Home Visitor (Healthy Families)

Brightpoint • Champaign, IL

1d • $20 - $22 • Hybrid

About The Position

Brightpoint invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children and families thrive in strong communities. As a leader in the human services sector for 140 years, we aim to advance the well-being of children by investing in families and strengthening communities through data-informed, collaborative, and preventative solutions. The Home Visitor provides comprehensive, long-term home-visiting services within a strength-based, family-centered model to high risk first-time parents and families with young children, birth through 5 years of age. The Home Visitor also assesses infant/child and family needs, help families to establish plans to reach family and child development goals, assists families to expand their support systems, provides parenting support, and facilitates groups.

Requirements

• Associates Degree in Social Work, Child Development, or a closely related field; Bachelor's Degree preferred in Social Work, Child Development, or closely related field required.
• One year of experience working with families with children under the age of 5 required.
• Adept at communicating effectively – both in writing and verbally.
• Must be able to attend in-person family visits and meetings
• Valid driver's license, insurance, and a reliable vehicle required.

Responsibilities

• Meet regularly with families with young children in their homes to complete assessments, develop goals, and provide services aligned with the strengths and needs of the child and family.
• Provide observations of parent-child interactions, including assessing for effective communication and empathic responses, and engage parents in reflective dialogue on the developing parent-child relationship.
• Assist parents in forming community connections aligned with service goals, including referral and linkage with providers of early intervention, mental health, health care, and other supportive services.
• Develop and maintain collaborative partnerships with key community providers.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 3+ weeks paid time off in the first year including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day (PTO increases with tenure)
• 11 paid holidays
• Supplemental insurance options
• 401(k) with match
• Leadership development opportunities
• One-on-one mentorship
• Approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree