Parenting Parent Educator; Part Time

Job Summary

Positive Parenting (PP) is a free home visitation program that serves a variety of families with children 0-5 years old in Tulsa County. Parent Educators utilize the Parents as Teachers (PAT) curriculum to promote positive parenting; encourage and improve child health and development; and prevent and/or reduce child abuse and neglect. Parent Educators assess family strengths and needs and provide referrals to other community resources and services as needed.

They work to enhance family functioning by building trusting relationships; teaching problem-solving skills; improving the family’s support system; and promoting positive parent-child interaction and relationships. The families we serve come from various life situations, such as homelessness, substance use issues, victims of interpersonal violence, no to low income, as well as middle to upper income families. The philosophy of the Positive Parenting program is to meet families where they are in order to build strong communities, thriving families and children who are healthy, safe and ready to learn.

Part-time

Positive Parenting (PP) is a free home visitation program that serves a variety of families with children 0-5 years old in Tulsa County. Parent Educators utilize the Parents as Teachers (PAT) curriculum to promote positive parenting; encourage and improve child health and development; and prevent and/or reduce child abuse and neglect. Parent Educators assess family strengths and needs and provide referrals to other community resources and services as needed.

They work to enhance family functioning by building trusting relationships; teaching problem-solving skills; improving the family’s support system; and promoting positive parent-child interaction and relationships. The families we serve come from various life situations, such as homelessness, substance use issues, victims of interpersonal violence, no to low income, as well as middle to upper income families. The philosophy of the Positive Parenting program is to meet families where they are in order to build strong communities, thriving families and children who are healthy, safe and ready to learn.

• Assist parents in learning about child development, positive parenting practices and parent-child interaction activities through home visitation services and facilitating group connection activities, utilizing the Parents as Teachers curriculum.
• PP Parent Educators engage and build relationships with client families, in the client’s home, from a trauma-informed, strength-based perspective by initiating and maintaining regular contact (visiting each family twice a month for approximately one hour/visit) and providing support, screening/assessment and referral assistance for families. Families who participate in the program may choose to be engaged in services until their child turns five years old.
• Effectively manages assigned caseload of 18-20 families (each seen 2x/month) and complete required documentation (ex. intake forms, service plans, session notes, assessments, referral contacts, etc.) within the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH), agency, and Council of Accreditation (COA) standard of 48 hours maximum;
• Assist with representing PCCT and the program through community outreach at Emergency Infant Services (EIS) at least once per month.
• Establish a Family Goal Plan, with families ongoing input and feedback, that has established goals/objectives related to individual needs of the identified infant/child(ren), parent(s) and family with a set target date for completion; together with the family, implement the case plan as a guide for service provision and update when due.
• Completes, documents, updates, tracks/monitors…