Are you searching for a career where you are a part of building strong communities, thriving families and children who are healthy, safe and ready to learn? Join our team as a Parent Educator!
The Center for Family Development provides a comprehensive home visitation program implementing the Parents as Teachers (www.parentsasteachers.org) evidence-based model for families. Parents as Teachers (PAT) is a voluntary program that uses parent coaching to provide developmental screening, family service plan development, home visitation, family connection group sessions and connections to the community resources and services.
Job Title: Bilingual Parent Educator
Job Location: Clarksville
Job type: full time
Patient Demographics: Children/Adults
Schedule: 8 hour/ Monday to Friday
Pay: $46,500/yr
Benefits: Paid time off, Mileage reimbursement, Health Savings Account, Flexible Schedule
Job Description Summary: The Parent Educator will emphasize parent-child interaction, development-centered parenting, and family well-being in their work with families in their homes. While every family has different needs, the Parent Educator will consistently provide in-home support to the families by facilitating activities that increase knowledge of infant/child development, modeling healthy relationships, discussing, supporting the families’ goals, and connecting the families to any needed resources. The Parent Educator is to report to the appointed Program Supervisor.
Qualifications:
- Experience working with or providing services to families and children ages 0-5
- Experience and willingness to work with culturally diverse populations
- Ability to establish rapport with families and empower them by building on their strengths
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and possessing key characteristics (e.g., empathetic, conscientious, accepting, ethical)
- Knowledge of infants and child development
- Demonstrate strong organizational and record-keeping skills
- Ability to work independently and be self-motivated (often in the field)
- Valid driver’s license and automobile insurance
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Bilingual (Spanish-speaking) - required
Duties: The Parent Educator is expected to:
- Complete PAT Foundational and Model Implementation Trainings
- Establish trusting relationships with families
- Engage in recruitment and group connection activities
- Obtain competency-based professional development and renew parent educator certification annually
- Actively engage in continuing education trainings offered by agency or state. Any trainings outside of agency or state must be approved by supervisor
- Participate in reflective supervision with supervisor and staff meetings
- Develop, monitor and review goals with each family
- Maintain and submit all required family and program documentation in a timely manner
- Engage in parent-child interaction activities, and increase knowledge of ways to support children’s development
- Plan, provide, and document personal visits focused on parent-child interaction, development-centered parenting, and family well-being
- Connect families to resources when needed
- Provide personal vehicle for travel
