Healthy Families Program Supervisor and Family Home Visitor

Child Care of the Berkshires•Pittsfield, MA

4d•$22 - $27

About The Position

The Healthy Families program provides parent education and support, through home visiting, parent child groups and parent support groups, to first-time parents with young children. The Program Supervisor is responsible for providing ongoing, intensive and reflective supervision to the family home visitors who are implementing a home-visiting support program for pregnant or parenting families with children up to age three. This program is mainly funded by the Children’s Trust and the MA Department of Public Health, supplemented with other sources of private funding. The Program Supervisor will assist the Program Coordinator with hiring, orientation and on-going training of family home visitors. The Program Supervisor will provide daily support and crisis management, meet regularly with the family home visitors and monitor cases through case review. The Program Supervisor will monitor the performance of the family home visitors and complete their annual evaluations. The Program Supervisor will assist the Program Coordinator in evaluating the services and activities of the Healthy Families program. The Program Supervisor will also carry a caseload of families that they directly serve as a family home visitor. In this capacity, the Program Supervisor will provide parent education through individual home visits using the program’s parent education curriculum, document work with families and maintain participant charts in the program’s database, and provide a variety of strength-based supports to families, including parenting skill development, health education, nutrition counseling, pregnancy/labor and delivery education, breastfeeding support, stress management, assessment of home safety, advocacy, and referrals. The number of families directly served by the Program Supervisor will fluctuate based on program needs and staff capacity.

Requirements

Master’s degree in human services or fields related to working with children and families, or bachelor’s degree in these fields with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience, or less than a bachelor’s degree but with commensurate HFM/HFA experience.
A solid understanding of or experience in supervising diverse staff with humility, as well as providing support in stressful work environments.
Knowledge of infant and child development and parent-child attachment.
Experience in home visiting with a strong background in early childhood prevention services.
Willingness to engage in building reflective capacity (e.g., has the capacity for introspection, communicates awareness of self in relation to others, recognizes value of supervision, etc).
Experience and humility in supporting culturally diverse families, children, and communities, with a strength-based and family-centered lens.
An ability to establish trusting relationships.
Acceptance of individual differences.
Knowledge of the dynamics of child abuse and neglect.
Knowledge of parent-infant health.
Access to transportation for visits to participants’ homes.
Interest in participating in training and professional development.
Successful completion of CORI, SORI, and DCF checks.
Physical capabilities to lift and carry children, car seats, scales, etc. as necessary.

Nice To Haves

Experience in reflective supervision.
Infant Mental Health endorsement.
Previous experience working with high-risk families.
Maintaining collaborative relationships with other programs.
Providing community advocacy.
Providing health education.
Organization and administrative skills.
Understanding of and commitment to the Strengthening Families philosophy of family support.

Responsibilities

Provide ongoing, intensive and reflective supervision to family home visitors.
Assist with hiring, orientation, and training of family home visitors.
Provide daily support and crisis management.
Meet regularly with family home visitors and monitor cases through case review.
Monitor the performance of family home visitors and complete annual evaluations.
Assist in evaluating the services and activities of the Healthy Families program.
Carry a caseload of families and directly serve as a family home visitor.
Provide parent education through individual home visits.
Document work with families and maintain participant charts in the program’s database.
Provide strength-based supports to families, including parenting skill development, health education, nutrition counseling, pregnancy/labor and delivery education, breastfeeding support, stress management, assessment of home safety, advocacy, and referrals.