Home Visitor Position for Help Me Grow Early Childhood Program -Summit County

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland•Akron, OH

34d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Summit County Help Me Grow Home Visiting Program is a voluntary program designed to equip pregnant women and families with the essential resources and skills needed to raise children who are physically, socially, and emotionally healthy and ready to learn. The program aims to improve maternal and child health, prevent child abuse and neglect, encourage positive parenting, and promote child development and school readiness. The Home Visitor will build relationships with families, assess their strengths, determine their needs, and collaborate with them to set goals and connect them to vital resources. This role involves participating in ongoing recruitment, accurately completing enrollment applications to determine family eligibility, and analyzing data to monitor and identify areas for family thriving, including services, health, nutrition, and mental health.

Requirements

At least an associate's degree in human services, urban studies, early childhood, social work or 2+ years' experience in human services, early childhood or similar field.
A valid DL.

Responsibilities

Engage families and maintain a set caseload as dictated by Ohio Department of Health state rule of parent with children 0-5 years old.
Determine eligibility of families for program.
Deliver home visits to eligible families to increase healthy pregnancies, improve their home environment and strengthen parent-child interactions.
Plan, implement, and facilitate parenting education activities using an evidenced based curriculum.
Develop realistic and attainable goal plans with family to address child development and social and emotional growth as well as parent/child bonding and positive interactions.
Review and monitor services, reassess needs and initiate services which as responsive to the needs of clients.
Assist parents in developing formal and informal community supports.
Act as an advocate to programs and clients.
Complete and maintain confidential records and appropriate documentation as required.
Record data into de-centralized billing system.
Achieve and maintain credentialing status by completing required training as required by Ohio Department of Health.
Recruit families into program through community outreach.
Exemplify positive role modeling by professionalism, language, work ethic, and positive communication.
Perform other duties as necessary to accomplish objectives.