Community Education Worker

Latino Network•Portland, OR

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Latino Network's mission is: Leading with love, we cultivate our staff and community as a powerful force for radical social change. We do this through Latino community-driven programs, advocacy, and service. Our work springs from the core belief in Latino community self-determination, that is, the ability of community members to participate meaningfully in the decisions that affect their lives and the lives of their families. We actively partner across a variety of city, county, state, and community organizations to deliver training and support, a wide range of services, as well as influence policy. Community Education Workers will provide families with culturally specific home visits, parent-child groups, holistic wraparound services, and parent and community leadership development opportunities. The Community Education Worker (CEW) Program began as a community-driven initiative to train community members as CEWs who partner with parents and caregivers of babies and young children from low income communities of color to remove structural and social barriers facing families. Community Education Workers will actively promote and build family stability, including access to a variety of resources and services which economically empower families such as housing, WIC, Head Start etc., parent and caregiver skills for navigating the educational, social services and health systems, and for advocating for their children’s needs, healthy prenatal and early childhood development in all developmental domains, enrollment in preschool services and kindergarten, parent and caregiver knowledge about early literacy, brain development and attachment, and support for access to culturally responsive and culturally-centered services to address these developmental delays through screening and follow-up referrals.

Requirements

Experience working in the Latino community is desirable. This position requires knowledge of and experience working with families in the Latino community.
Experience doing organizing/outreach/advocacy in the community
Strong desire to promote educational equity in the community
Certified Community Health Worker or ability to demonstrate competency in CHW skills
Ability to work well independently and within a team
Ability to be flexible and creative in the work environment
Willingness and ability to conduct visits to community members in their homes
Ability to coordinate multiple priorities
Good follow-through
Good oral and written communication skills
Basic computer skills, experience navigating zoom, google system, and other frequently used computer programs
Ability to set limits in order to care for self and not promote dependency
Ability to tolerate and thrive in a fluid situation where plans change based on new information
Respect for diversity; desire and ability to work cross-culturally
Ability to demonstrate a combination of the following characteristics: patience, open-mindedness; high level of responsibility; non-judgmentalness; willingness to grow, change and learn; courage; motivation; empathy; compassion; flexibility; persistence; creativity
Possess methods and strategy for coping with vicarious trauma, and if in recovery, have at least two years of active recovery
Access to reliable transportation
Ability to work a flexible schedule including some nights and weekends

Responsibilities

Provide families with one-on-one visits, parent- child groups, classes, and events, and providing developmental screenings for children prenatal through five.
Conduct ASQ screenings for children infant through five years old.
Participating in curriculum development for the CEW certification/Changemakers Training.
Co-facilitate one or more CEW certification classes
Participate in Steering Team meetings monthly
Coordinate and facilitate culturally specific and culturally centered parent-child class series in collaboration with the team. Sessions should cover all required curriculum topics identified by the CEW Supervisors Team and/or Steering Team.
Support the coordination of the parent leadership initiative, and cultivating community-based parent leadership opportunities for parents.
Conduct parent-child activities that build Kindergarten readiness
Participate in systems change work, community organizing and other efforts that pertain to education, equity, and public health
Identify and assist with addressing barriers to primary health care including dental and mental health care.
Connect families to social services and health services
Support families to attend school activities designed to facilitate positive relationships, successful transitions, and strong parent/staff collaborations.
Support early Kindergarten registration for children who will be five by September 1st by providing outreach to communities in the spring and summer. CEWs will be able to help families to bridge cultural and linguistic barriers in order to participate in school kickoffs prior to the start of school or to bring families individually to connect them to the school for enrollment.
Meets deadlines for mileage and program expense reimbursements and timesheets
Meets deadlines to collect qualitative and quantitative data for monthly reports and quarterly progress reports.
Comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and existing confidentiality laws.