Prevention Home Visiting Family Support Specialist - $2,000 Sign on Bonus
Busy Bee
2115 Ernie Krueger Cirle
Waukegan, IL · On-site
About this role
Prevention Home Visiting Family Support Specialist
At OHU, our Hope Members are the heartbeat of our organization. Together, we have built a culture of support, trust, and care.
This position comes with a $2,000 sign on bonus!
Culture of Care
The ELCD program at OHU is known for its closely-knit teams who often work together for years at a time! The team members join their shared love of educating young children towards creating a warm and positive working environment. New employees who come from a corporate environment quickly fall in love with the atmosphere at an OHU child development center!
This position comes with a $2,000 sign on bonus!
Culture of Care
The ELCD program at OHU is known for its closely-knit teams who often work together for years at a time! The team members join their shared love of educating young children towards creating a warm and positive working environment. New employees who come from a corporate environment quickly fall in love with the atmosphere at an OHU child development center!
“We are such an inclusive organization, we don’t turn anybody away. Everybody is welcome. Working here, I feel like family. I’ve never felt so appreciated working in a place before. They really take care of you here, listen to your concerns and act on them. It’s just amazing! And it’s really easy to make it amazing when the people you work with are amazing.”
Shari Conley, Joliet Early Learning Center (Joliet, IL)
What you would be doing:
Enrollment and Recruitment
- Recruits and enrolls families into the Home Visiting programs by a variety of engagement methods including telephone, texting, letter writing and home visits
- Maintains enrollment throughout the program year through various recruitment strategies; and ensures vacancies are filled immediately
- Responsible for maintaining program case load as determined by the grant requirements
Family Relations
- Maintains a caseload according to program model and/or funder specific standards, providing home visits, to families specific to program and/or funder requirements
- Establishes trusting, nurturing relationships with parents and their children by providing family support services in the family’s home
- Ability to provide crisis intervention services to families based upon need
- Organizes and facilitates parent groups including prenatal groups per grant requirements
- Works jointly with parents to develop and implement home visit plans based on identified family and child strengths and needs
- Provides evidence/research-based information to families on a variety of topics including but not limited to home safety, child development, and the importance of medical and dental care
- Observes, assesses, and documents each child’s health, skills, behavior, growth, and developmental milestones
- Provides children and parents with group Socialization experiences per program requirements
- Provides program parents with guidance on home safety, nutrition, effective discipline, constructive play activities, basic child care, crisis management, problem solving, positive relationships and other related topics.
- Integrates other components (i.e. health, nutrition, mental health, parent involvement, and special needs) into home visit and services provided
- Assists in identifying children with special needs and makes the necessary referrals
- Encourages family participation in the program specific Advisory Committee meetings as well as prenatal and/or parent group, and other meetings, events and/or trainings
- Assists families in developing a Family Goal Plan which includes a plan for the accomplishment of the goals
Professional Development
- Completes all required program/model specific trainings no later than 6 months of hire
- Completes all required supplemental training per model/funder guidelines and timeframes
- Ongoing and additional training required including but not limited to working with highly stressed families in overburdened communities, issues related to maternal/child health, child abuse, neglect and maltreatment, labor and birth, inductions, cesarean sections, postpartum period/newborn care, breastfeeding, childbirth education, child development of infants and toddlers, CBFANA and group facilitation
- Willingness to register, complete the pre-assessment, and receive training within the Institute for the Advancement of Family Support Professionals and certify with the National Family Support Certification within five years of hire
- A desire to become familiar with infant mental health practice by attending regular team meetings and trainings with the I/ECMH consultant
- Become certified in CPR, Infant CPR and First Aid within the first year of hire
- Collaborates with program supervisor and other agency staff to review and maintain home visiting model affiliation and/or agency accreditation standards including COA Accreditation standards
Community Outreach
- Develops and maintains Community Partnership Agreements (MOU)
- Remains aware of community resources to support the needs of families and makes appropriate referrals
- Partners with co-workers to maintain program resource file within the office
- Attends Early Intervention meetings with the families receiving services in order to support developmental and/or social needs of child and family
- Assists with attending community networking, community outreach and marketing efforts as required, targeting local community based resources, including but not limited to food banks, mental health programs, domestic violence resources,
- Assists and participates in fundraising activities as needed
Program Administration
- Maintains and preserves confidential client files Understands the program’s outcome goals and works diligently with the families to pursue positive outcome goals while participating in services.
- Familiarizes and complies with all policies and procedures of the agency, funders, and accreditation bodies
- Follows established guidelines for use and/or disclosure of protected health information; reports any breaches of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules to their supervisor immediately
- Organizes and maintains complete, accurate, and up-to-date records for children and families according to program and/funder requirements including data entry into various databases such as agency, funder and state. Information to include but not limited to demographics, social and child development screenings, home visit records, goals, outcomes,
- Documentation of case records to be completed within the required time per program
- Maintain accurate account of daily activities through Outlook scheduler, reporting any changes of schedule to supervisor
- Participate in regularly scheduled program team meetings, doula clinical meetings, infant mental health meetings and other agency meetings
- Participate in regularly scheduled reflective supervision with program supervisor or designee
- Maintain accurate documentation of time utilizing Paycor or another agency program, submitting every two weeks
- Maintain accurate documentation of expenses including mileage utilizing Ramp or another agency program
- Documentation of required program monthly reporting using an End of Month Report or other specified reporting method
- Willing to work flexible hours, some weekday evenings and weekend (Saturday) hours according to the needs of the program and families which include but are not limited to group connections, end of year and holiday celebrations, and home visits.
- Performs other related duties as assigned
What we will expect of you:
Education
Education
- High School Diploma required
- Bachelor’s Degree in human services related field such as childcare, early childhood development, education, social services, nursing, or equivalent work experience with families and children (as required by program and funder) preferred
Experience
- Two years' previous supervised work experience working with or providing services to young children and/or parents/families; ideally in home visiting, child welfare, residential care of community-based setting required.
- Knowledge of Lake County resources preferred
What you can expect from us:
#INDELCD
- OHU program leaders work to provide warm and supportive leadership that flexes around your life as much as possible when needed
- A flexible full-time schedule
- Staff Celebrations (including weekly lunches!)
- Ongoing professional development tailored to yours and your classroom needs
- If you desire to advance in your career over time, program leaders will work with you to do so
- You will be part of a center that grows programs in keeping with the community needs
- You will also be part of a well-respected company (OHU is 130 years old!) that has a seat in community partnerships
We Invest in You!
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Tuition assistance up to $2500 per fiscal year
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Up to 4 weeks paid Vacation Days, up to 6 paid Personal Days, 1 paid Mental Health Day, and up to 5 paid Sick days annually
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Medical, dental, vision, 403 (b) retirement, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, dependent care, commuter and transit
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Agency-paid Life&ADD insurance up to $50K based on salary and short-term disability
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Agency-paid long-term after 1 year of employment
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Voluntary Supplemental Life&ADD, Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital for Employee, Spouse, and Child(ren)
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Voluntary Legal Plans
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Voluntary Pet Insurance
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Employee Assistance Program with 6 free counseling sessions
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Career ladders, professional development, and promotion opportunities
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Free LCSW and LCPC Supervision hours available in some locations
A Different Kind of Employer: One Hope United is strong and ready to grow. Are you ready to grow with us?
- 800+ talented professionals strong, serving 10,000 children and families in Illinois and Florida
- Fiscally stable, $70 Million agency-- strong since 1895
- Energetic leadership and a rich community of support
One Hope United does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. One Hope United is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. OHU participates in E-Verify.
Company at a glance
One Hope United (OHU) is a nonprofit providing early childhood education, child and family services, clinical services, and residential programs for 130 years. We’re proud to serve over 10,000 children and families each year across Illinois and Florida. Through our evidence-based and trauma-informed practices, we empower children and families to see and create a future where, regardless of their past, they can reach their full potential.
Our Mission
One Hope United serves and advocates for the thriving of children, youth, and families through quality early childhood education, residential care, child welfare, and mental health services.
Our Vision
One Hope United seeks to advance child and family services through effective evidence-based practices, policy that focuses on nurturing healthy families, and partnerships that extend its reach.
Founded1895
Team Size501-1,000 employees
WorkspaceOn-site
IndustryIndividual and Family Services
Location
Waukegan, Illinois, United States
Websiteonehopeunited.org
LinkedInLinkedIn
Top Benefits
- Sign on bonus
- Tuition assistance
- Paid vacation days
- Paid personal days
- Paid mental health day
- Paid sick days
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 403(b) retirement plan
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings account
- Dependent care
- Commuter and transit benefits
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Employee assistance program
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