Home Visitor

Bridges Homeward•Boston, MA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Believing in proper work/life balance, Bridges Homeward operates on a 33.5 hour (4 1/2 day) work week!! PURPOSE & SCOPE: The Home Visitor of Healthy Families-Massachusetts (HFM) is a member of the Bridges Homeward Team who utilizes a strengths-based, skill-building framework of service. Healthy Families Massachusetts includes the whole family in service delivery, engaging fathers, mothers, babies, and extended family members. 'Extended family' is defined by the participant and may include significant support systems such as those individuals the family has identified as their kinship network. Through attuned interactions, Healthy Families Massachusetts home visitors encourage participants at their own pace to develop the knowledge, skills, and support networks that will enable them to be strong, resilient parents with access to the resources needed to successfully manage their lives and be the best advocates for themselves and their children. The Healthy Families Program's goals are to: Prevent child abuse and neglect by supporting positive, effective parenting skills Achieve optimal health, growth, and development in infancy and early childhood Promote increased educational attainment, job, and life skills Reduce unintended repeat teen pregnancies Promote optimal parental health and wellness

Requirements

Highschool Diploma
Minimum of one year of experience providing case management and/or counseling services to children, adolescents, and families; preference given to those with experience working with pregnant or parenting teens or young adults
Bilingual required; we are seeking candidates that speak English and at least one of the following languages: Spanish, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole.
An ability to establish trusting relationships with program participants
Experience and humility to work with the culturally diverse families in our catchment area and demonstrated acceptance of individual differences.
Knowledge of infant and child development
Willing to engage in building reflective capacity
Valid drivers license and car
CORI/SORI/Finger printing required

Nice To Haves

Lived parenting experience preferred
Infant mental health endorsement preferred

Responsibilities

Provides parenting education and support in-home and in group settings
Helps to Reduce violent, impulsive, and risky behaviors among adolescent parents
Promotes safe and healthy homes
Improves family self-sufficiency while helping the most vulnerable families
Utilizes the Protective Factors Framework to provide in home services in order to support families in increasing resiliencies, resources, knowledge, skills, and support systems
Organizes and manages a caseload of families and children referred to Healthy Families Massachusetts
Collaborates with parents, children, community resources, and HFM staff in developing plans, specifying resources and services needed, making referrals, and monitoring service provision
Maintains regular contact with collaborating partners
Provides conflict resolution and mediation for families
Monitors safety of children in the home
Maintains complete, detailed, and accurate records
Helps support or present information alone or with other team members at parenting workshops
Duties and responsibilities are carried out in conformance with relevant Competences (attached).