PAT Parent Educator - MIECHV

United Planning Organization•Washington, DC

2d•$50,000 - $80,000•Onsite

About The Position

The PAT Parent Educator provides personal home visits, child development screenings, and family support services to eligible prenatal mothers and families with young children. Operating under the Evidence-Based Parent as Teachers (PAT) model funded by Department of Health (DOH) – Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program, this role focuses on strengthening protective factors, promoting positive parenting, and ensuring school readiness. This position requires strict adherence to model fidelity and precise data tracking for federal performance measures. The role involves conducting regular, structured 60-minute home visits with each assigned family to deliver individualized, developmentally appropriate educational activities using the Parent as Teachers (PAT) curriculum model. It also includes planning and facilitating monthly parent group connections events to provide group learning experiences that promote social-emotional and cognitive development, managing an active caseload of 20-25 families, and conducting ongoing Home Safety Checklist assessments during home visits to identify potential risks and support safe home environments. The position requires logging home visit, family goals, referrals, and follow-up data within required local (DOH) and PAT database systems within 3 to 5 business days of interactions, and tracking federal MIECHV performance benchmarks, demographic data, and participant attrition metrics. Developmental and behavioral screenings must be administered within 90 days of enrollment and according to the child level screening schedule compliance and timelines. The role also includes attending Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) data review meetings to analyze program performance measures and actively recruiting eligible prenatal families and families with children 0-3 years old (prioritizing early enrollment per MIECHV guidelines) through community events, clinics, canvassing, etc.

Requirements

Child Development Associate (CDA) or an associate degree (AA) in Early Childhood Education or a closely related field.
Minimum of one (1) year of professional experience working with at-risk populations, pregnant individuals and families with children 0 to 5 years old.
Successfully complete a criminal background check and/or FBI fingerprinting.
Pre-employment drug screening.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree (BA/BS) in Early Childhood Education, Social Work, Human Development, Psychology or related human services field.
Three (3) or more years of experience in home visiting, case management or working with vulnerable prenatal families and families with children ages 0 to 5 within a structured, evidence-based model.

Responsibilities

Provide personal home visits, child development screenings, and family support services to eligible prenatal mothers and families with young children.
Conduct regular, structured 60-minute home visits with each assigned family to deliver individualized, developmentally appropriate educational activities using the Parent as Teachers (PAT) curriculum model.
Plan and facilitate monthly parent group connections events to provide group learning experiences that promote social-emotional and cognitive development.
Manage an active caseload of 20 – 25 families.
Conduct ongoing Home Safety Checklist assessments during home visits to identify potential risks and support safe home environments for children and families.
Log home visit, family goals, referrals and follow-ups data within required local (DOH) and PAT database systems within 3 to 5 business days of interactions.
Track federal MIECHV performance benchmarks, demographic data, and participant attrition metrics.
Administer developmental and behavioral screenings within 90 days of enrollment and according to the child level screening schedule compliance and timelines.
Attend Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) data review meetings to analyze program performance measures.
Actively recruit eligible prenatal families and families with children 0-3 years old (prioritizing early enrollment per MIECHV guidelines) through community events, clinics, canvassing, etc.