Bilingual Family Support Specialist

Partnership for Maternal & Child Health of Northern NJ • Full-time • Irvington, New Jersey, United States • $40k - $45.50k / year • 1m ago

Make a lasting difference in families’ lives as a Family Support Worker with the Healthy Families Program of Passaic County. Build strong, enduring relationships with enrolled families, providing consistent support and guidance from pregnancy through their child’s third year. Through compassionate home visitation services, help parents navigate their journey and create a foundation for their child’s future success.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Outreach families referred through Connecting NJ or a service provider.
Conduct family-centered and strength-based Home Visits based on the assigned enrolled family’s level of service.
Conduct the FROG Scale (parent survey tool) with parents to identify strengths/risk factors to support the family throughout home visitation services.
Conduct weekly outreach efforts to engage hard-to-reach clients.
Document weekly home visits, assessment tools and required forms.
Utilize Parents As Teachers curriculum to help improve parent-child interaction.
Assist in strengthening the parent-child relationship.
Assist parents in improving skills to optimize the home environment;
Assist to increase the family support system and increase the family’s ability to problem solve and assume the role of advocating for themselves and their children.
Assist families in establishing goals and a plan for the accomplishment of those goals.
Enters and maintains data entry of client information into database.
Identify and refer to other supportive agencies, including healthcare appointments.
Assist with organizing and facilitating parent workshops.
Provide advocacy at appointments, as needed.
Maintain own functioning vehicle in good working condition at all times.
Maintain manual and computerized client files in a confidential manner.
Handles other assignments as requested.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

High School Diploma or GED equivalent; Bachelor’s Degree preferred
Bilingual (English/Spanish)
Minimum 2 years of experience working with children (0-3 years of age) and families
Knowledge of normal child growth/development and parent-child relationships.
Experience working with community agencies, including implementing referral processes.
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.
Flexible availability for home visits and community outreach/tabling events
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 commonalities, including value system and behavior norms.
Experience in working with culturally diverse communities/families and the ability to be culturally sensitive and appropriate.
Demonstrates strong writing, effective communication and organizational skills
Ability to travel throughout New Jersey to attend required core trainings, curricula training and ongoing trainings required by the model and/or agency.
Infant mental health endorsement level I or II preferred.
Computer literacy required.

All PMCH employees must comply with PMCH's Immunization Policy.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $40,000.00 - $45,500.00 per year

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