Parenting Specialist - House of Mercy FT

Trinity Health•MMCIA - MercyOne House of Mercy Central IA, IA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

MercyOne is seeking a Parenting Specialist to join their House of Mercy team. This role involves providing parenting and child development consultation, behavioral health intervention services, skill development support, and counseling assistance to assigned clients. The specialist will ensure the House of Mercy's parenting curriculum is current and based on research and best practices. They will oversee and facilitate parenting education and skill development programming for employees and clients, coordinate family activities, and serve as a role model for positive parenting techniques. The position may include outreach/in-home parenting caseloads as well as residential caseloads.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Human Services, Child and Family Services, or counseling related field, required.
One (1) year previous counseling experience required.
Management of aggressive behavior training within six (6) months of hire.
Infant, child and adult CPR certified through American Heart Association within three (3) months of hire.
Infant, child and adult First Aid certification through American Heart Association within three (3) months of hire.
Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting training to be completed within first 30 days of employment.

Responsibilities

Provides assigned clients with parenting and child development related consultation, behavioral health intervention services, skill development support, and counseling assistance.
Ensures that House of Mercy’s parenting curriculum is current and research/best-practice based.
Oversees and facilitates the parenting education and skill development programming provided House of Mercy employees and clients.
Coordinates the family activities of assigned clients, ensuring relevance, applicability, and consistency with parenting treatment goals.
Serves as a role model and mentor to residents in the practical application of newly acquired positive parenting techniques.
Assists families with their transition into House of Mercy.
Establishes rapport and develops a therapeutic relationship with assigned clients.
Provides parenting related individual and group counseling services.
Completes a comprehensive history and assessment of past parenting beliefs and practices.
Continually reviews and revises House of Mercy’s parenting program ensuring that it is research/best practice based and relevant to the women served.
Provides parenting education services through individual client encounters, classroom/group activities, staff consultation/training, etc.
Develops parenting related goals and objectives for inclusion in client treatment plans.
Coordinates the transition planning process for children being admitted to House of Mercy and/or reuniting with their mothers at House of Mercy.
Provides therapeutic interventions to clients experiencing parenting related crises offering empathic support and assistance with problem solving.
Regularly provides the treatment team with timely updates on the parenting performance status of assigned clients, recommends parenting skill development interventions, and provides clients with authorized/ordered behavioral health intervention services documented in the treatment plan.
Documents relevant parenting information in a qualitative and timely manner consistent with applicable regulatory and organizational guidelines/expectations.
Plans, coordinates, and provides classroom instruction to enhance positive parenting skills, techniques, philosophy, principles and goals for House of Mercy staff.
Provides resource and referral information to clients and coordinates follow-through.
Assists residents in day-to-day routines to enrich parenting. Observes, coaches, and assists parents in hands-on learning.
Identifies/develops and administers standardized tools for assessing changes in client parenting beliefs and knowledge of skills.
Provides statistical and other research information as requested.
Completes data entry and quarterly reports to Iowa Department of Public Health as requested.
Participates in statewide initiatives to advocate for children and families seeking services and collaborating with other providers of similar services.