Parenting Education and Support Educator - Part-Time

Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains•Greeley, CO

3d•$18 - $18•Hybrid

About The Position

Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains is a nonprofit, human services agency dedicated to providing support to children and families across the Rocky Mountain region. The Family Support and Education Program focuses on healthy family relationships and child well-being through supervised family time, safe exchanges, and evidence-based parenting education, offering both in-person and virtual services. The program aims to prevent family violence and support families through education, supervision, and community collaboration, guided by the belief that every family has strengths and every child deserves a safe, nurturing environment.

Requirements

Familiarity with or the ability to learn social work practice, human development, family systems, including appropriate local, state, and federal regulatory rules.
Experience with keeping organized, complete, and accurate files, including regular auditing to ensure compliance.
Skills and sensitivity in working with individuals from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds with a variety of challenges.
Familiarity with identifying the learning struggles and successes of students and selecting teaching and learning strategies that support students' individual learning needs and goals.
Knowledge to observe rules establishing the nondisclosure of information except to another authorized person.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Must maintain a valid driver's license and carry personal auto liability insurance at the level of $100,000/300,000/100,000.
Bachelor's degree; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Must be able to fluently speak, read, translate and write in English.

Nice To Haves

Spanish preferred

Responsibilities

Provides direct, strengths-based parenting education to families, delivering evidence-based curriculum in a supportive and community-centered learning environment.
Supports parents in building skills that promote safe, healthy, and nurturing relationships with their children.
Ensures services align with the agency's mission, quality standards, and community needs.
Collaborates with community partners.
Maintains accurate program documentation.
Contributes to prevention efforts by empowering families through education, connection, and support.
Provides direct teaching services following all PES approved curriculum.
Stays abreast of evolving practices and community needs in parent education and family services and general outreach related to prevention services.
Ensures that program services are provided in accordance with quality assurance standards of the agency, county(s), state, accrediting organizations, and HIPAA.
Develops and maintains strong relationships with community partners, referring agencies, funding organizations, local school district personnel and external constituency or consultants.
Attends community or agency meetings and participates in other community outreach functions.
Collects client demographic information, program service statistics and case records for reporting purposes.
Performs other duties as assigned.