Home Visitor

Parents As Teachers Parent Educator

Provides home visiting services to Essex County families.

• Values and participates in the Team as a proactive member.
• Respects others' professional opinions and tolerates a range of feelings.
• Able to give and receive constructive criticism.
• Willing to take on extra work when needed.
• Performs required tasks according to the program philosophy, policies and procedures.
• Is courteous, approachable, and cooperative towards co-workers, clients, support staff, and others and conducts self in a mature, competent, confident, and respectful manner.
• Understands and adheres to confidentiality rights of clients, co-workers and agency, consistent with HIPAA, and protects personal health information in written, verbal and electronic forms.
• Practices self-care, has a sense of humor, and possesses a healthy work/life balance important to providing great customer service.
• Ensures the safety & comfort of others by communicating the presence of hazards, injuries, equipment problems or any need for help and knows the emergency evacuation and all other safety policies.
• In times of crisis is willing to help others, and communicates urgent information quickly to supervisor / Team.
• Maintains good attendance.
• Is punctual for client appointments, meetings, etc.
• Meets program productivity requirements.
• Uses good judgment, practices ethical decision-making, and explores all options in problem.

• Attends supervision consistently and comes prepared.
• Documents supervision.
• Able to receive feedback and to learn from it.
• Has insight about self and utilizes that knowledge toward growth and change.

• The parent educator (PE) is responsible for maintaining a regular and long-term relationship with their families, with a level of service of 18 families at any given time.
• Activity will occur within the family's home; each visit utilizing the PAT curriculum, with a focus on the 3 main components of a visit.
• Visits should last for one hour.
• The interventions should be family-centered and strength-based.
• Establish a trusting relationship and strong rapport with families.
• Assist in strengthening the parent-child relationship.
• Assist parents in improving their skills to optimize the home environment and parenting practices that promote the optimal development of children.
• Assist in increasing the family support system and increase the family's ability to problem solve and assume the role of advocating for themselves and their children.
• Responsible for assisting the family in establishing goals and a plan for the accomplishment of those goals, utilizing the PAT Goal Plan.
• Will utilize the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) and ASQ-Social Emotional (ASQ-SE) to assess the normal growth and development of the target child.
• Identify, make and facilitate any referrals to community services, agencies, or systems as indicated.
• Responsible for acquiring all necessary documentation from families as well as inputting documentation into PATsys and relevant information into charts.
• Meet all deadlines for paperwork as well as make sure screenings and all required assessments and components of PAT curriculum and PAT documentation are done within the required time frames.
• Utilize NJIIS with login to gather relevant immunization information.
• Build caseload by reaching out to CNJ referrals.
• Complete required documentation in PATsys for referral outreach and status of pending enrollments.
• Perform outreach in the community to discuss the PAT program and Home Visiting services to educate and recruit families.
• Facilitate and assist in Group Connections events.
• Experience in working with culturally diverse communities/families and the ability to be culturally sensitive and appropriate.
• Demonstrates good writing and organizational skills.

Education/Certification:

Bachelors degree in Early Childhood or a related field

Experience:

Previous experience with demonstrated success in community outreach and marketing. Proven ability to work effectively on a team as well as strong Cultural Competence skills. Experience delivering evidence-based curricula, strong clerical, organizational, and computer skills. A respectful, professional demeanor and proven ability to work with diverse populations. Maturity and experience in working with children (0-5 years of age) and their families for at least two years.

Knowledge of normal child growth/development and parent-child relationships. Ability to relate to families from a…