Children's Integrated Services Home Visitor

Job Description

Job Description

About This Role

Job Title:  CIS Family Support Home Visitor – Bachelor Prepared

Responsible to: CIS Coordinator

Purpose of Position: (As defined by the State of VT) The Family Support Home Visitor is responsible for providing professional support, role modeling and advocacy for families who may be faced with life stressors, such as acquisition of parenting skills and continuing education, and difficulty maintaining basic needs, such as housing and transportation. Conduct child development screenings as appropriate to support parent education. Promote family success in attainment of life skills with a concentration on promoting optimal health.

Responsibilities:

• Uses knowledge and skills to identify family strengths and needs.
• Provides home visits and center-based services in partnership with the family and clinical team.
• Assists with the development and implementation of a culturally appropriate targeted One Plan.
• Provides appropriate parent education, anticipatory guidance and coaching:
• Facilitates acquisition of family life skills, basic parenting skills, activities of daily living and resiliency traits in children and adults.
• Focuses on the development of the child: uses role modeling, mentoring and relevant parenting and family engagement approaches.
• Provides appropriate health and safety education.
• Acts as an advocate with community systems for families with limited English proficiency, cognitive disabilities and/or other limitations which interfere with the family’s ability to access services:
• Assists families to stay connected to a medical home and other services.
• Is familiar with and shares information about community resources.
• Makes referrals as needed to community services.
• Coordinates entitlements, housing, transportation, and other basis needs such as food programs.
• Assists parents in obtaining recommended follow-up care.
• Establish and maintain a network of support that provides basic safety for each child. 
• Participates in evaluating progress toward family goals.
• Identifies gaps in resources and informs clinical supervisor.
• Maintains confidentiality of family records and other information.

Qualifications

• License – Must have reliable transportation, current driver’s license, and Certificate of Auto Insurance.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Nursing or other related human services field
• Experience – Minimum of two years successful experience working with the ages of children specified.
• Experience working with complex families in need preferred.
• Mature adult with related life experience and demonstrates evidenced-based practices.
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to be empathetic, flexible and non-judgmental with diverse populations
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Ability to accurately document work done and results achieved as needed.
• Ability to work well independently and as a member of a team.

Responsibilities:

• Uses knowledge and skills to identify family strengths and needs.
• Provides home visits and center-based services in partnership with the family and clinical team.
• Assists with the development and implementation of a culturally appropriate targeted One Plan.
• Provides appropriate parent education, anticipatory guidance and coaching:
• Facilitates acquisition of family life skills, basic parenting skills, activities of daily living and resiliency traits in children and adults.
• Focuses on the development of the child: uses role modeling, mentoring and relevant parenting and family engagement approaches.
• Provides appropriate health and safety education.
• Acts as an advocate with community systems for families with limited English proficiency, cognitive disabilities and/or other limitations which interfere with the family’s ability to access services:
• Assists families to stay connected to a medical home and other services.

§ Is familiar with and shares information about community resources.

§ Makes referrals as needed to community services.

§ Coordinates entitlements, housing, transportation, and other basis needs such as food programs.

§ Assists parents in obtaining recommended follow-up care.

• Establish and maintain a network of support that provides basic safety for each child. 
• Participates in evaluating progress toward family goals.
• Identifies gaps in resources and informs clinical supervisor.
• Maintains confidentiality of family records and other information.

Qualifications

• License – Must have reliable transportation, current driver’s license, and Certificate of Auto Insurance.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Nursing or other related human services field
• Experience – Minimum of two years successful experience working with the ages of children specified.
• Experience working with complex families in need preferred.
• Mature adult with related life experience and demonstrates evidenced-based practices.
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to be empathetic, flexible and non-judgmental with diverse populations
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Ability to accurately document work done and results achieved as needed.
• Ability to work well independently and as a member of a team.

Qualifications

• License – Must have reliable transportation, current driver’s license, and Certificate of Auto Insurance.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Nursing or other related human services field
• Experience – Minimum of two years successful experience working with the ages of children specified.
• Experience working with complex families in need preferred.
• Mature adult with related life experience and demonstrates evidenced-based practices.
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to be empathetic, flexible and non-judgmental with diverse populations
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Ability to accurately document work done and results achieved as needed.
• Ability to work well independently and as a member of a team.

• 3 Weeks paid vacation for the first year of employment/ 10 sick days
• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Professional Development Funding
• Dental Insurance