Birth and Beyond Home Visitor

Wellspace Health; North Highlands (CA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

WellSpace Health in North Highlands, CA is seeking a Home Visitor to deliver parenting education and connect families with community resources in homes or community settings. The role emphasizes fidelity to the program model, client documentation, and regular trainings.

The Home Visitor will conduct outreach, facilitate Family Resource Center events, and coordinate service plans for families with children ages 0-17, with occasional evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Child Development or Psychology preferred.
• Two+ years of related client experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bilingual fluency in English with additional languages preferred: Farsi/Dari/Pashto/Russian/Spanish.
• Strong administrative, time management and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct regular home and community visits to assigned families and children.
• Document notes from visits and maintain client charts and program records.
• Provide health information and facilitate parent-child activities per program model.
• Plan and lead Family Resource Center groups and classes.
• Travel between office, homes and community sites using own vehicle.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Cultural competency

Willing to travel/own transportation

Bilingual English proficiency

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work/Child Development/Psychology preferred

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: 104 - North Highlands Community Health C (NHI) - North Highlands, CA 95660

Salary Range: $22.64 - $29.43 Hourly

Birth & Beyond Home Visitor

Department/Care Stream: Birth & Beyond

Location: North Highlands

Timecard Approver: Center Manager ll

Primary: B&B Home Visitation Supervisor

Secondary: Director of Case Management

Status: Full-time

Pay Range: $22.64-$29.43

FLSA: Non-Exempt

EEO-1: Service Worker

Organization Information

WellSpace's mission is "achieving regional health through high quality comprehensive care." We believe that everyone deserves to be seen, no matter who you are, where you come from, where you work or what place you call home. At WellSpace, we see you!

We are driven to serve the whole person through comprehensive, integrated care, spanning medical, dental, behavioral health, and supportive services across the region. We do this by building a team of exceptional colleagues who are dedicated to our mission and becoming part of the communities we serve.

As the region's largest Community Health System, WellSpace utilizes a Confluence Model to integrate an internal network of healthcare modalities, including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC), Drug Medi-Cal and Specialty Mental Health programs, California's second largest 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Center, an independent Risk Bearing Organization (WellSpace Nexus), and more into a seamless confluence of care.

To ensure the highest quality of care, WellSpace is accredited by the Joint Commission for Ambulatory Care, Behavioral Health and as a CCBHC. Further, it is certified by the Joint Commission as a Primary Care Medical Home and a Behavioral Health Home. WellSpace's crisis programs are accredited by the American Association of Suicidology and the International Council for Helplines.

Position Summary

The Home Visitor conducts one on one parenting education and community resource referrals in the homes or community settings of families with children ages 0-17, develops service plans, facilitates assessments and screenings, utilizes and follows program model to fidelity, maintains client chart & computer chart records, attends regular trainings and meetings, conducts outreach to engage families in the program and facilitates Family Resource Center events, classes, groups and activities.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalency required.
• Bachelor’s degree in the field of Social Work, Child Development or Psychology preferred.
• Two plus years related client experience, including home visitation experience, OR an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
• Bilingual fluency in written, and spoken language in English and one of the following is preferred: Farsi, Dari, Pashto, Russian or Spanish.
• Strong administrative, time management and organizational skills.
• Clear, effective and respectful verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of child abuse issues and family dynamics, substance abuse issues and treatment, domestic violence issues and resources, community resources, and human development.
• Ability to work with a team and independently.
• Ability to present information in a group setting in a clear and concise manner.
• Ability to work set schedule with occasional evenings and weekends.
• Demonstrates computer skills including ability to utilize word processing, spread sheets, email and calendar, and various documentation websites.
• Willing to use own transportation to and from the office, home and community visits and assigned trainings.
• Ability to establish rapport and maintain personal and professional boundaries while providing supportive services.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to individuals who may not share basic commonality, including value systems and behavior norms.
• Ability to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
• Maintain a professional and confidential work environment.
• Self-initiate multiple tasks in an efficient manner.
• Strong stress management skills.
• Adherence to infection control procedures, including but not limited to, standard precautions of temperature monitoring, hand washing, symptom self-monitoring, masking and social distancing.
• Assist and support the Center/Department/Program to meet standards of High Reliability.

Essential Responsibilities

• Knowledge, understanding and willingness to learn of the values, beliefs and practices of cultural groups within diverse communities.
• Advocate for and provide guidance to families with resources, systems and cultural brokerage.
• Conduct regularly scheduled home and community visits to assigned families and children.
• Document notes from visits with assigned families and children.
• Provide and adhere to the program curriculum and model, utilize program assessments and screenings, facilitate parent-child activities and bonding, provide health information at every visit as identified by the program model.
• Plan and facilitate groups and classes in the Family Resource Center.
• Reflect those who reside in the identified service neighborhoods.
• Work with families to empower them to engage in problem solving.
• Model effective parenting behavior reflective of program standards and curriculum, provide support, education and information, age appropriate parenting and positive discipline techniques.
• Promote parent participation in activities designed to promote the physical, emotional, social and intellectual development of their children.
• Partner with families to develop, renew, and update service plan per program policies and procedures under the supervision of the assigned supervisor.
• Model nurturing attitudes and behaviors in all contacts and representations of the organization.
• If bilingual, translate curriculum and provide services in the language of the family served.
• Complete all documentation as required by policies and procedures of the organization and program.
• Present family strengths and needs at multi-disciplinary resource team meetings, collaborate on and implement family service plans with team, supervisor and families.
• Actively participate in weekly individual supervision meetings with Team Leader or Family Resource Center Coordinator.
• Actively participate in staff meetings, Family Resource Center events, and required trainings at the organization and off site.
• Adhere to Mandated Child Abuse Reporter laws.
• Maintain clean and organized office and Family Resource Center.
• Facilitate play-care as scheduled.
• Assist in outreach and engagement of new family participants and community resources.
• Ensure clean data recording and time studies.
• Travel between program office, family homes and community visits daily using own vehicle.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Successful candidate will receive regionally competitive salary, above average health benefits at reduced costs, company paid life insurance & long-term disability insurance, additional voluntary retirement plan with company match and no vesting schedule requirement.

• Paid bereavement and jury duty leave
• 11 paid holidays per year
• Paid time off
• Paid sick leave??