Home Visiting Support Specialist

Outreach Works•Scranton, PA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Member of Outreach staff with primary responsibility for engaging in home visitation, providing evidence-based curricula (Parents as Teachers and SafeCare Augmented), community-based education, and related support services. Provide home visits and education to up to 18 participating families.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in social work, human development, psychology, neuroscience, early childhood education, or a related field from a four-year college or university.
Familiarity with working with diverse cultures/families with economic challenges is a must.
Ability to teach relevant programming using the PAT Foundational & Model Implementation Curriculum and the Safe Care Augmented Model Curriculum to participants as assigned.
Good understanding of family dynamics, child development, and psychology.
Mandatory certification training is required (expenses paid by Outreach).
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have general computer skills, literacy skills, and experience with data collection software and MS Office.
Reliable transportation, a current driver’s license, and insurance are required
Completion of certification in Parents as Teachers and SafeCare Augmented training is mandatory.

Responsibilities

Makes home visits to pregnant moms and families with children aged birth through age 5, providing support in the areas of: Parent Child Interaction, Family Well-being, Development Centered Parenting, Health, and Safety in both Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties.
Maintains related files/record keeping and completes program-related data entry.
Plans individual and group activities that promote parents as their children’s first teacher to stimulate growth in children’s language, social, and motor skills, such as learning to listen to instructions, playing with others, and using play equipment. Parents include all caregivers: teens, fathers, grandparents, foster parents, etc.
Collaborates with community partners and human service agencies (local Children & Youth agency) to link families to resources.
Provides participant referral to schools, early intervention programs, Scranton Counseling Center, etc., as needed.
Provides follow-up to families as needed; maintains appropriate record keeping (state or agency related).
Participates in team process focused on best practices to serve participating families, the community, and Outreach.
Reliable transportation, a current driver’s license, and insurance are required
Completion of certification in Parents as Teachers and SafeCare Augmented training is mandatory.
Some evening and weekend hours are required.
Attends community outreach events as needed in both Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties.
Participates in in-person team meetings, in-person reflective supervision, and home visit observations to ensure program fidelity
In-person, bimonthly all-staff meetings are mandatory
Daily in-office attendance is required.
Performs other duties as assigned.