Parent Educator

Erie Family Center; Erie (Erie County); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Erie Family Center is seeking a Parent Educator/Home Visitor to support families in Erie County, with travel to nearby counties as needed. The role focuses on personal visits, group connections, screenings, and connecting families with resources.

The position requires a Bachelor’s in a related field and 2+ years of home-visiting experience, plus clearances and a PA driver’s license. Flexible scheduling and travel within PA are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, social work, psychology, or related field preferred.
• 2+ years of work experience with families and home-visiting.
• Must pass required clearances and have a valid PA driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Provide coaching and one-on-one support to families.
• Partner with families to set agendas for personal visits and promote positive parenting.
• Facilitate group connections for parents to learn from each other.
• Conduct screenings to monitor child health and development and identify referrals.
• Connect families with community resources and services.

Skills

People skills

Communication

Time management

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Parent as Teachers – Parent Educator/Home Visitor

Location: Erie Family Center, Erie Office

• This position is based out of Erie, PA and is to service families residing in Erie, Crawford(as needed) and W Warren (as needed) counties.
• Moderate travel with mileage reimbursement.

Reports to: Parent as Teachers Supervisor

Schedule: Flexible work schedule may include occasional evenings and weekends.

Parent as Teachers - Parent Educator/Home Visitor Job Description:

Parent educators provide coaching and one-on-one support to families. The four main components of the program are:

Personal visits

Parent educators partner with families to set an agenda for each personal visit. Research-informed information is shared by the parent educator to promote parenting behaviors that encourage positive parent-child interactions and provide concrete supports for families in times of need. Parent educators empower parents to be the observers of their child's development and reflect on their family’s well-being.

Groups

Parent educators facilitate group connections and create a network where parents learn from each other, support one another, and grow as parents together.

Screenings

Regular screenings during personal visits help make sure children are healthy, safe, and developing on track. Parent screening increases family engagement and identifies places for referral and goal setting.

Resources

Parent educators make the introductions and references for families to connect with other valuable resources and agencies.

Qualification Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, social work, psychology, or a related field is preferred.
• Candidate must have 2 or more years of work experience supporting, collaborating, goal planning and documented home-visiting experience with children and families.

Employment Requirements: The candidate must pass a Criminal Record History Clearance, FBI and Child Abuse History Clearance, possess a valid PA Driver's License and must pass a physical exam and drug screening.

Erie Family Center Core Values and Work Performance functions:

• Adhere to high standards of demeanor.
• Ensure and practice inclusive, diverse, equitable and cultural competence.
• Exhibit working autonomously.
• Promote positive communication/confidentiality.
• Professional sound judgement and decision-making.
• Display consistent attributes of professionalism.
• Encourage and support cooperation and teamwork.

Work Expectations:

• Certification and implementation of the National Parents as Teachers curriculum to fidelity.
• Provide families with visits within the family home or current residence.
• Timely submission of required program documentation and reporting.
• Referral and coordination of service with other community program with similar purposes to support the family’s individual needs.
• Attend any required in-service trainings such as car seat training, developmental screening training and mandated reporter training as needed.
• Maintain proper caseload and complete required number of visits/screenings for families as determined by PAT program.
• Participate in monthly reflective supervision meetings.
• Complete required number of professional development hours annually.

Additional expectations:

• The ability to interact with a diverse population of individuals and families professionally and positively.
• Administer and assist in reviewing and evaluating results of annual parent surveys and other evaluative measures.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills with the ability to work accurately and efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• High commitment to respect and confidentiality of family information and case details with adhering to a confidential ethics among those who are on a need-to-know basis.
• Building relationship-based partnerships with staff, community, families and clients.
• High commitment with respect to cultural responsiveness and providing a culturally sensitive atmosphere for staff, families and community.
• Support and enhance PAT group connections and when required attend community events for the center.
• Tolerance for working in an active environment with many adults and children present.
• Ability to switch to a virtual format without changing the integrity of the parent coaching session.
• PAT- PE will attend monthly staff and collaborative agency team meetings and training as assigned at the Erie Family Center- Erie-Office.
• Able to adapt to physical requirements to sit and/or stand for prolonged periods, occasionally requires the ability to stoop, bend, lift and reach.
• The capacity to work supportively and effectively in a team environment, as well as take initiative independently with various tasks and exhibit proven project management skills.
• Strong observation, communication and writing skills to clearly convey information in writing and in person. (e.g., nonjudgmental, objective, reflective, empathic, patient, tactful)
• Program may require travel in and out of Erie County and Pennsylvania.
• Moderate travel between counties for home-visitations.
• Complete various tasks assigned by Executive Director or Supervisor.