Family Support Specialist / Home Visitor

Are you passionate about supporting families or early childhood education? We'd love for you to join our team!Child Care Aware is a local NWA non-profit that has supported our community for over 30 years! We are a resource for families and child care providers. We provide professional development, technical assistance, and advocacy for child care providers and families. Our Healthy Families program provides 1-on-1 support for families in NorthWest Arkanasas. This role is to join our Healthy Families personalized parenting program team. You can have a positive impact on our community one family at a time. We are small office with a supportive team that puts people first and are looking for someone to join us on our journey to support families in NWA!JOB DESCRIPTIONJob Title: Family Support Specialist (Home Visitor)Location: Rogers, ARSCHEDULE: Full-Time, hourly, 40 hours/week. Monday-Friday, normal office hours (some flexible hours depending on home visit schedule). Weekend availability needed on rare occasionDUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:The Family Support Specialist (FSS) is responsible for initiating and maintaining regular and long-term contact and support with families. This activity will occur primarily within the family’s home; each visit should last for around one hour. The home-visits should be family-centered, strength-based, and directed at establishing a trusting relationship; strengthening the parent-child relationship; promoting healthy childhood growth and development; and enhancing family well-being by reducing risk and building protective factors.The FSS partners with families and honors diverse family structures and parenting practices. Activities may also include but are not limited to: reflective listening on family providing child development knowledge with the goal of positive parent-child interactions; administering developmental screening tools such as the ASQ, ASQ-SE, Depression Screens etc.; identifying and referring families for other supportive services, including health care services.The FSS will also be responsible for assisting the family in establishing goals and supporting them throughout this process and is responsible for implementing activities outlined on the Family Service Plan to address areas of concern.SUMMARY:The FSS will have a caseload of 12-15 families. Each family will be met on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly basis, depending on caseload specifications. The FSS will maintain home-visit records, assessments, and notes on a database. FSS will have weekly meetings with program manager to reflect on strategies and goals with families. Training provided for assessments and Healthy Families of America model specifications.MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS:Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent, college coursework/degree/CDA preferredAbility to pass a background checkKNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:knowledge of infant and child developmentexperience in working with or providing services to children and their familiesreliable transportationBi-lingual- Spanish, preferredan ability to establish trusting relationshipsacceptance of individual differencesexperience and humility to work with the culturally diverse familieswilling to engage in building reflective capacity (e.g., capacity for introspection, communicating awareness of self in relation to others, recognizing value of supervision, etc.)general computer skills (training on database is provided)Empathy and strong boundary setting skillsWORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL EFFORT:Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.Daily DrivingSome modeling healthy parent-child interactionsEOE STATEMENTChild Care Aware does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status; in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to the following: hiring, promotion, and termination of staff; selection of volunteers and vendors; and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for our staff, participants, and vendors.TravelTravel is primarily local travel between the office and participants’ homes in Benton & Madison County, in the employee’s personal vehicle. Out of area travel is required for some training, however, most training will be conducted online.*Mileage is reimbursed