. She truly exemplifies the mission of the agency, and always puts the children first in any decision she makes. I couldn’t ask for a better Assistant Principal." - Shannon Perri, Principal https://www.hgs-utica.com/assistant-principal-appreciation/ #AssistantPrincipalWeek

"In my ten years of teaching music at The House, I have worked with many very talented students, but I have never met the likes of Austin ..."- Teresa Dunn, Tilton School Music Teacher

Have a festive Easter!

With a half-day on the calendar a few weeks ago at Tilton School, the staff decided to get creative and have some fun by playing human Scrabble! Each staff member received 1 Scrabble letter to hang around their neck. The object of the game was to work with as many other staff members throughout the day to build words of at least 4 letters, and then snap a picture for proof. The team with the highest word score spelled Doohickeys for 23 points. WOW! The team with the highest ...word score spelled Doohickeys for 23 points. Great job to Alisha Campanella, Shannon Dooley, Leidy DeLaCruz, Matthew Mariani, Mike Campanaro, Christine Johnson, Kayla Klink, Emily Connor, Sarah Malavasic, and Rhonda Hummer for coming up with such a creative word! The staff member with the highest total of points was Emily Connor; way to go! #Scrabble #Teachers See more

Qualifications: High School Diploma plus some college and a minimum of three to five years of successful human service experience working with high-risk population and/or community-based services OR Associates Degree (or equivalent) and a minimum of one to three years of successful human service experience working with high-risk population and/or community-based services OR Bachelors degree ... Valid New York State Driver's License Responsibilities: Supervise and provide transportation for visitation. Document progress notes regarding the interactions with the families in Connections. Facilitate pre-visitation and post-visitation meetings with birth parents, focusing on Coaching Family visit strategies and techniques. Facilitate productive working relationships between birth and foster families. Implement the Sanctuary model of care into visitation while providing guidance to the families in their areas of need to meet their permanency planning goal. Participate in weekly staff meetings Provide approx. 15 hours of supervised visitation to the families in care Provide approximately 5 hours of pre and post vitiation meetings with birth families to focus on Coaching Family Visit strategies and techniques Provide approximately 8-10 hours of transportation time to the families in care Provide approximately 5 hours of documentation Assist the program in ensuring that the vehicles, visitation rooms, and community areas are in working order Communicate strengths and areas of need of both the foster families and the birth families to the workers assigned to the case Complete related tasks/duties as assigned by Visitation and Operations supervisor/Treatment Team supervisor

Just HOURS Left in 2020! Your End-of-Year Donation Will Help Local Children & Families In Need!

LIMITED SPACE for our upcoming Foster Parent MAPP Class! Sign up today! Email [email protected] with your name and cell phone number with the subject line "MAPP Class." Open your heart...and your home. Become a foster parent! #fostercare #CNY

End 2020 With A Gift Of Hope

Tonight's the night! Tune into our free ZOOM Foster Care Information Session! No RSVP required, just log into Zoom and enter Zoom ID 590 824 9429. If you have any questions, please call Shannon at 315.272.7286. #FosterCare #CNY

Merry Christmas!