This position is part-time at 20 hours per week.

Job Goal:
Implement family strengthening services with families in Family Support & Connections and provide wraparound services to meet the multiple needs of families who are needing supports and maybe systems involved.

Essential Responsibilities:

Oregon Parenting Education Collaboration:

Provide needed assistance to OPEC Coordinator on tasks as assigned.
Regularly refer clients to Parent Education opportunities.
Support Parent Circle support group
Ensure families enrolled in home visiting programs are aware of parent education offerings in their communities

Family Support & Connections program:
Receive referrals DHS, Child Welfare, and other community partners and follow-up with face-to-face contact with clients.
Attend assigned trainings
Complete Family partnership assessment with each family, assist in developing family goals, provide community resources, and complete follow-up home visits with families to ascertain progress towards meeting goals.
Act upon all referrals of potential clients living in Umatilla and Morrow Counties as assigned.
Quickly identify formal and informal support systems and assist family in contacting potential resources that can meet each family’s identified needs, and then guide and encourage families to take the necessary steps to access help (i.e. refer to mental health counseling, parenting classes, housing)
Provide a combination of in-home and community-based supports as well as a combination of individual and group supports.
Provide most services in the community, meeting families where they live; in domestic violence cases assure the meeting place does not endanger any family members; make multiple contact with the family and support system members.
Support caregivers in attaining necessary parenting skills through the approved curriculum.
Provide intensive services per contract requirements.
Make regular contact with clients through home visits, when unable to meet in person, voice-to-voice contact with family member must be therapeutic in nature therapeutic is defined as conversation about the client’s case.
Maintain a system that ensures the Family Satisfaction Surveys (DHS 234) are completed by each family. These will be collected and submitted to team lead.
Attend monthly DHS/Child Welfare meetings to discuss client’s progress.

General Staff Responsibilities:
Employees of UMHS aspire to the following:
A commitment to the agency’s mission, vision, and values;
A commitment to equipping children and all who care for them for lifelong success
A commitment to excellence in everything we do;
A commitment to positive performance and a welcoming culture;
A commitment to outcomes, measured results and quality improvement;
A commitment to innovation and to what is possible.

Program Participation and Team Member:
Be present at work in order to provide consistency of services
Arrive to work on time; punctually attend and actively participate in all required activities, meetings, and trainings.
Be a respectful, cooperative, and reliable team member and participant in program activities.
Project a professional work image, both in dress and manner.
Demonstrate familiarity with employment policies, performance standards, work plan and commitment to mission and values in the performance of daily duties.

Standards of Conduct:

• Perform all work in compliance with UMHS Standards of Conduct.

Improve self-skills and education

Fulfill role as mandated reporter as stated in Child Abuse and Neglect Policy

And or any other duties deemed necessary by your supervisor

Education Requirements:
HS/AA/BA degree in Human Services Early Childhood education or related field.

Experience and Skills Requirements:

Bilingual Required - Spanish

Experience, and certification verifying proof of working with caregivers and families in group and one-on-one settings.
Two year experience working with children and families.
Current First Aid/CPR
Knowledge of early childhood
Skills in working with children
Ability to keep accurate records
Knowledge and skills in working with adult learners.

Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:
Observe, compare, and monitor behaviors, records and data to determine compliance with prescribed standards
Comprehend, analyze, and make inferences and references from written material
Lift and move heavy and/or bulky objects up to 10 lbs.
Sit for long periods of time with keyboard and do data entry at a computer.
Occasionally required to stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
Frequently required to drive, walk and climb stairs in the office and in a variety of community-based and home settings.
Drive a private or Agency vehicle; must possess a valid driver's license and personal automobile or provide a plan that will allow fulfillment of position requirements. (A DMV Record check will be conducted prior to hire)
Occasional filing is required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bending as necessary;
Produce written documentation with clearly organized thoughts using proper sentence construction, punctuation and grammar.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment/Conditions:
The work environment includes indoor office environments or comparable spaces, families' homes and community spaces, with frequent exposure to outdoor weather when traveling to home visits and meetings. The noise level varies by sites, home visits, and meetings.
Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people

Safety:
Apply safe practices in the performance of duties
Reporting of unsafe or hazardous working conditions and/or any injury immediately
Complying with Agency safety standards
Participate in emergency drills
Promote a culture of safe environments in the workplace

Agency-Wide Requirements:

• Current enrollment in the Child Care Division’s Central Background Registry
• Current physical examination, drug screen, and TB screen documentation prior to hire
• Desire to work with low-income children and their families
• Communicate effectively with staff, families, children, and the public using the telephone and in face-to-face, one-to-one, and in group settings
• Fluent in English both verbally and written
• To protect the health and safety of our employees and families, and pursuant to the Governor's Order, all employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. If you are unable to comply with this policy due to pregnancy, disability, or because of a sincerely held religious belief, we will ask for written verification.

Umatilla-Morrow Head Start, Inc. Is an Equal Opportunity Employer