Fatherhood Coach

About the role

The Fatherhood Coach provides education, support, and resources for fathers and father figures of families enrolled in Healthy Start services to reduce infant deaths and improve health outcomes for families. Activities include enrolling fathers in the program, providing case management services, facilitating fatherhood curricula one-on-one in the home and in the community, and collecting evaluation data.

Responsibilities

• Fatherhood Coaching
  • Collaborate and coordinate with Healthy Start program to recruit, engage and retain fathers.
    • Facilitate fatherhood curricula including, but not limited to 24/7 Dad, Safe Sleep, and Shaken Baby Syndrome, etc..
      • Coordinate home visits, workshop schedule, instructional materials and supplies.
        • Ensure fathers complete intake process to enroll into program.
          • Provide holistic and comprehensive services to all fathers including: intake and business assessments, goals setting, advocacy and referrals.
            • Regularly engage fathers in the program so that members complete the program requirements, which may include - parenting education, infant mortality education and wrap-around services and referrals.
              • Practice effective techniques for father engagement; demonstrate and encourage father friendliness within the agency and other community institutions.
                • Maintain case-load to meet enrollment and completion numbers reported at team meetings.
                  • Monitor progress of participants on a regular basis and document all encounters.
                    • Connect fathers with needed and available community resources.
                      • Follow-up with fathers and agencies as appropriate to document use/success of referrals.
                        • Ensure that all documents submitted on behalf of a father are valid.
                          • Provide all required documentation in a timely matter, which may include father follow-up outcome evaluation, client contact sheets, and evaluations.