NEW PARENT SUPPORT HOME VISITOR

About the role

The primary purpose of the position is to help young families develop skills to cope with stress, isolation, deployment, post-deployment reunions, the everyday demands of parenthood, and to prevent child maltreatment incidents. It offers comprehensive early intervention services that include maternal and infant health education, parent and child bonding techniques, positive parenting practices, child development, and child safety education.

Responsibilities

• Help Case Management & Record Keeping (50%): Identifies families that are experiencing problems and stressors associated with military life and may be considered "at risk" for child abuse and neglect and domestic abuse. Conducts screenings & assessments to ascertain family dynamics; determine if support services are warranted. Conducts screenings to assess for postpartum depression, early child development milestones, & unhealthy parenting attitudes & beliefs.

• Provides parenting education training/coaching in the intimate setting of the participants' home. Provides in-office intervention services for eligible participants who due to mission readiness priorities or other confirmed situational issues are unable to participate in home visitation services. Provides evidenced-based intervention strategies to enhance family resiliency, foster healthy parenting practices and skills, promote positive parent-child interactions & overall healthy family functioning.

• Provides information & referrals to available military & civilian community resources regarding maternal, paternal and infant health, child & family safety. Recruits for eligible active duty families, specifically single parents, families with children under the age of 4, dual military young families, fathers, parents whose overall score on the standardized screening instrument does not indicate risk but whose later assessment indicates the presence of high risk indicators & few protective factors. Parents receiving FAP services for an incident of child abuse or neglect who have had previous NPSP involvement.

• Recommends & develops effective service plans. Provide crisis intervention services to mitigate child & family safety concerns. Ensures that clients understand program release of information authorization & the limits of confidentiality. Functions as Case Manager for assigned clients of NPSP program to assist clients in meeting the following goals or needs: physical, mental, and educational individual/family needs in relation to pregnancy, early childhood development, and personal life skills.

• Maintain electronic case record IAW prescribed policy and guidance. Collaborates with other members of the program, Counseling, Advocacy and Prevention Services (CAPS) staff, & medical/community facilities personnel to identify appropriate service provisions for certain parents of infants who will benefit from prevention education and training in the areas of prenatal care, parenting skills, early childhood development, and parent/child interaction.

• Conducts standardized record keeping & performs quality assurance IAW established accreditation standard protocols for NPSP program. Performs data entry for various program services database.

• Training & Education (30%): Implements OSD and/or CNIC's NPSP standardized curriculum directed by guidance and policy; adhering to office Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Provides parenting education/coaching to individuals within their home & in a classroom setting. Develop strategies that will enhance and support the needs & parenting challenges of fathers & their parent/child relationship. Conducts fatherhood outreach efforts while partnering with military & civilian stakeholders. Facilitates parenting education groups that would enhance & healthy family's life skills groups. Provides education & training for CAPS/MTF staff, local commands, & community on topics such as mission & goals of NPSP program, child abuse & neglect, family violence dynamics, & other related subjects as appropriate. Facilitates interactive playgroup helps teach parents about developmentally appropriate play & helps children improve their social, cognitive & motor skills.

• Participates in command briefings/trainings to all levels of command, community agencies, & community members when appropriate upon supervisor's approval. When deemed appropriate serves as a consultant for CCSM cases that involve families with children under the age of 4. Markets program services to local military community. Establishes close liaison with local military & community agencies or groups who can provide appropriate preventive intervention. Coordinates & collaborates with local military, civilian, & professional organizations on related cases & program efforts. Coordinate & facilitates annual Child Abuse Prevention awareness activities & campaigns.

• Identification & Assessment (20%): Assesses the developmental status of children in participant families & refers them to appropriate agencies & community resources. Provides narrative summaries & updates to treatment plans showing case progress & plan of action. Crisis intervention skills are sometimes required, but will report to supervisor any unusual observations or assessments of situations that are deemed inappropriate. Maintains case files in accordance with local instructions, polices, and procedures using FFSMIS, which compiles statistics, documents work, and gathers program data in accordance with requirements.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in one of the social sciences.
• Two years of specialized experience in a program of direct social welfare services that required the application of program policy and operations knowledge in providing social welfare services and/or assisting social workers.

Requirements

• Must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Must have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
• Ability to work a flex schedule where advanced notice is provided for scheduled program specific outreach efforts or events.
• Must have or be able to obtain and maintain a current state driver's license.
• Obtain and maintain a Non-Critical Sensitive (Secret) security clearance.