Family Support Worker - Healthy Families
About The Position
The Family Support Worker provides weekly educational home-visiting services to participants and their families enrolled in the Healthy Families program. The role focuses on quickly engaging families and retaining their participation, and on teaching a research-based curriculum suited to each family’s learning style. The worker supports positive parent-child relationships and health outcomes for the target child by tracking development, immunizations, well-baby visits, and emergency visits. The worker also conducts developmental screenings with families to assess the target child’s development. The position is located in Middletown, New York, pays $20.35 per hour, and is scheduled for 40 hours per week, with flexibility around program needs.
Requirements
- Experience or knowledge in child development.
- Experience working with parents and children.
- Ability to meet the described physical demands, including moving throughout the workday and community, working in tight spaces and alongside coworkers within three feet, and occasional lifting of more than 25 pounds.
Nice To Haves
- Bilingual English and Spanish speaking is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide weekly educational home visits to participants and their families.
- Form trusting and effective relationships with consumers.
- Assist consumers with positive parent-child relationships and positive health outcomes for children, including addressing medical and other specific issues.
- Track child development, immunizations, well-baby visits, and emergency visits.
- Conduct developmental screenings with families to assess the target child’s development.
- Maintain case documentation, including progress notes.
- Work effectively as part of a service team and with community resources on behalf of consumers.
- Attend workshops and training to enhance skills.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
