1 Bilingual Doula (English/Spanish) Job in Chicago, IL
Family Focus is Hiring a Bilingual Doula (English/Spanish) Near Chicago, IL
- Perform initial assessment of family.
- Assist families in strengthening the parent-child relationship by incorporating a strength-based model.
- Suggests parent child interactions accordingly.
- Assist parents in improving skills to optimize the home environment.
- Help families to improve support systems.
- Increase family’s ability to problem solve and advocate for themselves and their children.
- Identify and refer family for contact/appointments at other supportive agencies, including health care appointments.
- Monitors the well-being of the children in the home and reports and concerns to the immediate supervisor.
- Complete documentation required, case notes, files, logs, on a timely manner
- Attends relevant lectures, courses, workshops, training courses and conferences to further professional growth, as approved by supervisor.
- Participate in the on-going development and related activities of a comprehensive quality improvement process within the Child and Family Services division.
- Performs other relevant duties as assigned by supervisor.
- Perform documentation of services provided in participant files and the Data tracking system in a timely manner, meeting funders’ requirements for deadlines.
- Participate in all team meetings, present case materials and request information from other staff during team meetings.
- Attend all required training courses.
- Assist with agency sponsored events.
- Maintain a minimum of capacity caseload of 8 families at any given time
- Maintains a minimum 80% of the home visits expected completed
- Submit weekly calendar schedule to supervisor by the end of the week
- Communicate all births attendance and progress with Supervisor via text or phone call.
- Assist families in initiating and strengthening the parent-child relationship.
- Provide information, education, and resources that will prepare the parent and her family for the
birth process during home visits. - Identify needs and refer families to additional community resources, including health care and other necessities.
- Responsible for assisting families in establishing goals and a birth plan for accomplishing those goals.
- Attend and support the laboring mother and her family and/or support person(s).
- Conduct outreach activities and educate the community.
- Maintain postpartum contact for eight weeks post-delivery at least once or twice a week, plus regular phone contact and supports breast feeding and infant care as well as provide support to the new mom.
- The Doula will advocate for families, provide community outreach, prenatal education activities, and assist the family in preparing for childbirth through both home visiting and group-based services. The Prenatal group is open to the community, Doula will conduct 24 groups in a fiscal year, (three sessions of 8 weeks each).
- The Doula will work and support Migrant Families at different locations in the city.
- Bachelor's Degree in social service or related field (preferred), or equivalent experience.
- Must be on-call 24/7 to Doula participant families.
- Must to speak Spanish/English
- Must have dependable transportation, valid driver's license, and proof of auto insurance.
- Must have completed the Doula 20-session training program or must complete the 20-session training within 3 months of employment.
- Self-starter, capable of producing excellent work with minimal supervision.
- Ability to multi-task and manage time effectively.
- Excellent interpersonal and organization skills.
- Experience working with highly stressed families in overburdened communities.
- Knowledge of issues related to maternal/child health and child abuse risk.
- Knowledge of child development; particularly infant/toddlers.
- Commitment to prevention and strength-based interventions.
- Sensitivity to working with families of diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Considerable experience working with children, adolescents, and families: Experience working with teen mothers a plus.
- Strong technology and computer skills.
Job Summary
Full Time
Social & Legal Services
$60k-78k (estimate)
01/12/2024
05/19/2024
family-focus.org
MERRILLVILLE, IN
100 - 200
1976
$10M - $50M
Social & Legal Services
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About Family Focus
Family Focus invests in strengthening families and their children in Chicago and NE Illinois so they build social capital and achieve upward economic mobility through high-quality innovative programs and services, grounded in anti-racism and social justice. We help participants gain confidence in their own abilities, overcome challenges, raise healthy children, succeed in school and become active, productive participants in the life of their community. Our programs are built on respect for the families we serve and their cultures, and a commitment to working with not for our participants. Ou...r centers are located in the Chicago neighborhoods of Englewood, Lawndale, and Hermosa/Humboldt Park and the nearby communities of Aurora, Cicero, DuPage, Evanston, Highwood/Highland Park, Hyde Park, South Holland and South Shore. Matching programs to the communities we serve, we offer programs for parents with young children, pregnant and parenting teens, grandparents raising grandchildren, families exposed to violence, estranged fathers, immigrant families and children and teens in school. All services are available to all, many are bilingual, and most are offered free of charge.
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