Parenting Support Services Parent Educator - Bilingual

Bridges Healthcare, Inc. has an immediate opening for a Bilingual Parenting Support Services Parent Educator, in our Family Centered Services Division in New Haven. 

Only candidates who are bilingual English/Spanish will be considered. 

Full-time, 35 hour work week. $25.75 - $30.25 per hour, commensurate of experience.

Benefits for the positions include:

• Competitive pay commensurate with experience
• Medical and Dental with significant employer contribution to the premiums and HSA (if chosen as your plan)
• 403(b) with a generous employer contribution
• Employer-Paid Life Insurance
• Paid Vacation with 22 days to start, paid personal days, paid sick time, paid winter holiday break days, plus 11 paid holidays

   

   

Position provides home-based parenting education, support, and advocacy to families seeking support in strengthening parenting skills, improving family relationships, and creating safe and nurturing home environments. Utilizing a strengths-based, family-centered approach, works collaboratively with parents and caregivers to build positive parenting skills, strengthen parent-child relationships, promote healthy child development, and create safe, stable, and nurturing home environments.

Through individualized home visits, evidence-based parenting curricula, ongoing assessment, and connection to community resources, helps families identify their strengths, address challenges, and work toward meaningful goals that support family well-being. Provides culturally responsive services in both English and Spanish, builds trusting relationships with families, and collaborates with community partners to promote positive outcomes for children and families.

• →Plan, prepare and conduct home visitations to assigned families where children have been identified through program screening criteria as being "at risk" for abuse and/or neglect.
• →Maintain a flexible work schedule to meet families' needs for appointments, including evening appointments
• →Utilize program-approved curricula including Circle of Security and the Positive Parenting Program in home visitations to improve parenting skills and increase the understanding of child development
• →Provide age-appropriate home-based parenting education including information about child development, positive parenting, child safety, health, literacy and other aspects of positive parenting based on approved curricula
• →Assist families to identify, access and make effective use of community resources, make referrals, provide accompaniment as needed and advocate on behalf of families when indicated
• →Conduct ongoing assessment of family strengths, needs, and resources.
• →Develop strength-based family service plans to identify goals and address areas identified as strengths and challenges
• →Plan and conduct parent education groups
• →Assist in training new staff
• →Maintain collaborative relationship with agency's /program's partners
• →Immediately notifies supervisory staff of situations in which children may be at risk (i.e. abuse, neglect) and/or another sentinel event
• →Make case presentations and participate in case conference meetings as scheduled
• →Represent the agency in related neighborhood and community meetings, groups, and committees
• →Attend Staff Meetings and other agency and program required meetings
• →Prepare for, attend, and actively participate in regularly scheduled supervisory meetings with the Parenting Support Services Director
• →Complete and maintain all record keeping documentation as required by the agency and its funding sources
• →Assist in the development and presentation of child abuse prevention and family strengthening activity materials
• →Attend educational training as related to scope of work duties
• →Promote the agency's services, programs, image, and philosophy to the public
• →Responsible for managing own time and schedule
• →Perform any other reasonably related duties assigned by the Parenting Support Services Director
• →Maintain timely, accurate, organized, and complete individual case files
• →Maintain strict confidentiality
• →Follow and abide by all policies and procedures as described in the Personnel Policies and Procedures Handbook

Bachelor's Degree required, with two years' experience with children and families preferred.

Bilingual English/Spanish required (read/write/speak).

Strong oral and written communication skills.

Knowledge about culturally sensitive positive parenting skills.

Knowledge and understanding of family systems and the issues related to child abuse and neglect identification, prevention and treatment.

Knowledge of age-appropriate child development and parenting skills.

Ability to work with professionals as part of a team.

Demonstrated problem-solving, written and verbal communication skills.

Computer literacy required.

Knowledge of community resources.

Certification in Positive Parenting Program and Circle of Security a plus.

Must be comfortable conducting home visits.

Access to reliable transportation on a consistent basis.

Valid driver's license and automobile insurance required.

Loan repayment on some positions may be eligible as Bridges is a STAR and NHSC Approved Site by HRSA.

Only candidates whose qualifications meet the requirements of the position will be contacted. No phone calls, walk-ins or third parties, please. We regret that we cannot provide relocation assistance for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)