New Parent Support Home Visitor

Company Description

International SOS delivers customized medical and security risk management and wellbeing solutions to enable our clients to operate safely and effectively in environments far from home. Founded in 1984, we operate in 92 countries providing integrated medical solutions to organizations with international operations. Our innovative technology and medical and security expertise focus on prevention, offering real-time, actionable insights and on-the-ground quality delivery. We provide clinical services to include “hands on” direct care at over 800 sites around the world, many of which include inpatient clinical care capabilities. With 12,000 staff (including 5,200 medical and behavioral health providers) our services include the design, deployment, and operation of healthcare solutions including freestanding surgical facilities in remote and austere environments, telemedicine consultation through a wide range of virtual modalities, referrals to a global network of more than 100,000 vetted providers, and global aeromedical evacuation. Within our portfolio of companies, International SOS Government Medical Services (GMS), headquartered in Houston, Texas provides contracted healthcare support to Government defense and civil agencies and government contractors, including support to military exercises and operations, diplomatic missions, natural disasters, and refugee care. To protect your workforce, we are at your fingertips: internationalsos.com

Job Description

This position is currently in the proposal phase. The information you provide will be valuable in supporting our efforts to secure this project successfully.

International SOS is looking for qualified individuals to be New Parent Support Home Visitors for The Navy Fleet and Family Support Program (FFSP.) The FFSP serves active duty members of the Navy, Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force plus their eligible family members; active duty members of foreign military services who are stationed in the area; reserve military personnel and their family members when they are eligible for military medical care, military members designated as severely wounded, ill and injured and their identified caretakers and, on a space available basis, military retirees and their family members and widows, eligible family members of military decedents and other groups as directed and authorized by higher authorities in response to special circumstances. 

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate, publicize and provide a wide variety of deployment and mobilization support services. 
• Expectant parents and parents with children under 3 shall be assessed and screened for child abuse risk, using the established Navy NPS screening tools and procedures. 
• Parents who are not screened at risk or eligible for NPS home visiting shall be provided information and referral to appropriate military and civilian community resources and services. 
• Ensure home visitation services use the Nurturing Parenting Program for all at risk parents accepting NPS services. 
• Report suspected child abuse and domestic abuse/violence to the local civilian authorities and the Family Advocacy Representative IAW Navy and state requirements. 
• Ensure that home visiting services are fully documented in the in required systems in accordance with current Navy requirements. 
• Ensure that documented information and referred, assessment, screening, and educational services for parents not at risk are entered and counted in required systems. 
• Ensure staff delivering services are accounting for all services delivered in the scheduling module in required systems. 
• New Parent Support Home Visit functions shall require visits to the customers’ homes. FAP Case Management and Intervention functions may require home visits per regional or installation SOPs.  

This list is non-exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to undertake additional duties that are not specifically listed above. 

Qualifications

Required Skills and Knowledge 

• Educational qualifications include a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in social work or nursing, with a minimum of three years’ experience in social work, maternal/child health, child development and/or public health. Nurses are required to maintain current state licensure or certification.  
• Must have the ability to prepare and conduct management briefings to communicate recommendations to supervisory authority. 
• Individual should be detail-oriented, self-motivated and able to work autonomously. 

Required Work Experience 

• Demonstrated experience providing new parent support home visitor services is required.  
• The personnel accomplishing these visits shall be mindful that quite often homes are unstable, and multiple