MIECHV Family Support Worker

Sieda Community Action’s Economic and Family Support Services Unit is seeking a Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visitation Family Support Worker. This position is based in Wapello County.

The MIECHV Family Support Worker is responsible for initiating and maintaining regular, possible long- term (up to five years) contact/support with families. This programming will occur primarily within the family’s home; each visit should last for at least one hour. The interventions should be family-centered and strength-based and directed at establishing a trusting relationship; assisting in strengthening the parent-child relationship; assisting parents in improving their skills to optimize the home environment;

improving the family support system; and increasing the family’s ability to problem solve and advocate for themselves and their children. The MIECHV Family Support Worker will assist the family in establishing goals and a plan for their accomplishment. The MIECHV FSW will identify needs and barriers to success and refer to other programs/agencies for comprehensive care.

• Performs complex varied duties requiring advanced skills.
• Provide home based services/conduct home visits/complete assessments and screenings in accordance with the program’s model (Healthy Families America-HFA) to parents/caregivers, infants and children.
• Address areas of growth identified during the initial assessment of the family and collaborates to set meaningful program goals.
• Provide trauma-informed services to ensure safety/feeling safe for all participants.
• Travel is required to meet MIECHV Program requirements.
• Build trusting relationships with families through interpersonal skills, consistency and rapport. Advocate for families to ensure they are supported and encouraged.
• Support parents/caregivers in building healthy support systems.
• Deliver services in a culturally competent manner. MIECHV FSWs will be sensitive to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.

• Encourage and teach behavior management techniques that are nurturing and effective.
• Deliver high quality, comprehensive, in-home services to parents and children enrolled in the program to provide information and support services that maximize the likelihood of success.
• Assist and educate expecting parents/caregivers about prenatal health and development to increase healthy, full-term births.
• Provide information, programming, and other activities to MIECHV families specific to their service area. MIECHV FSWs connect/refer families to resources that help them reach their goals and address their needs.
• Recruit and enroll families to maintain full caseload capacity.

• Attend and participate in all supervision meetings and monthly staff meetings with the MIECHV Program Manager and/or the Family Support Services Director.
• Collect data for compiling the monthly and annual reports. Submits data when needed to the MIECHV Program Manager and/or the Economic and Family Support Services Director.
• Must be available to work varying work hours for special events/trainings.
• Communicate all pertinent information to the MIECHV Program Manager and/or EFSS Director consistently and timely.
• Other duties deemed necessary to support the MIECHV Program/Economic and Family Support Services/Sieda.

• Receives periodic supervision regarding task guidelines and completion.
• Self-schedule all tasks and visits within time frames specified by MIECHV and Sieda.

• Make service provision decisions concerning both tasks and completion within MIECHV program and Sieda guidelines.
• Seek supervision from the MIECHV Program Manager and/or Economic and Family Support Services Director regarding task guidelines and completion.