Family Navigator - Parents as Teachers (Montrose)

Hilltop Community Resources • Montrose, CO

3d • $22 - $23

About The Position

Hilltop Community Resources seeks a Family Navigator to support parents and children and help prevent out-of-home placement or disruption of a current placement. Depending on the assigned role, the Navigator uses the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework and evidence-based practices to help families find resources that promote health, stability, and safety.

The role implements the Parents as Teachers (PAT) model, focusing on parent-child interactions, development-centered parenting, and family well-being. Using the PAT Foundational Curriculum in diverse, equitable, and inclusive ways, the Navigator partners with families through personal visits, group meetings, screenings, and connections to community resources.

The position requires training or certification in the assigned program, curriculum, or practice, and work in accordance with applicable fidelity standards, grant requirements, and program guidelines. The Navigator makes initial contact with families, supports enrollment and individualized goal planning, conducts assessments and screenings, maintains program records and data, shares relevant lived experience, makes referrals, collaborates with agencies, and plans and facilitates lessons, activities, and parenting classes.

Requirements

• Two years of college or two years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Valid Colorado Driver’s License.

Nice To Haves

• CPR Certificate.
• First Aid Certificate.

Responsibilities

• Complete training and/or certification in the assigned Hilltop program, curriculum, or practice, and perform duties according to fidelity standards, grant requirements, and program guidelines.
• Complete certifications required for the position, which may include High Fidelity Wraparound Standards, Colorado Standards for Peer and Family Specialist credentials, Family Resource Center credentials, Parents as Teachers, or other applicable training.
• Make initial contact with participant families through Family Resource Center walk-ins or other referral sources, present available services, and provide referrals or concrete support through individual meetings, home visits, and/or phone contact.
• Create a family working file with required documentation upon enrollment and help families develop individualized goals or plans.
• Administer required family assessments and screenings.
• Enter and maintain data required by the assigned program.
• Share lived experience by modeling effective interactions and behaviors, advocating for and supporting participants, sharing personal experiences, mentoring, and helping build natural supports.
• Refer families to external services and resources when their needs are outside the Navigator’s professional training.
• Make a minimum of two contacts per month with families on the caseload, maintain accurate and timely contact notes, and enter data in the appropriate program databases according to program regulations.
• Collaborate with relevant agencies to help clients meet their goals.
• Plan, advertise, and implement lessons, activities, and parenting classes based on program curriculum requirements.
• Facilitate developmental, health, vision, and hearing screenings and complete appropriate documentation and processes.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits.
• Professional and personal development opportunities.
• A supportive and inclusive work environment.
• Meaningful work that makes a positive impact in the community and lives of others.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed