Bilingual Spanish Family Support Specialist

Worksource Oregon is partnering with a Portland, OR employer whose mission is to prevent homelessness by partnering with people navigating their journey to stability and opportunity. This employer seeks a bilingual Spanish/English candidate to deliver in home child and parent education services.

• Deliver parent and child education services in home visit settings to parents and their babies 0-3 years of age according to families' individual goal plans, families' needs, developmental stage of baby, and using a variety of curriculum
• Work with families, supervisor, and Healthy Families team to promote positive parent-child relationships, support healthy growth and development, enhance problem-solving skills and improve support systems
• Effectively work with families and individuals of diverse backgrounds (including teen parents; families with mental health, substance use, or domestic violence concerns; families experiencing poverty)
• Maintain accurate, legible, timely documentation detailing contact and progress of families
• Complete on-going evaluation documentation and assessments for each family in accordance with Healthy Families standards and requirements
• Connect families with community resources and support self-advocacy across systems
• Encourage and facilitate family participation in program and community activities
• Serve as a cohesive member of the team, participate in problem solving and promote innovation
• Provide support and development opportunities to new staff, interns, and volunteers
• Establish and maintain professional boundaries
• Meet weekly with supervisor for supervision

• HSD/GED
• Valid driver's license with a good driving record
• 6 months prior experience and humility to work with culturally diverse families including Latinx communities
• 6 months experience providing early childhood education services to low-income children ages prenatal to 5 years and their families
• Provide strengths-based, client-centered services in a culturally responsive manner
• Establish trusting relationships and accept individual differences
• Willing to engage in building reflective capacity (e.g., capacity for introspection, communicating awareness of self in relation to others, recognizing value of supervision)
• Dependable, flexible team member and support Impact NW's mission and goals
• Excellent writing, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Function independently and use ethical judgment in making decisions
• Possess excellent time management, organizational skills, and prioritize multiple and varied tasks
• Basic computer skills

• Prior work or lived experience with individuals and families experiencing poverty and homelessness
• Bachelor's Degree in early childhood education, social work or related field
• Knowledge of infant and child development, Infant Mental Health Endorsement® through Oregon Infant Mental Health Association
• 6 months experience in providing parent and child development services for families with infants and toddlers

Full time, 40 hours per week. Monday through Friday with occasional early morning, evening, or weekend meetings