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Healthy Start – Advocate

🏢 Maternity Care Coalition (MCC)

📍 Greater Philadelphia, PA

About Us

Maternity Care Coalition (MCC) is a mission-driven nonprofit with over 40 years of impact, dedicated to improving maternal and child health and supporting early childhood development across Pennsylvania and Delaware. We are committed to building healthy families and thriving communities.

Why Join MCC?

✨ Make a direct impact on families and communities
 🤝 Collaborative and supportive work environment
 📈 Opportunities for professional growth and development

About the Role

You will be responsible for providing culturally sensitive health education and case management/care coordination services to pregnant and newly parenting women, including assessment, referrals, follow-up monitoring, and needed support. Services are provided during regular business hours, in the evenings, and on Saturdays as needed.

Core Functional Responsibilities

• Provides intensive case management, including assessment, referral, follow-up, and monitoring to moderate and high-risk pregnant women, new parents, and their families, through routine in-person home, virtual, and office visits and regular phone contact.
• Supports clients in planning for their own health and social service needs by assisting clients in identifying goals.
• Refers participants needing more intensive follow-up to appropriate agencies.
• Learns about and makes contact with community resources needed by clients.
• Conducts health promotion activities by providing client education, disseminating educational literature, and distributing disease prevention materials, including condoms.
• Ensures timely scheduling of prenatal, postpartum, well-child, and early intervention appointments.
• Assists in organizing client meetings and other special events. 
• Attends community meetings, health fairs, and represents MCC as requested by supervisor.
• Keeps careful records of all contacts made and follows up as necessary. 
• Keeps accurate records of services received by clients. 
• Routinely uses MCC client database and other computer systems, including e-mail, Internet, and word processing.
• Attends orientation and ongoing training sessions on maternal and child health and welfare, child abuse, housing, nutrition, substance abuse, counseling, parenting, and infant and family support issues.
• Meets with supervisor regularly to report on and discuss work.
• Ensures confidentiality of client records, sharing pertinent information only with the client’s approval. 
• Conducts outreach activities to support client recruitment, as assigned.
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Supporting Responsibilities

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Understanding MCC’s mission, goals, and objectives, and ability to work independently with a high level of energy and contribute as part of a larger team.
• Knowledge of the concepts and practices associated with community health issues, particularly with pregnant women, prenatal care, parenting, and other services for mothers, young children, and their families.
• Ability to travel in and around the Greater Philadelphia and Montgomery County regions to conduct home visits and community outreach.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to issues facing the community served.
• Experience in client management procedures for determining eligibility, assessing needs, identifying resources, making referrals, following up, and documenting client interactions.
• Strong interpersonal skills as demonstrated by compassionate, courteous, cordial, cooperative, and professional interaction with diverse groups of co-workers, community partners, clients, and members of the community.
• Ability to operate a computer and use a variety of common software programs, including Microsoft Office, spreadsheets, and customized databases.
• Effective and accurate documentation of case notes and client data according to established client management documentation procedures.
• Ability to organize tasks efficiently and follow up and follow through with strong attention to detail.

Other Position Factors

The other position factors described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential tasks of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Maternity Care Coalition operates as a hybrid organization. The assigned work arrangement for this position may include a combination of remote and onsite work and will be determined based on operational needs, role responsibilities, and performance. Work arrangement expectations may be modified over time to meet organizational or programmatic requirements. Staff working remotely are responsible for maintaining a safe and appropriate workspace.

Experience, Education, and Licensure

Experience

Education

Competitive Benefits:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Maternity Care Coalition (MCC) is committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and equitable workplace culture. We ensure a fair hiring process and provide a healthy work environment where every employee can thrive and make a meaningful impact in the community. As an employer committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB), MCC celebrates differences and values the unique perspectives that individuals from all backgrounds bring to our organization. We are committed to maintaining a diverse workforce that strengthens our mission, and we actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences. MCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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Join us in making a lasting difference for children and families in our community.

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