Early Childhood Home Visitor

Summary

This position provides educational home visits and support

to families of young children in order to increase healthy parent-child interaction, increase parental self-efficacy, reduce parental stress, and promote the healthy physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development of very young children.

This position is part of the Children and Youth Services Team in the Family Programs Department at Simpson Housing Services. The goal of the team is to break generational cycles of poverty by

partnering with parents to support their children's success, stability, and wellbeing. Working with the parents and family support specialist, this position provides

parenting education and strengths-based, relational support to facilitate

the growth of parents' capacities through evidence-based curriculum, methods and practices.

This position will spend an average of 40 hours per month in direct, client-facing services, with a minimum of 80% of these hours spent implementing the Family Spirit Home Visiting Curriculum Services will be provided in participant homes. Participant populations may include those with chemical health challenges, criminal histories, and / or parenting challenges.

The Early Childhood Specialist assists families to reach the following goals :

• Parents will increase their knowledge about healthy child development and effective parenting.
• Parents will demonstrate increased confidence and self-efficacy as parents, along with reduced stress.
• Families will be connected to community resources, especially high-quality early learning centers and supportive services for children with developmental delays.
• Children will develop the social, emotional, and cognitive skills necessary to be successful in Kindergarten.

Responsibilities

Provide direct home-based

parent education to support healthy early childhood development :

Support wellbeing and development of children :

parent / child communication techniques that support language / literacy skills of children.

Initiate and sustain effective community connections and resources :

Work as part of an effective team to meet goals of program :

Complete accurate and thorough documentation and recordkeeping in a timely manner :

and other data as needed for reporting program objectives.

Job Requirements :

in Public Health, Nursing, Family Sciences or related field.

Desired :