Parent Educator; PAT

Job Details:

Job Location:

Fall River
- Fall River, MA 02724, Education Level: Bachelor's Degree, Salary Range: $20.50 - $24.25 Hourly, Summary

A certified parent educator implements the PAT model, emphasizing parent-child interaction, development-centered parenting and family well-being in their work with families. Utilizing the PAT Foundational Curriculum in culturally sensitive ways, the parent educator partners, facilitates and reflects with families.

Full-time, 35 hours per week. Monday
- Friday, 9am-5pm, with some flexibility and potential to work 1-2 days until 6/6:30pm depending on parents work schedules.

$1 per hour Language Differential! (eligible languages include: Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish or ASL)

Child and Family Services recognizes the power in Diversity and believes that Equity is a Human Right.

Child & Family Services carefully considers a wide range of factors when determining compensation including, but not limited to, prior experience, education, certification(s), license(s), skills and expertise, location, internal equity and other factors that are job related and consistent with business need. Our goal is to support, reward and compensate the entire individual. Depending on role eligibility, your offer may include a bonus or other incentives.

Therefore, final offer amounts may vary from the amount stated.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Engage in recruitment activities (as applicable)
• Complete and initial and annual family-centered assessment with each family
• Develop, monitor and review goals with each family
• Provide personal visits focused on parent-child interactions, development-centered parenting and family well-being (including planning, delivering, and documenting visits)
• Use the PAT Foundational curriculum to share research based information with families
• Complete at least an initial and annual development screening and health review for each enrolled child
• Connect families to resources that help them reach their goals and address their needs
• Help parents and children transition to other services as needed, to preschool, or to kindergarten
• Maintain and submit in a timely way all required family and program documentation
• Organize and inventory supplies/materials, etc.
• Participate in at least 2 hours of reflective supervision monthly and at least 2 hours of staff meetings monthly
• Obtain competency-based professional development and renew parent educator certification
• Participates in continuous quality improvement
• Other duties as needed

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

The parent educators must have a Bachelor’s degree in Education, Social Work or related field (or equivalent degree outside of the United States). Parent Educators must complete the Parents as Teachers Foundational and Model Implementation Trainings before delivering PAT services. Must be fluent in Haitian Creole.

• Awareness of personal attitudes, beliefs, biases, and assumptions about others
• Knowledge of the various dimensions of diversity, including gender, race, and ethnicity
• Acknowledging that people from other cultural groups may not share the same beliefs and practices or perceive experiences in the same way
• Cultural knowledge of key populations that will be served to address disparities in service delivery
• Demonstrates positive…