Group- Prenatal and Parenting Educator – Families Forward Resource Center

Group
- Based Prenatal and Parenting Educator – Families Forward Resource Center

Families Forward Resource Center (FFRC) is a full-service family resource center providing supportive services and programs to northeast Denver and north Aurora metro areas. Our mission is to enrich entire families through partnerships and services that create a safe, healthy, and connected community. FFRC has been serving the Far Northeast Denver and Aurora communities for over 20 years. FFRC's flagship program, Healthy Babies, Strong Families, is dedicated to advancing Black Birthing Justice through the provision of direct services, case management, resource navigation, and group-based education and system's level change through community partnerships, collaboration, coordination, and advocacy.

POSITION SUMMARY

Families Forward Resource Center (FFRC) is seeking a Group-based Prenatal and Parenting Educator to join our team and our Healthy Babies, Strong Families program. The Group-based Prenatal and Parenting Educator provides evidence and curriculum-based, intentional, trauma-informed, and proactive pregnancy and parenting classes to Healthy Babies, Strong Families program participants and community members.

To be successful in this role, the Group-based Prenatal and Parenting Educator needs to be dedicated to Black birthing justice, forward thinking, innovative, reflective, and detail oriented. FFRC team members are expected to commit to life-long learning to expand expertise, advance programmatic and organizational support to program participants and community, and engage in quality improvement efforts to optimize supports and services.

The Group-based Prenatal and Parenting Educator is responsible for the logistical coordination and facilitation of group-based classes in community-based settings and at the FFRC office, as decided by team.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Plan, coordinate, and facilitate group-based classes in community-based locations and on-site at FFRC including the following tasks:
• Maintain course material
• Maintain class registration
• Communicate with enrolled and interested participants to optimize class engagement and attendance
• Outreach potential group-based class participants
• Coordinate with program staff including the Program Manager and Community Health Workers to enroll case management participants
• Develop and sustain community partnerships to support group-based classes for program participants and community members
• Develop and maintain relationships with organizations that are dedicated to Black Birthing Justice to align resources and optimize support for improving the network of services available to the community
• Utilize case management software for record attendance, notes, and internal referral
• Participate in trainings and webinars to expand expertise to support class participants
• Attend and actively participate in team meetings
• Research and explore potential opportunities to develop our own Black Birthing prenatal and parenting curriculum
• Complete required trainings and maintain appropriate credentials
• Maintain positive rapport with program participants, community members, organizational partners, and co-workers
• Exhibit professional demeanor with program participants, community members, organizational partners, and co-workers
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Accountabilities

• Genuine interest and dedication to Families Forward Resource Center's mission
• Genuine interest and dedication Black Birthing Justice
• Warm and welcoming
• Professional attitude and appearance
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong multi-tasking and time management skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) and Google Products
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to work…