Child Abuse Prevention Training Specialist – Parent Focus

Position Overview

The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC) is seeking a full-time Child Abuse Prevention Training Specialist with a focus on parent and caregiver education. This position plays a key role in supporting the development, delivery, and promotion of curricula through the NYSPCC Training Institute. The role includes a blend of remote and in-person work, and the candidate must be able to travel throughout New York City using public transportation.

In collaboration with the Training Institute team, the Training Specialist will support local and national educational initiatives to prevent child abuse and support children and families to heal from trauma. A central focus will be on delivering programming to parents and caregivers in schools and youth-serving organizations. This position also supports the delivery of abuse prevention programming for youth in K-12th grade, including delivery of the Safe Touches© program—an evidence-based child sexual abuse prevention model for children in grades K–3, including those with autism and similar disabilities.

This role will serve as the lead point of contact for parent and caregiver workshops and will coordinate scheduling, curriculum development, and facilitation of training sessions on child abuse prevention and child healing support.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop trauma-informed prevention and training materials, including multimedia resources aligned with best practices in child protection and adult learning theory.
• Facilitate engaging, in-person and virtual workshops for children, youth, parents, and caregivers.
• Lead the planning, scheduling, and delivery of all parent/caregiver training sessions.
• Conduct outreach to NYC schools and youth-serving organizations; develop outreach strategies and materials; attend events and fairs to promote programming.
• Collaborate with school administrators, educators, counselors, and parent coordinators; maintain positive, professional and timely communication with all stakeholders.
• Support the ongoing development and national expansion of the Safe Touches© program, including facilitating Training-of-Trainers (ToT) and certifying new facilitators.
• Collect workshop data, enter and analyze participant feedback, and contribute to continuous quality improvement through quarterly and annual reporting.
• Track outputs and outcomes for related funding and grant reports, as needed.
• Train and support new facilitators (including staff and interns) in program curricula.
• Provide task supervision to 1–2 MSW interns per academic year.
• Stay current with developments in child abuse prevention research, policy, and media.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW), Mental Health Counseling (MHC), Public Health (MPH), or a related field strongly preferred. Equivalent experience (8–10 years) may also be considered.
• Demonstrated experience delivering educational programming or workshops to both youth and adults.
• Proven ability to work with families and children impacted by trauma and abuse.
• Deep understanding of child abuse, neglect, and the child welfare system is essential.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Must be comfortable with in-person and virtual facilitation and have flexibility to work early mornings or evenings on occasion.

Salary: $70,000

Excellent benefit package, including health insurance (medical, dental and vision), 403B plan with match, life insurance, and generous vacation/personal day leave.

If you meet the qualifications and are interested in applying for this position, or know of anyone who may be interested, please email your resume and cover letter to Norma Richards-Daniel at NYSPCC, 520 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1401, New York, NY 10018 or nrichards@nyspcc.org

New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is an Equal Opportunity Employer that promotes diversity in its employment practices. Employment decisions are made without regard to an applicant’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, creed, sex/gender (including gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital status, arrest or conviction record (consistent with the provisions of New York State’s Corrections Law), partnership status, familial status, military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking, or sex offense, veteran status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Excellent benefit package, including health insurance (medical, dental and vision), 403B plan with match, life insurance, and generous vacation/personal day leave.

If you meet the qualifications and are interested in applying for this position, or know of anyone who may be interested, please email your resume and cover letter to Norma Richards-Daniel at NYSPCC, 520 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1401, New York, NY 10018 or nrichards@nyspcc.org

New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is an Equal Opportunity Employer that promotes diversity in its employment practices. Employment decisions are made without regard to an applicant’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, creed, sex/gender (including gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital status, arrest or conviction record (consistent with the provisions of New York State’s Corrections Law), partnership status, familial status, military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking, or sex offense, veteran status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.