Parent Educator

Job Summary

Provides group based education, individual consultation, and support services to caregivers and children which may be provided in an office, community or home based location. Direct service activities may include developmental screening, service planning, teaching, resource and referral, supporting parent/child interactions, crisis management, developing informal and formal support networks with families, observing and documenting parent/child interactions, and fielding telephone warm line calls.

Community outreach and collaboration with other stakeholders is required. Requires active engagement in internal and external teams, and provides staff training. In some offices, assists with grant writing and program development and is considered a service leader for the organization and/or the Health System.

• Foster Care Treatment
• Foster Care Adoption
• Respite Care
• Child Advocacy Centers
• Family Case Management
• Family Finding

• Provides service in a manner that demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to the client’s cultural values and beliefs.
• Maintains fidelity to program models used.
• Seeks out innovative and promising practices to support program outcomes.
• Plans and implements appropriate curricula.
• Provides information regarding child rearing, child-development, behavior management, family communication, or other information to promote child and family safety and well being.
• Implements a system for recruitment of participants through formal marketing efforts and agency collaboration.
• Processes participant intake and maintains records of activities, attendance, and services provided as directed by program and agency standards.
• Collaborates with data staff and program leaders to design implementation processes and evaluation of programs using evidence informed materials.
• Administers pre and post testing of parents.
• Responsible for the collection of data and reports.
• Provides feedback and evaluation opportunities for program participants and incorporates those results into program improvement.
• Assists with all activities and services provided before, during, and after the multiple family group sessions, including shopping for the program.
• Obtains needed supplies for programs.
• Sets up, cleans up & maintains equipment for program activities as needed.
• Participates in the community for prevention activities by participating on community collaborations and teams.
• May assist with grant writing and program development activities.
• Assesses program participants needs and provides educational and supportive activities for children and their adult caregiver(s) to address needs identified according to program protocols.
• Refers families to services in the community to address needs that are outside the parent educator role.
• Communicates across systems and works collaboratively with the other agencies to integrate needed services for participants and provides service coordination and resource and referral.
• Completes necessary paperwork/documentation including progress notes, pre/post testing and other related file maintenance when required by program.
• Provides regular reports to responsible parties when requested.

• Establishes rapport and supportive relationships with caregivers, modeling and teaching child rearing skills and encouraging development of positive, nurturing family relationships.
• Facilitate educational workshops/groups and/or meet with caregivers on a one-to-one basis in their homes.
• Conduct office-based one to one child rearing consultations.
• Fields warm line calls as needed.
• May travel regularly to surrounding communities for outreach activities.
• Fulfills requirements for continuing education.
• Maintains office communications and participates in agency sponsored meetings when required.

High School graduate or Certificate of General Educational Development (GED) or High School Equivalency Diploma (HSED) required. Bachelor's Degree preferred.

• 1+ years experience working in community programs with families of diverse ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic background required.
• Experience working with families of diverse ethnic, cultural and…