Provides in-home education, support and resource services to children, parents, pregnant women and families in accordance with their specific needs.

DUTIES

SUMMARY

Provides in-home education, support and resource services to children, parents, pregnant women and families in accordance with their specific needs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Collaborates with the parent to develop and implement an individualized program for the family in accordance with individual needs of each child, his/her interests, abilities, disabilities, individual style and pace of learning; develops monthly goals and objectives.

• Promotes parent-child bonding and nurturing parent-child relationships through facilitating developmentally and culturally appropriate interactions and communication.

• Develops and maintains appropriate case notes and other records and prepares periodic reports as required.  Meets CII’s productivity standards and maintains an appropriate caseload to reach the weekly expectation of client contact.

• Assesses family needs, interests, and strengths and assists the family in developing goals that lead to self-sufficiency.

• Enhance family functioning by reducing risk and building protective factors.

• Ensures full enrollment is maintained at all times for assigned area through recruitment activities.

• Collaborates with the parents to strengthen the family’s knowledge of child development.

• Ensures that proper child-parent socialization is taking place as required.

• Assists in establishing and maintaining household management practices.

• Plans for continuity of care by ensuring that services are continued as appropriate through CII’s integrated services model.

• Provide resources and referrals to community support as appropriate.

• Conducts weekly home visits and uses routines, activities, and experiences in the home to achieve the goals of the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) and the Child Individualized Goals.

• Develops, maintains and uses a working knowledge of the ethnic and cultural differences, practices and values of the client families in order to better understand their needs and provide appropriate services.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

• Other duties and special projects as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• 1 year of home visitation, early childhood services, or community-based programs experience.

• Associate degree in early childhood education, social work, psychology, childhood development, or a related field required.

• B.A in early childhood education or related field preferred

• For Early Head Start Home Visitors only: 12 units of early childhood education/child development core courses outline in the CCTC Child Development Matrix. Obtain 6 semester units with a focus on infant and toddler development at hire or within the first year of employment.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

• Possesses a valid driver's license and state-required auto insurance or reliable transportation depending on business needs.

• Required to travel extensively to sites (> 50% of the time).

• Spanish / English /Korean bilingual preferred.

• Ability to handle confidential information. 

• Ability to be flexible and work in a changing environment.

• Ability to work a flexible schedule including evenings, nights and weekends.

• Maintains patient privacy, including protecting the confidentiality, safeguarding the integrity and availability, and limiting the use and disclosure of patient Protected Health Information (PHI) to authorized individuals and entities.

• Participates in, conducts, and sustains performance quality improvement activities according to designated role and responsibilities.

• Sensitivity to service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Punctual and dependable attendance.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• NA.

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Must have working knowledge of programs in a Windows environment.

• ChildPlus