HFM Supervisor-Spanish speaking required

Bridges Homeward • Boston, MA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Bridges Homeward is seeking an HFM Supervisor to join their team. Bridges Homeward is one of the oldest human services agencies in Greater Boston, founded in 1873. They provide services for foster and group care, adoption, developmental disabilities, and family support. Bridges Homeward operates on a full-time, 33.5-hour work week, emphasizing work-life balance and self-care. The Healthy Families Massachusetts (HFM) Program aims to prevent child abuse and neglect by supporting positive parenting skills, achieving optimal health and development in early childhood, promoting educational and life skills, reducing repeat pregnancies, and promoting parental health and wellness.

Requirements

• Master's degree in human services or fields related to working with children and families, or bachelor's degree in these fields with 3 years of relevant experience, or less than a bachelor's degree but with commensurate HFA experience.
• A solid understanding of or experience in supervising diverse staff with humility, as well as providing support to staff in stressful work environments.
• Knowledge of infant and child development and parent-child attachment.
• Experience with family services that embraces the concepts of family-centered and strength-based service provision.
• Knowledge of parent-infant health and dynamics of child abuse and neglect.
• Experience supporting culturally diverse communities/families.
• Experience in home visiting with a strong background in early childhood prevention services.
• Willingness to engage in building reflective practice (e.g., capacity for introspection, communicating awareness of self in relation to others, recognizing value of supervision, etc.).

Nice To Haves

• Infant mental health endorsement preferred.
• Experience with reflective practice preferred.
• Spanish speaking preferred.

Responsibilities

• Directly supervises up to 5 home visitors including providing and documenting weekly reflective supervision, providing oversight of home visitor documentation and assessments and compliance with HFM Model.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation of supervision.
• Processes and manages referrals and intakes and supports participant outreach.
• Maintain ongoing communication with community partners.
• Supports program goals, including program outreach, group development and enrollment and on-going team growth and professional development.
• Assists Program Director in recruitment, hiring, evaluation and training of new home visitors to guarantee high quality services for families.
• Participate in HFM Provider meetings and other collateral meetings as needed.
• Complete Quality Assurance activities including observing home visits, QA calls, Co-visits and providing feedback to home visitors.
• Additional duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager