Home Visitor-Healthy Families

Job Description

Job Description

Harbor Area Healthy Families Massachusetts Home Visitor Spanish Speaking Required

Believing in proper work / life balance, Bridges Homeward operates on a 33.5 hour (4 1 / 2 day) work week!!

PURPOSE & SCOPE : The Home Visitor of Healthy Families-Massachusetts (HFM) is a member of the Bridges Homeward Team who utilizes a strengths-based, skill-building framework of service. Healthy Families Massachusetts includes the whole family in service delivery, engaging fathers, mothers, babies, and extended family members. 'Extended family' is defined by the participant and may include significant support systems such as those individuals the family has identified as their kinship network. Through attuned interactions, Healthy Families Massachusetts home visitors encourage participants at their own pace to develop the knowledge, skills, and support networks that will enable them to be strong, resilient parents with access to the resources needed to successfully manage their lives and be the best advocates for themselves and their children.

The Healthy Families Program's goals are to :

• Prevent child abuse and neglect by supporting positive, effective parenting skills
• Achieve optimal health, growth, and development in infancy and early childhood
• Promote increased educational attainment, job, and life skills
• Reduce unintended repeat teen pregnancies
• Promote optimal parental health and wellness

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

The Healthy Families Massachusetts Home Visitor :

Duties and responsibilities are carried out in conformance with relevant Competences (attached).

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE :

Highschool Diploma

Other requirements :

CORI / SORI / Finger printing required