Parent Group Facilitator​/Community Outreach Worker

PARENT GROUP FACILITATOR/COMMUNITY OUTREACH WORKER
-SPANISH SPEAKING Job Description ESSENTIAL FUNCTION

The Parent Group Facilitator/Community Outreach Worker in the Healthy Families Program will conduct a support group for parents with children under five years of age. Additional responsibilities include screening new mothers for program eligibility at our partnering medical provider, outreaching in the community for new referral sources and continuing relationships with existing partners.

The Parent Group Facilitator/Community Outreach Worker shall be supervised and accountable to the Healthy Families Supervisor.

Ability to work flexible hours up to 20 hours per week. Minimum of 2 evenings a month required.

• A minimum of an associate degree or bachelor's degree in early childhood, social work, human services, or a closely related field from an accredited school preferred. Experience running groups preferred.
• Bilingual Spanish required.
• Parenting experience or experience with infants and young children.
• Acceptance of individual differences.
• Experience and humility to work with culturally diverse families.
• Effective communication abilities and interpersonal skills.
• Willing to engage in building reflective capacity (e.g. capacity for introspection, communicating awareness of self in relation to others, recognizing value of supervision etc.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Must become certified in CPR, Infant CPR, First Aid and CPI within the first six months of employment and complete in service Think Trauma training and New Hire Orientation.
• Basic familiarity and experience working with Microsoft Windows and Office software.
• Must be fingerprinted by the State of Illinois and must submit to a full Background Check through the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and provide 3 references.
• Must submit official academic transcripts from the last school in which a degree was awarded.

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. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; talk or hear; stand; walk; and use hands to handle or operate objects. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, lift, reach with hands or arms and run. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made…