Home Visitor

Home Visitor

Job Title: Home Visitor Department:

Early Childhood Reports to: Director/Coordinator 

Effective Date: 7/1/16 FLSA:

 Non-Exempt ______________________________________________________________________ 

Summary The Home Visitor is responsible for providing necessary services to children and families at the home of the participant. Essential Functions: • Conduct weekly home visits to young children and their families. This may include resource referral, monitoring physical and mental and health status, monitoring home environment and conducting safety and risk assessments • Provide education and support services to families. Carry out “curriculum” for child development in the context of the home and during group “socialization” experiences. • Conduct screening and ongoing assessment of children’s development. • Collaborate with families to establish family development goals and document this collaborative process in family partnership agreements. • Act as liaison and advocate between community resources and families and escort family when appropriate to and from community resources or other activities. • Utilize data management systems to complete required documentation of necessary data • Works in cooperation with staff to schedule disabilities and/or mental health appointments for children and parents as needed. • Performs other related duties as assigned. Supervisory Responsibilities: None Minimum Qualifications: ● Home Visitor Child Development Associate or equivalent coursework ● 1 year of experience. ● Bilingual in one or more of the following: Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Bengali and others, may be required depending on client needs. ● Knowledge in one of the following: child safety, nutrition, child health, family dynamics, and adult learning principles. ● Experience in Child Development, Early Childhood Education, and working with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. ● Ability to motivate people and work in diverse and challenging situations. ● Proficiency in Microsoft Office. ● Ability to prioritize, adhere to timelines and multi-task. ● Ability to work independently with minimum supervision. Job Behavioral Expectations: Page 2 of 2 • Maintain regular consistent and professional attendance, punctuality, personal appearance, and adherence to relevant health & safety procedures. • Safe and successful performance, including meeting productivity standards. • Maintain an understanding of the principles, methods and processes needed to perform the job. Attends staff meetings, seminars and in-service training as assigned. • Demonstrates the ability to complete work in an acceptable manner by the time and/or date established with accuracy, neatness and thoroughness and minimal amount of errors. • Maintain established departmental policies and procedures including maintain strict confidentiality and adherence to all HIPAA guidelines at all times. Physical demands and work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk, sit for long period of time; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or control; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Work environment: ● Work may be performed at the home of the client. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only job duties to be performed by the incumbent. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.