Family Assessment Worker - Brooklyn - Spanish Required

Family Assessment Worker
- Brooklyn
- Spanish Required

Community Health Worker

Brooklyn, NY
• Full-Time/Regular

Family Assessment Worker
- Brooklyn
- Spanish Required

Position Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Family Assessment Worker
- Brooklyn
- Spanish Required. The Family Resource Specialist/Family Support Specialist is responsible for conducting outreach and screening to identify pregnant or newly parenting caregivers eligible for home visiting services. This position carries a caseload of families with the goal to support positive parent child bonding, promote child and family health and development, and enhance family resilience. Reporting to the Program Supervisor these home-visiting services are delivered within the context of a health care system in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities:

• Conduct outreach and screening to identify families eligible for home visiting services.
• Initiate and maintain regular contact with families, primarily via visiting them in their homes.
• Documenting initial family assessments and using assessment tools as indicated.
• Interviewing parents, preferably prenatally and/or immediately after the birth of their child.
• Reviewing Hospital or Clinic records.
• Timely reporting and case documentation in an electronic database management system
• Assisting in making and attending health and human service appointments, including activities related to employment and educational goals.
• Assisting parents to improve their skills to optimize the home environment for the child's well-being and safety.
• Assisting to strengthen parent-child relationships.
• Providing prenatal and other health education.
• Establishing a trusting relationship with families.
• Participate in community events to promote Healthy Families services.
• Establish partnerships with internal and external agencies that work with families.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

To qualify you must have a High School diploma/GED with experience working with, or assisting at risk children and families in a community setting. Bilingual Spanish.

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge of infant and child development Infant mental health endorsement preferred (if available in the state) Ability to observe and report accurately on the functioning of individuals and families Ability to establish trusting relationships and work effectively with mothers, fathers and extended family Successful parenting and/or child care experience Ability to handle stressful situations Emotionally mature and capable of exercising judgement Respect for and sensitivity to the needs and rights of others, including those with differing cultural, racial, sexual, or ethnic identities.

NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $35,129.60 - $42,000.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.