Birth and Beyond Home Visitor

WELLSPACE HEALTH • North Highlands, CA

49d • $23 - $29

About The Position

The Home Visitor conducts one on one parenting education and community resource referrals in the homes or community settings of families with children ages 0-17, develops service plans, facilitates assessments and screenings, utilizes and follows program model to fidelity, maintains client chart & computer chart records, attends regular trainings and meetings, conducts outreach to engage families in the program and facilitates Family Resource Center events, classes, groups and activities.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalency required.
• Two plus years related client experience, including home visitation experience, OR an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
• Strong administrative, time management and organizational skills.
• Clear, effective and respectful verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of child abuse issues and family dynamics, substance abuse issues and treatment, domestic violence issues and resources, community resources, and human development.
• Ability to work with a team and independently.
• Ability to present information in a group setting in a clear and concise manner.
• Ability to work set schedule with occasional evenings and weekends.
• Demonstrates computer skills including ability to utilize word processing, spread sheets, email and calendar, and various documentation websites.
• Willing to use own transportation to and from the office, home and community visits and assigned trainings.
• Ability to establish rapport and maintain personal and professional boundaries while providing supportive services.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to individuals who may not share basic commonality, including value systems and behavior norms.
• Ability to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
• Maintain a professional and confidential work environment.
• Self-initiate multiple tasks in an efficient manner.
• Strong stress management skills.
• Adherence to infection control procedures, including but not limited to, standard precautions of temperature monitoring, hand washing, symptom self-monitoring, masking and social distancing.
• Assist and support the Center/Department/Program to meet standards of High Reliability.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in the field of Social Work, Child Development or Psychology preferred.
• Bilingual fluency in written, and spoken language in English and one of the following is preferred: Farsi, Dari, Pashto, Russian or Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Knowledge, understanding and willingness to learn of the values, beliefs and practices of cultural groups within diverse communities.
• Advocate for and provide guidance to families with resources, systems and cultural brokerage.
• Conduct regularly scheduled home and community visits to assigned families and children.
• Document notes from visits with assigned families and children.
• Provide and adhere to the program curriculum and model, utilize program assessments and screenings, facilitate parent-child activities and bonding, provide health information at every visit as identified by the program model.
• Plan and facilitate groups and classes in the Family Resource Center.
• Reflect those who reside in the identified service neighborhoods.
• Work with families to empower them to engage in problem solving.
• Model effective parenting behavior reflective of program standards and curriculum, provide support, education and information, age appropriate parenting and positive discipline techniques.
• Promote parent participation in activities designed to promote the physical, emotional, social and intellectual development of their children.
• Partner with families to develop, renew, and update service plan per program policies and procedures under the supervision of the assigned supervisor.
• Model nurturing attitudes and behaviors in all contacts and representations of the organization.
• If bilingual, translate curriculum and provide services in the language of the family served.
• Complete all documentation as required by policies and procedures of the organization and program.
• Present family strengths and needs at multi-disciplinary resource team meetings, collaborate on and implement family service plans with team, supervisor and families.
• Actively participate in weekly individual supervision meetings with Team Leader or Family Resource Center Coordinator.
• Actively participate in staff meetings, Family Resource Center events, and required trainings at the organization and off site.
• Adhere to Mandated Child Abuse Reporter laws.
• Maintain clean and organized office and Family Resource Center.
• Facilitate play-care as scheduled.
• Assist in outreach and engagement of new family participants and community resources.
• Ensure clean data recording and time studies.
• Travel between program office, family homes and community visits daily using own vehicle.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Successful candidate will receive regionally competitive salary, above average health benefits at reduced costs, company paid life insurance & long-term disability insurance, additional voluntary retirement plan with company match and no vesting schedule requirement.
• Paid bereavement and jury duty leave
• Paid time off
• Paid sick leave
• Flexible Spending Program
• Company paid malpractice insurance for all providers
• Professional development hours offered annually

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED