Perinatal Health & Wellness Navigator; Hybrid, FTE

Position: Perinatal Health & Wellness Navigator (Hybrid, 0.8FTE)

Salary Range: $46,570.00 To $52,385.00 Annually

At Kindred, we’re convinced the key to living well is healthy relationships with self, family, and others. But relationships are complicated and sometimes we find ourselves in vulnerable places, disconnected from those who matter most.

Kindred’s purpose is to realize the power of human connection, and it shapes everything we do. Whether nuclear or chosen, family is the most important relationship in a person’s life. So, we invest in the special bond between children and those that care for them. We provide road maps toward healing when essential relationships are ruptured. And we understand that accessing timely mental health support can inspire confidence in self and others.

Healthy human connection is possible, and together we can realize it.

The Position

Job Title:

Perinatal Health & Wellness Worker

Job Type: 0.8 FTE, Permanent Position

Work Arrangement:
Hybrid role, a combination of work from home and in-office

Position Overview

Reporting to the Manager, Community Services, the Perinatal Health & Wellness Worker (0.8 FTE) supports the health and well-being of pregnant people and parents/caregivers with children ages 0 to 12 months by providing community-based education and resourcing across Kindred’s parenting programs. The Perinatal Health & Wellness Worker promotes healthy pregnancies, positive birth outcomes, breast/chest feeding, early childhood development, and family wellness, with a focus on families experiencing challenges to meeting basic needs, social isolation, and other systemic barriers.

This role works closely with teams across Kindred and other community organizations to reduce barriers to public health services, increase health literacy, and support culturally relevant, family-centered care.

This position does not provide medical care or clinical services, but plays a key role in health promotion, navigation, and early intervention for families during the perinatal period. The successful candidate will have experience and knowledge in perinatal health, which could include perinatal nutrition, lactation and infant feeding, birth preparation and education, pregnancy and postpartum physical health, infant care and newborn development, postpartum recovery, sleep and settling, or perinatal mental health.

Accountabilities

Client Serving

• Provide one-on-one and group-based education on topics such as: prenatal health; preparation for birth; postpartum wellness; infant care, sleep, and development; breastfeeding and infant feeding practices; nutrition for parents and young children with attention to food insecurity; access to culturally relevant and healthy foods; and affordable meal planning
• Health navigation and supporting families in understanding and accessing public health services, including immunizations, dietitians, perinatal mental health supports, breastfeeding clinics, and parenting groups; advocate alongside families experiencing health inequalities due to language, cultural, economic, or systemic barriers.
• Enhance family wellness and family resilience by supporting parent confidence and self-advocacy and offering trauma-informed and strengths-based supports to families experiencing stress, isolation, or other barriers.
• Demonstrate a high standard of service for prospective and current Kindred clients presenting with various concerns through various methods of contact (email, phone, in-person).
• Assess the unique needs of clients to connect them to appropriate resources both internal and external to Kindred.
• Crisis de-escalation and suicide prevention, safety plan development, engagement in supportive listening to assist individuals dealing with various concerns.
• Reduce, where possible, geographic, financial, and language…