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Employment Opportunities

Current Job Opportunities

Childhaven is an “Equal Opportunity Employer”. Opportunities for employment, advancement, training and compensation are equal for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation or disability at all levels of employment.

Foster Parent (Therapeutic Foster Care)

Contract Positions – Get compensated to ensure children have a home they deserve so they can begin to heal from the trauma they experience. Foster parents receive extensive training in different methods of child-care. Childhaven is committed to giving credible helpful tools and resources to support the foster children in your home. Requirements are to pass a comprehensive background check and home study.

Advocate Coach (Court Appointed Special Advocates) – Full Time

Provides specific training support to CASA Volunteers, ensuring that they gain detailed knowledge to enhance the personal advocacy services each child victim receives. The Advocate Coach is responsible primarily for tasks pertaining to the coaching, recruitment, training, and retention of San Juan CASA Volunteers. This position focuses on San Juan County CASA Program’s goal of providing 100% of children in state custody with a well-trained and engaged court appointed special advocate volunteer.

Family Advocate (Children’s Advocacy Center) – Full Time

Responsible for providing advocacy services to child victims and their families who have received Forensic Interviewing services through the Childhaven Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC). The FA will serve as a resource for the child victim and their supportive caregivers throughout the investigative and recovery processes, providing both emotional support and linkage to other service agencies. The FA will be responsible for tracking progress in treatment and service implementation and sharing that information with other members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to ensure that the victim and family receive sufficient support.

Shift Supervisor (Shelter) – Full Time

Manages the operations of the shelter on the shifts assigned.

Therapist (Children’s Advocacy Center and Therapeutic Foster Care) – Full Time or Part Time Staff or Contract Position

Responsible for the overall clinical needs of clients. Provide individual, group and family counseling within the
therapeutic scope of practice.

Youth Advocate (Shelter) – Part Time

To promote the health, safety and welfare of children and adolescents in the child welfare system. Responsible for the overall care and safety of residents. Assure that clients’ physical, medical, behavioral health and scholastic needs are addressed. Assure program’s compliance with states regulations and program goals.

Interns

Childhaven offers internships from high school to Masters and Bachelors level. Please contact the Human Resources Manager at (505) 325-5358 ext. 203 for more information. All interns need to fill out our volunteer application and will need three references.


Application Instructions

**Note: Applicants who apply on Indeed must also complete Childhaven's internal application process.

  • Send resume and cover letter to: Childhaven, 807 W Apache St., Farmington, NM 87401 or personnel@childhavennm.org
  • Fill out our application form
  • Have three references (two professional and one personal reference) complete and sign the references forms.  Professional references should not be co-workers.
    • Letters of recommendation can be used in place of reference forms.

Send resume, cover letter, application form and references to:

Attn: Human Resources Manager, Childhaven
807 W Apache St., Farmington, NM 87401

Or email to: personnel@childhavennm.org

Questions? Please call Human Resources Manager (505) 325-5358 ext.203 or email personnel@childhavennm.org

Background Check

Any candidate recommended for employment with Childhaven is subject to a background check investigation. Employment is contingent upon the positive outcome of the background check processes.


Updated: 8/13/2025



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