Home Visitor (Casual)

Children's Institute•Los Angeles, CA

3d•$27 - $32•Remote

About The Position

Provides in-home education, support and resource services to children, parents, pregnant women and families in accordance with their specific needs. This role involves collaborating with parents to develop and implement individualized programs, promoting parent-child bonding, maintaining case notes and records, assessing family needs, enhancing family functioning, ensuring full enrollment through recruitment, strengthening family knowledge of child development, assisting with household management, planning for continuity of care, providing community resources and referrals, conducting weekly home visits, and developing a working knowledge of ethnic and cultural differences of client families.

Requirements

1 year of home visitation, early childhood services, or community-based programs experience.
Associate degree in early childhood education, social work, psychology, childhood development, or a related field required.
Possesses a valid driver's license and state-required auto insurance.
Required to travel extensively to sites (> 50% of the time).
Ability to handle confidential information.
Ability to be flexible and work in a changing environment.
Ability to work a flexible schedule including evenings, nights and weekends.
Maintains patient privacy, including protecting the confidentiality, safeguarding the integrity and availability, and limiting the use and disclosure of patient Protected Health Information (PHI) to authorized individuals and entities.
Participates in, conducts, and sustains performance quality improvement activities according to designated role and responsibilities.
Sensitivity to service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Punctual and dependable attendance.
Must have working knowledge of programs in a Windows environment.
New Hire Orientation
AB-1343: Sexual Harassment Prevention training
Mandated Reporter
CPR/First Aid

Nice To Haves

B.A in early childhood education or related field preferred
For Early Head Start Home Visitors only: 12 units of early childhood education/child development core courses outline in the CCTC Child Development Matrix. Obtain 6 semester units with a focus on infant and toddler development at hire or within the first year of employment.
Spanish / English /Korean bilingual preferred.

Responsibilities

Collaborates with the parent to develop and implement an individualized program for the family in accordance with individual needs of each child, his/her interests, abilities, disabilities, individual style and pace of learning; develops monthly goals and objectives.
Promotes parent-child bonding and nurturing parent-child relationships through facilitating developmentally and culturally appropriate interactions and communication.
Develops and maintains appropriate case notes and other records and prepares periodic reports as required. Meets CII’s productivity standards and maintains an appropriate caseload to reach the weekly expectation of client contact.
Assesses family needs, interests, and strengths and assists the family in developing goals that lead to self-sufficiency.
Enhance family functioning by reducing risk and building protective factors.
Ensures full enrollment is maintained at all times for assigned area through recruitment activities.
Collaborates with the parents to strengthen the family’s knowledge of child development.
Ensures that proper child-parent socialization is taking place as required.
Assists in establishing and maintaining household management practices.
Plans for continuity of care by ensuring that services are continued as appropriate through CII’s integrated services model.
Provide resources and referrals to community support as appropriate.
Conducts weekly home visits and uses routines, activities, and experiences in the home to achieve the goals of the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) and the Child Individualized Goals.
Develops, maintains and uses a working knowledge of the ethnic and cultural differences, practices and values of the client families in order to better understand their needs and provide appropriate services.
Other duties and special projects as assigned.

Benefits

Generous paid PTO, plus 10 paid holidays and CII is closed between Christmas and New Year
Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible employees and qualified dependents
403b Retirement Plan with employer contribution for eligible employees
Up to $4,500 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year
Eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)
Employer paid Life and AD&D Insurance
Voluntary Supplemental Insurance
Opportunity for growth & advancement
Professional development & continued training
Team building & bonding through company sponsored events & activities