Fatherhood Effect Parent Educator

About the role

The Parent Educator plays a crucial role in ensuring quality services are provided to families, especially during crisis situations. They must maintain compliance with established program standards and adhere to best practices.

Responsibilities

• Outreach and recruitment of participants for classes, including efforts to minimize attrition.
• Establishing and maintaining a trusting and professional working relationship with families through regular personal visits.
• Administering intake, assessments, and screening tools to clients and family members.
• Utilizing intake and assessment results to establish and implement goals, objectives, and activities for parents.
• Recording all group and individualized services and activities in a complete, concise, and timely manner using program forms into PEIRS (DFPS) and Salesforce software.
• Maintaining a weekly meeting with the Program Director to evaluate the status of families on the caseload.
• Applying knowledge of parent-child interaction, child development, and dynamics of child abuse/neglect to teach positive parenting and non-violent child management techniques.
• Reducing participant stress by helping them learn problem-solving and coping skills using strength-based and solution-focused communication strategies.
• Maintaining familiarity and knowledge of community resources and using these appropriately to meet the needs of families and enhance support systems for fathers.
• Observing participants/families for signs that they may need advanced support and making referrals to and participating in crisis teams.
• Aiding participants/families with paperwork needed for programs such as medical or financial assistance.
• Conducting community outreach to educate parents, professionals, and others about the program and agency services, as well as child abuse prevention awareness.
• Maintaining confidential individual files for assigned participants.
• Other job duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Required: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in a Health and Human Services related field.
• Required: At least 3 years related direct service experience with a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Preferred: A bachelor’s degree will substitute for experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Maintain current licenses and certificates required for the position, including but not limited to: First Aid, CPR, etc.
• Pass a pre-employment drug screen and random drug screens.
• Maintain emotional control and professional composure at all times.
• Provide proof of work eligibility status upon request.
• Pass a pre-employment and biennial criminal background and motor vehicle check (fingerprints needed if applicant has lived out of state within the past 5 years).
• Demonstrate the ability to respond sensitively and competently to the service population’s cultural and socio-economic characteristics.
• Communicate effectively in writing and verbally in English.
• Work in a fast-paced environment.
• Maintain computer literacy required to meet the responsibilities of the position.
• Work effectively and without intensive supervision both independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Manage time effectively and efficiently.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details on schedule are not specified in the job posting.