Family Support Worker – Bilingual English/Spanish

Meeting Street•Providence, RI

3h•Hybrid

About The Position

Meeting Street is an organization dedicated to providing learning opportunities where children of all abilities can reach their fullest potential. They are currently seeking a full-time Family Support Worker (Bilingual English/Spanish) for their Healthy Families America program, working 40 hours weekly. Meeting Street emphasizes the dignity of each person and is committed to values of respect, compassion, integrity, inclusivity, and excellence. The organization expects all employees to recognize and respond to racism and other forms of injustice. Meeting Street maintains a policy of equal opportunity in all employment practices, administering them without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, gender, sexual preference or orientation, gender expression or identity, age, national origin or ancestry, legally recognized disability, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, military status, socioeconomic background, homelessness, or any other characteristic or category protected by law. They also protect employees and applicants from coercion, retaliation, or discrimination for filing a complaint or assisting in an investigation related to equal opportunity laws.

Requirements

Two years of providing services to and/ or engaging families with infants and toddlers in services.
Must have experience working with families with multiple needs.
Bachelors degree in Human Services, Child Development, Education or related field, with a minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent, college coursework preferred.
Valid CPR and First Aid Training.
Be able to sit, stand and walk continuously throughout the day.
Bend, stoop, squat, push and pull (10-15% of the time).
Kneel and reach above the shoulder level occasionally (1-33% of the time).
Utilize the computer and other office equipment (50-75% of the time).
Provide own transportation to meet job requirements.
Driver’s license and auto insurance.
Bilingual English/Spanish.

Nice To Haves

Preference given to applicants with Growing Great Kids Curriculum or HFA core trainings.

Responsibilities

Provide critical support to pregnant women and families with children under the age of 5.
Conduct home visits to assess the needs of families, offer guidance, and provide family-centered, strength-based interventions directed at establishing a trusting relationship within families to optimize parent/child relationships.
Work directly with Spanish-speaking and English-speaking families with young children to provide family-centered, strength-based interventions directed at establishing a trusting relationship within the family to optimize parent/child relationships.
Provide curriculum-based prenatal health and early childhood health and development education to families to promote the child’s well-being and safety.
Assess additional needs or crisis situations and make referrals to other community resources to support the overall health, safety, and well-being of the family.
Maintain a caseload of families by coordinating meetings directly with them in a variety of formats to meet them where they are, including by phone, virtual video chat or in-person.
Thoroughly and objectively document the functioning status of families and report data within program deadlines.