SLAHP Family Support Specialist

About Us:
The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is an independent, non-profit biomedical research organization located in Torrance, California. In dozens of laboratories throughout the campus, researchers are working to unravel the mysteries of heart and kidney disease, cardiac complications in newborns, chronic lung disease, skin cancer, sickle cell disease, disorders of the autoimmune system, and much more. Many of these projects are collaborative in nature, involving experts from different areas of specialization. Our discoveries have prevented blindness in newborns, enabled premature infants with fragile lungs to breathe and allowed children with rare, often fatal diseases to grow up healthy and strong.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• A minimum of 3 to 5 years’ experience providing education, guidance and support to high-risk, low-income families with young children (0 to 4 years old) is required. 
• At least 2 years of experience in providing home visitation services to high risk, low-income families is preferred.
• High School graduate, GED, or equivalent is required.
• Certified Lactation Educator (CLE) is preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in child development, Social Services, or related field is preferred
• Valid California Driver’s License
• Proof of personal auto insurance
• Personal transportation with current California registration
• Other minimum requirements include: experience and willingness to work with culturally diverse populations, strong knowledge of infant and child development, accepting of individual differences and open to reflective practice.
• At least one year’s experience in using a computer for data entry and word processing is required. 
• Willingness to engage in building reflective capacity and an ability to establish trusting relationships
• Good communication skills are required.

Description of Duties:

• The Family Support Specialist (formerly known as Home Visitor) is responsible for initiating and maintaining regular, long-term contact with families in Compton, Los Angeles and surrounding areas and providing support to families following Healthy Families America home visitation model and project guidelines.  These visits will primarily occur within the family’s home using family-centered and strength-based interventions.  The Family Support Specialist will also be responsible for assisting families in establishing goals and developing plans to accomplish those goals. The Family Support Specialist will conduct assessments, provide education, guidance and referrals, document data in project data systems, attend project meetings and trainings and participate in weekly reflective supervision sessions. 

 Equal Opportunity Employer