Healthy Families America Family Support Specialist - FT8

Responsibilities:

• Maintains a caseload of families with pregnant individuals and children birth to age five.
• Plans, prepares, and conducts regular home visits following Healthy Families America model requirements.
• Maintains productivity expectations, averaging approximately 3 completed or attempted visits per day.
• Establishes and maintains trusting, supportive relationships with families using a family-centered, responsive approach.
• Utilizes reflective practices and motivational interviewing techniques to support engagement.
• Partners with families to identify strengths, needs, and goals.
• Monitors individualized family service plans.
• Supports families in achieving goals related to parenting, education, housing, employment, and health.
• Provides crisis intervention and problem-solving assistance when needed.
• Provides education on prenatal health, child development, and positive parenting practices.
• Conducts developmental, maternal depression, and health screenings.
• Supports early identification of developmental delays and facilitates referrals for early intervention services.
• Promotes safe sleep practices, breastfeeding, nutrition, and preventive healthcare.
• Assists families in establishing medical and dental homes.
• Connects families to community resources and public benefits (e.g., WIC, Medicaid, housing, childcare).
• Coordinates services with healthcare providers, schools, and community agencies.
• Advocates for families to reduce barriers to services.
• Delivers evidence-based HFA-aligned parenting and child development curriculum.
• Maintains accurate, timely documentation of all services, assessments, and outcomes.
• Completes required data entry in program database systems.
• Tracks family progress and completes required evaluations.
• Participates in team meetings, case reviews, and supervision.
• Attends required trainings, including HFA core trainings and ongoing professional development.
• Engages in continuous quality improvement and program evaluation efforts.
• Maintains confidentiality and adheres to ethical standards.
  
  

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED with 2 years of experience with young children, parents and/or families or an associate degree is required; Bachelor's degree is preferred
• Ability to work respectfully with all populations
• Ability to effectively engage with clients and community partners about program services
• Good working knowledge of community resources and accessing these resources preferred
• Complies with accepted professional standards and practice
• Ability to work effectively with a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to work with the management information system and complete data entry
• Mandatory Reporter of Child and Dependent Adult abuse training certification (within 30 days of hire)
• Must have valid Iowa driver's license, auto liability insurance and reliable transportation if driving is required
• Successful completion of pre-employment physical, drug screen, 2-step TB test and background check

Working Conditions:

• Physical requirements: Light work, sitting most of the time, exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or a small amount of force constantly to move objects
• Physical activities: Climbing, Balancing, Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching, Crawling, Reaching, Standing , Walking, Pushing, Pulling, Lifting, Talking, Fingering (picking, pinching, typing, etc.), Hearing, Grasping (applying pressure with fingers and palm), Repetitive motions, Feeling (perceiving size, shape, texture, temperature by touching), Visual acuity (field of vision for analyzing data, viewing computer, using measurement devices, operating machines, determining accuracy or neatness, and/or making general observations)
• Environment: Exposure to varied temperatures, communicable diseases, dust, and stairs
• Time: Ability to be flexible with a varying schedule and programmatic requirements
• Travel: Required between locations

These characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. You may be required to perform other duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

EveryStep is an equal opportunity employer. Employment practices are implemented without regard to race, creed, color, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship, national origin, religion, veteran status, genetic information or on the basis of age or physical or mental disability unrelated to ability to perform the work required.