Join our Team! Penquis, a social services agency serving Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Knox counties for over 50 years, is currently seeking two full-time (40 hours/week; benefits eligible) Home Visitor/Visit Coaching Workers. As the Home Visitor, you are assisting families in gaining needed skills and tools tailored to their children’s individual needs and supervise all parent-child interactions. This is a hybrid position based out of our Bangor location.

Location: Bangor, Maine

Home Visitor/Visit Coaching Worker Responsibilities:

• Provide home and community-based visit coaching to assist families.
• Implement specialized training in a national coaching model and receive supervision from a licensed clinician.
• Work effectively as part of a team, interacting and sustaining positive collaborations and partnerships with families, DHHS, and resource parents.
• Provide intensive, home and community-based therapeutic skill-building to parents, with a focus on empowerment, empathy, responsiveness, and active parenting while maintaining child safety.

Home Visitor/Visit Coaching Worker Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in human services or a related field.
• 1-2 years of documented experience working with children and families.
• Have reliable, insured transportation and have proof of automobile insurance.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and computer skills.
• Ability to work night and weekend hours.
• Upon hire and periodically thereafter, must comply with Penquis background check requirements with satisfactory results as outlined in current contract provisions.

Excellent Benefits Package: (benefit eligible)

• 14 Paid Holidays (Including your Birthday!)
• Paid Time off-3 Days upon hire
• Paid training for all required certifications
• Dental/Health/Vision
• Retirement Plans
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Wellness Incentives

The rate of pay for this position starts at $20.34 per hour, and additional compensation may be given consideration with relevant experience.

In addition to an application, please provide current resume and cover letter indicating the reasons for your interest in the position.

Penquis offers an excellent benefits package, competitive wages, and opportunities for educational advancement, certification, and coursework. Join our team by applying on line at www.penquis.org or contact us at 973-3500 (TDD: 973:3520) or by email at employment@penquis.org to request an application and job description.

In accordance with federal regulations, Penquis does not discriminate. Reasonable accommodation will be made for otherwise qualified persons with disabilities. Penquis is a tobacco and smoke-free workplace.