Parent Educator - Hammond, United States - Mental Health America of Northwest Indiana

Description

Mental Health America of Northwest Indiana


POSITION DESCRIPTION

Position:
Parents as Teachers - Parent Educator (Non-Exempt)


Reports to:
Program Director
Supervisor Responsibilities:None


Selection criteria:

• A minimum bachelor's degree in psychology, social work or related a human service field.
• A minimum of one year field experience, 23 years of familycentered field work preferred.
• Insurable driving record with valid driver's license.

The Parent Educator should have an understanding of early childhood development, experience working with families and comfortable providing services in home settings.

The person should demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) with both parents and colleagues and an ability to relate to people with respect for their individuality.

The Parent Educator should be able and enjoy functioning appropriately in an autonomous work environment and be highly motivated and creative.

Lastly, the person should have an understanding of Northwest Indiana's cultural diversity and human service needs, and experience working with community agencies and a passion for the mission.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following, although _other duties may be assigned to meet agency needs._

• Identifies and recruits families and children.
• Protects the integrity, respect and confidentiality of other staff and the families served in a culturally sensitive manner.
• Establishes individual family plan and communication system based on family assessment profile.
• Carries a case load of 4045 children and their families providing monthly and biweekly personal visit in the home or agreed upon location with frequency dependent on risk factors assessed for each family.
• Cofacilitates monthly group connections and community events as assigned.
• Attends PAT National training for Foundational 1 and 2 certification and ongoing training and educational seminars/inservices (20 hours in related topics as required by PATNC).
• Implements the four PAT program components: personal visits, group meetings, developmental screenings, resource networking.
• Works with the Supervisor to implement the PAT evidencedbased model and curriculum and adapt the program to meet the individual needs of families.
• Responsible for maintenance and updating of educational and activity materials used for direct service.
• Attends monthly staffing meetings and oneonone reflective supervision meetings.
• Responsible for documenting and organization of charts and webbased data entry in accordance with program guidelines and in a timely manner in order to track program outcomes.
• Participates in outreach efforts for community awareness and support (i.e. distributing brochures to area agencies, attending community functions).
• Reports to Supervisor with any issues including staff conflict, caseload concerns, scheduling and salary.
• Subject to evaluations by Supervisor, Peers, and PAT parents.
• Observes safe job practices, maintaining a clean and safe working environment.

Qualifications to perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, be able to attend required trainings, have a valid Indiana driver's license and adequate auto insurance, and pass a criminal history check. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.


Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to manipulate, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and climb stairs or balance.

The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Mental Health America of Northwest Indiana is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in the recruitment, employment, promotion, or transfer of qualified personnel, or in the administration of personne