Family Support Specialist for MIECHV

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Conducts developmental screenings

· Follows the guidelines of Health Families America Model

· Using Parents as Teachers Curriculum

· Continuously assesses child’s progress by collecting, aggregating and analyzing data on an ongoing basis

· Plans and offers productive socialization experiences for children and their families by employing appropriate curricula, schedules, and routines in collaboration with the family

· Educates families on developmentally appropriate activities designed to promote school readiness and supports learning through daily routine experiences

· Supplies and/or suggests materials to enhance the learning activities

· Builds effective relationships with families

· Recruits and enrolls families into the program

· Schedules home visits with families weekly for a minimum of 90 minutes per visit

· Engages families as full partners in their own and their child’s development and learning by helping families develop achievable short- and long-term goals, engaging them in assessing their needs and strengths, and supporting them in taking actions to reach their goals

· Supports families in fostering safe, healthy, and nurturing home environments through linking families to resources while being sensitive to the cultural and linguistic needs

· Promotes parents' overall involvement and participation in program governance

· Promotes family involvement in agency-wide activities (e.g., health fairs, festivals, other activities)

· Works in collaboration with other program staff and consultants to monitor, track, and coordinate services for children and parents

· Coordinates with the Health Consultant to ensure that chronic health forms are completed and signed by physicians, medical plans are completed, and necessary follow-ups are conducted for each child in their caseload with a chronic health condition

· Coordinates with the Health Consultant to ensure that nutrition assessments are conducted for each child and that appropriate follow-up information is provided to families

· Assists families with attaining and maintaining a medical and dental home.

· Refers and links children and parents to needed services; ensures that referrals are being followed through by families and documents their efforts to do so

· Works collaboratively with other agencies to help meet the needs of families in the and/or other assigned programs

· Secures and maintains information on child health (physicals, dental screenings, immunizations, health history), and nutrition data, for each child assigned to their caseload

· Maintains records and documents services in a timely manner

· Enters service data into Visit Tracker System

· Participates in staffing of all families with a Mental Health Consultant

· Attends family support team meetings, staff meetings, staff trainings, collaborations, and planning meetings

Pay: $24.99 - $30.10 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Mileage reimbursement
• Paid time off

Work Location: In person

Salary : $25 - $30