Texas Home Visitor

Basic Function:

• The THV Home Visitor serves in a strategic function at Buckner Children and Family Services to deliver services based on the Safe Care model, including home visits, parent support groups and periodic developmental screenings to eligible families. Provide families with information regarding parenting, child health, and home safety, per the Safe Care model, with sensitivity to cultural and socio-economic needs of each client.
  
  Positively presenting this program and the need for such programs to the local community. Serve as a resource for program collaboration, the community, and other BCFS programs.
• Primary Responsibilities
• Recruit and engage families to receive services and determine family eligibility.
• Ensure compliance to Texas Home Visiting contract as well as fidelity to Safe Care model.
• Coordinate home visits as prescribed in the Texas Home Visiting program for the purpose of observing and providing information to parents.
• Perform approved developmental screening tool on all children in case load and document and report results.
• Provide resource and referral services linking families with community resources and support systems.
• Utilizing Safe Care curriculum, conduct education, either in the home as well as delivering monthly parent support groups, while ensuring fidelity to the model is maintained at all times.
• Manage caseloads and, timely and accurately, prepare various documentation for the purpose of providing information required for program compliance.
• Establish appropriate relationships with families that are based on equality and respect.
• Work with the families to build on the families' strengths to effect needed change.
• Maintain organized and accurate case records and timely submit required reports that meet contract and BCFS policies and procedures.
• Model appropriate adult/child interactions to families.
• Serve as a Safe Care ambassador to the community.
• Work effectively with diverse family types; exhibit cultural sensitivity; affirm cultural, racial and linguistic identity.
• Receive appropriate supervision from the Program Supervisor.

• Maintain compliance with all Buckner policies, procedures, and requirements. Maintain knowledge of and compliance with all state and federal laws and regulatory requirements.
• Manage program resources to ensure they are used efficiently and appropriately aligned with approved business objectives.
• Responsible for supporting and representing Buckner at special events, activities, and other assigned functions.
• The position can function in a hybrid work arrangement but attendance in person at the office is required when requested.
• Attend and participate in meetings and training as required.
• Work successfully as a part of a team and responsible for developing and maintaining strong working relationships with co-workers.
• Perform special assignments, projects, and other duties as required.

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Human Services, or a closely related field is required to perform essential job functions.
• Prior work experience in education, child health and development, child abuse or neglect, and/or parent education preferred.
• Two years working with families in professional setting is preferred.
• Knowledge of and/or experience using community resources preferred.
• Knowledge of and/or experience of in-home visitation preferred.

• Requires ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform the essential functions of the position, including communication with clients, volunteers, and community partners, documentation, and collaboration with staff.
• Requires ability to relate cross-culturally and with varying socio-economic groups in a variety of settings and contexts.
• Requires ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing with client families, other Parent Educators, clinicians, community members, resource providers and other BCFS clients, administration, and staff.
• Requires ability to speak clearly and make self understood in face-to-face interactions and on the phone; to articulate with accuracy, to receive verbal instructions, answer phones, etc. with some background noise.
• Requires ability to understand and relate to the theories behind several related concepts; ability to remember verbal and written tasks/assignments from a few hours to long periods of time (months).
• Requires ability to effectively work under pressure and remain flexible as priorities change; ability to…