First Children Services
Destiny Smith is currently working as a Behavior Technician at First Children Services since April 2024. Prior to this role, Destiny worked as an Educational Services Recruiter at Amergis Healthcare Staffing from July 2023 to March 2024. Before that, Destiny served as a Shift Leader at Playa Bowls from October 2021 to May 2023. Destiny also has experience working as a Daycare Teacher at Future Scholars Early Learning from August 2018 to September 2021. Destiny holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Psychology from Rutgers University–New Brunswick, which was obtained from 2019 to 2023. Destiny graduated from Rancocas Valley Regional High School in 2019.
First Children Services
First Children Services grew out of the First Children School in Fanwood, NJ. Joseph J. Hess, Jr, its president and owner since 2009, recognized the opportunity to begin providing educational, therapeutic and behavioral health services to children in the most natural settings possible. This may be at home, in the local school district, early intervention programs, hospitals, private schools and residential treatment facilities. First Children operates an approved private school serving children in grades PreK-high school in Fanwood, NJ, which was established in 1978 by Children’s Specialized Hospital and acquired by First Children in 2009. In addition, the organization operates a child care program at its site in Fanwood serving children from infancy through pre-kindergarten, a unique program that serves both children with and without challenges.