Home Visitor

Family Connections, Inc.•East Orange, NJ

6d•$25 - $25•Hybrid

About The Position

Provides home visiting services to Essex County families. The parent educator (PE) is responsible for maintaining a regular and long-term relationship with their families, with a Level of Service of 18 families at any given time. Activity will occur within the family’s home; each visit utilizing the PAT curriculum, with a focus on the 3 main components of a visit. Visits should last for one hour. The interventions should be family-centered and strength-based.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Early Childhood or a related field
Previous experience with demonstrated success in community outreach and marketing.
Proven ability to work effectively on a team as well as strong Cultural Competence skills.
Experience delivering evidence-based curricula, strong clerical, organizational, and computer skills.
A respectful, professional demeanor and proven ability to work with diverse populations.
Maturity and experience in working with children (0-5 years of age) and their families for at least two years.
Knowledge of normal child growth/development and parent-child relationships.
Ability to relate to families from a strength-based model; ability to approach families from a family-centered service model.
Demonstrates motivation and ability to learn and practice basic supportive skills.
Knowledgeable about community resources.
Ability to establish and maintain personal/programmatic boundaries, while providing supportive services.
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to individuals who may not share basic commonality, including value system and behavior norms.
Believes in and is comfortable with advocating for nurturing, nonviolent discipline of children.
Must be fluent in English
Knowledge of inputting data into computer systems.
Ability to work with children ages 0 to 3 and their parents or caregivers.
Report program coordinator.
Assist in marketing and recruiting families for PAT.
Comfortable working in the home with families and within the community.
Comfortable with public speaking and advertising program.
Assist program coordinator in performing tasks needed to implement program.
Possess ability to be non-judgmental, empathetic, patient and tactful.
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and eligible for full‑time employment on a W‑2 basis.

Nice To Haves

Spanish bilingual ability strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Establish a trusting relationship and strong rapport with Families
Assist in strengthening the parent-child relationship.
Assist parents in improving their skills to optimize the home environment and parenting practices that promote the optimal development of children.
Assist in increasing the family support system and increase the family’s ability to problem solve and assume the role of advocating for themselves and their children.
Responsible for assisting the family in establishing goals and a plan for the accomplishment of those goals, utilizing the PAT Goal Plan.
Will utilize the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) and ASQ-Social Emotional (ASQ-SE) to assess the normal growth and development of the target child.
Identify, make and facilitate any referals to community services, agencies, or systems as indicated.
Responsible for acquiring all necessary documentation from families as well as inputting documentation into PATsys and relevant information into charts.
Meet all deadlines for paperwork as well as make sure screenings and all required assessments and components of PAT curriculum and PAT documentation are done within the required timeframes.
Utilize NJIIS with login to gather relevant immunization information
Build caseload by reaching out to CNJ referrals.
Complete required documentation in PATsys for referral outreach and status of pending enrollments.
Perform outreach in the community (Table at Health Fairs, Visit OBGYN offices, Libraries, Churches etc.) to discuss the PAT program and Home Visiting services to educate and recruit families.
Facilitate and assist in Group Connections events.