Home Visiting Training Specialist

Commonwealth of Massachusetts • Boston, MA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Children's Trust is seeking a Home Visiting Training Specialist! This position will contribute to the development, delivery, and continuous improvement of training content for the home visiting workforce as part of the Children’s Trust Training Institute. This role leads curriculum development, facilitates training across multiple modalities, and provides content expertise and support to internal staff and contracted trainers. The Home Visiting Training Specialist ensures that training content and delivery frameworks align with evidence-based home visiting models and applicable state, federal, and accreditation requirements. Training is delivered statewide to support child abuse and neglect prevention efforts and is offered through in-person, virtual, hybrid, conference-based, and learning management system platforms. The candidate will work a hybrid schedule, with a mix of remote, in the field, and in-office work at the Children’s Trust office in Boston.

Requirements

• Applicants must have at least (A) three years of full time, or equivalent part-time, professional, administrative or managerial experience in business administration, business management or public administration the major duties of which involved program management, program administration, program coordination, program planning and/or program analysis, or (B) any equivalent combination of the required experience and the substitutions below.
• Substitutions: I. A Bachelor's degree with a major in business administration, business management or public administration may be substituted for a maximum of two years of the-required experience. II. A Graduate degree with a major in business administration, business management or public administration may be substituted for the required experience. III. A Bachelor's or higher degree with a major other than in business administration, business management or public administration may be substituted for a maximum of one year of the required experience. Education toward such a degree will be prorated on the basis of the proportion of the requirements actually completed.
• Experience in evidence informed home visiting
• Knowledge of child abuse and neglect prevention and/or family support
• Experience delivering training to participants with a diverse range of experience and education
• Ability to develop training curriculum and materials
• Knowledge of adult learning principles
• Experience in family support practice
• Strengths-based mindset and approach to working with families
• Ability to establish positive relationships with diverse stakeholders and staff
• Ability to champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to prepare and analyze charts, graphs, and tables
• Knowledge of the methods of general report writing
• Ability to understand, explain, apply and follow laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, specifications, standards, and guidelines
• Ability to gather, analyze and determine the applicability of data, to draw conclusions and make appropriate recommendations
• Ability to maintain accurate records
• Professionalism
• Customer service skills
• Possession of a current and valid Massachusetts Class 3 Motor Vehicle Operator's License

Nice To Haves

• Association for Infant Mental Health Endorsement preferred
• Learning Management System (LMS) and/or instructional design experience preferred
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred
• Training certification in evidence informed home visiting training curricula, including but not limited to Facilitating Attuned Interaction (FAN), Healthy Families America’s Foundations for Family Support Core training, and/or other foundational training for evidence-informed home visiting models preferred

Responsibilities

• Training delivery and Facilitation Facilitate training to support statewide child abuse and neglect prevention efforts in a variety of modalities (virtual, in-person, hybrid/asynchronous, and/or recorded) on various home visiting and Healthy Families Massachusetts specific topics. This includes becoming trained, as needed, to deliver model-specific content including, but not limited to, Foundations for Family Support Core Training, Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN), evidence-informed home visiting curricula, validated parent–child interaction tools, and others.
• Assess the diverse needs of learners, considering learning differences, and utilize varied methods of training instruction and delivery to accommodate, including delivering training in languages other than English, when possible
• Stay current on the latest research on adult learning, training design and delivery, as well as content and integrate learnings to continually improve training modules
• Create learning environments that encourage active participation and foster deep learner engagement
• Facilitate sessions to support the expansion of reflective practice endorsements and credentials for home visiting professionals
• Curriculum development & Resource Management Develop home visiting training curricula that is responsive to the needs in the field and meets national model and/or federal requirements
• Lead the development of model neutral, broadly applicable competencies for home visiting staff and oversee the content, delivery, and organization of training content and materials based in these competencies
• Develop training objectives, competencies, and measures
• Tailor materials to ensure they are relevant, accessible, and effective by considering the needs of the audience, learning objectives, insights from program collaboration, current events, etc.
• Manage training materials, ensuring tools and technologies are up to date and prepared for each session.
• Systematically and regularly update curriculum and materials based on trends in the field, updated research, needs of the learners, etc.
• Lead the development of resources and materials to support learners with integration of training into practice after training is complete, in collaboration with the Director of Training Content and other Training Institute staff, as applicable
• Provide content expertise for staff and stakeholders by staying current on the latest research and trends in the field of home visiting
• Develop and implement multilevel training to develop skills necessary for new required practices
• Manages the compliance of HFM training content aligned to the HFA state affiliate accreditation model
• Ensure training content and delivery framework is in adherence with Healthy Families Massachusetts Program Policy
• Ensure training content and delivery framework is in adherence with Healthy Families America accreditation requirements.
• Ensure training content and delivery framework is in adherence with the Massachusetts Home Visiting Initiative requirements.
• Develop summaries of required training elements for use during accreditation
• Training Content Quality Assurance Provide consultation and content guidance for internal staff and training consultants
• Support training evaluation and implement a variety of methods that evaluate the effectiveness of training
• Provide in-person and virtual trainer support through initiatives such as train-the trainer, community training programs, and engagement with contracted trainers and Children’s Trust staff on training content
• Assess Learner Understanding Establish and implement assessments to measure training effectiveness, solicit learner feedback and gain insights into audience demand for additional training
• Reflect on training and incorporate data/feedback from participants to add/improve future training sessions, facilitation skills, etc.
• Analyze collected data, draw conclusions, present findings and provide recommendations for continuous improvement that may impact Home Visiting programs and Training Institute objectives, measures and overall quality
• Support agency wide training evaluation efforts
• Collaborate with stakeholders Plan and collaborate with the Healthy Families Massachusetts Quality Assurance Team, Program Teams, and the Massachusetts Home Visiting Initiative training team to support program implementation through training and other technical assistance, as needed
• Gather feedback and information from internal staff and external partners, including training think tanks, to ensure training is responsive and connected to needs in the field
• Share data/feedback from learners, information about training issues and/or training requirement changes to stakeholders to stay aligned, responsive and maintain ongoing program improvements and quality assurance
• Support the process to transfer and monitor content/courses to a Learning Management System (LMS) and integrate data collected via LMS
• Work closely with the Director of Training Content and the Director of Training Services to develop the annual Training Institute training calendar for required training
• Provide feedback to management staff to aid in expansion efforts and strategic goal planning
• Provide insight into training issues and potential effects on program implementation to ensure all issues are considered in program, training and conference planning
• Participate in the development and review of program-related policies and strategies as they relate to training content and delivery
• Represent the Children's Trust on advisory councils and workgroups, as assigned
• Content lead on planning and executing training components of the annual Celebration Day event, collaborating with CT event lead staff
• Develops and Facilitates Communities of Practice Leads the development and facilitation of role-specific networking opportunities for learners following their training for ongoing support with practice, reflection and implementation
• Provides ongoing professional development skills refresher opportunities for learners
• Observes, analyzes, and makes recommendations on training implementation in the field
• Performs other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits When you embark on a career with the Commonwealth, you are offered an outstanding suite of employee benefits that add to the overall value of your compensation package. We take pride in providing a work experience that supports you, your loved ones, and your future. Want the specifics? Explore our Employee Benefits and Rewards!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees