Doula (McLean and DeWitt Counties)

Job Details

Compensation: Range starts at $20.19-$22.00/hr; offers are commensurate with experience.

Benefits: Medical/dental/vision insurance, 3+ weeks paid time off in the first year including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day (PTO increases with tenure); 11 paid holidays, supplemental insurance options, 401(k) with match (more benefits details here).

Job Details

Location: Hybrid (On site, community based, remote); Home-based and community-based services provided in McLean and DeWitt Counties; home office located at our Bloomington office.

Schedule: Full-time, hourly; general business hours with some flexibility required for evening visits and attending after-hours births (on-call).

Candidate Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in social work or human service, OR Associate's Degree plus completion of Doula certification training, OR Associate's Degree plus two years' relevant social service experience.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Must become SIU Doula Medicaid Certified within 18 months of hire.
• Able to attend in-person family visits and meetings required.
• Proficient in speaking, reading and writing in English and Spanish preferred.
• Valid driver's license, insurance, and a reliable vehicle required.

What You'll Do

• Establish trusting and nurturing relationships with program participants and their families.
• Maintain regular contact with participants in their home to provide information, education and resources that will prepare the parent and her family for the birth process and postpartum.
• Attend and support the laboring mother and their family or support person(s).
• Assist families in initiating and strengthening the parent-child relationship.
• Improve family support systems by providing information about community networking and advocacy.
• Assist in identifying families in establishing goals and creating a plan for the accomplishment of those goals, including the collaborative development of a birth plan.
• Assess family functioning for safety and ability of family to care for children; determines appropriate interventions.
• Develop and facilitates pre and postnatal education and parent support groups.
• Participate in the on-call system, as required by program, including being present for after hours and weekend births.