Parent Educator-Parents as Teachers

Position Overview:

The Parent Educator (PE) shares research-based information and utilize evidence-based practices by partnering, facilitating and reflecting with families through home-based services for the PAT program.

Responsibilities:

Implement Parents as Teachers model to families in Oklahoma County.

Provide written information about the program services including Consent for Services Forms and Families’ Rights and Confidentiality Policy to prospective participants

Provide home-based parent education and support service. (Home visits should be schedule at the convenience of the family in order to meet the family’s needs).To maintain a caseload of 20 families visited twice per month.

To focus in the three areas of emphasis of the PAT model:
Parent-Child interaction;
Development-centered parenting and Family well-being.

To conduct a family-centered assessment within 120 days of enrollment and annually thereafter.

To administer, score and report the Ages & Stages Child development screenings.

To develop in a partnership with the family a Family Goal Plan, according to family’s strengths and needs.

To promote healthy childhood growth and development by providing on-going child developmental screenings
- Ages and Stages, Vision, Hearing and milestones.

To improve the family’s support system by linking the family with needed services and maintaining a record in the Referral Tracking form (including follow-ups of the referral)
To encourage home-based families to participate in the group connections

To provide transportation as needed related to the child’s health and safety with supervisor’s approval.

To participate in a minimum of one hour of weekly individual supervision and in a minimum of one hour of weekly staff meeting.

To participate in Public Awareness and Community Outreach activities.

To organize and complete all required paperwork set forth by this invitation to bid, the Program Implementation Procedures Manual and the Program Evaluation Procedures Manual.

To maintain proper records on the family file and/or in our data system, ETO.To enter the home visit documentation in ETO within 48hrs.

To collaborate with various agencies and organizations to advocate for Hispanics.

To comply with guidelines for Community-Based Family Resources and Support Programs and the Parents as Teachers Essential Requirements.

To fully participate in Continues Quality Improvement (CQI) activities.

Competency Statements:

Ability to provide family-centered parent education, support services, and developmental guidance in accordance with the Parents as Teachers model.

Ability to conduct assessments, developmental screenings, and goal planning while maintaining accurate and timely documentation.

Ability to build trusting relationships with families and connect them with community resources and support services.

Ability to manage caseloads, maintain records in ETO, and complete required reports and paperwork within established timelines.

Ability to collaborate with community organizations, participate in outreach activities, and support continuous quality improvement initiatives.

Training Provided:

Pre-service and orientation training PAT Foundational I, II and Partnering with Teens Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ/ASQ-SE)
Additional training given within the first year of training:
Strengthening Families, HIPAA; ETOHome Visitor Safety;
Family/Domestic Violence;
Grief;
Newborn Screenings;
Documentation;
Cultural Competency, Family Planning;
Child Passenger Safety;
Tobacco Cessation; CAME;
Medicaid/TANF;
Resources;
Employment & Education;
Attachment;
Maternal Depression;
Reproductive Health;
Breastfeeding;
Nutrition;
Adoption;
Special Needs;
Substance Abuse/Addictive Behaviors;
Mental Health Issues;
Keys to Caregiving, and Safe Sleep/SIDS.

Position Requirements :

Bachelor’s degree in early childhood development, social work, or other related field

Possess valid driver’s license and must maintain current automobile liability insurance

Bilingual in English and Spanish
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