Parent Educator (Casa Grande)

Description

Easterseals Blake Foundation started as the Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Southern Arizona. Since then, we have expanded our services to better serve our community members. We are now one of Arizona's top providers of comprehensive behavioral health services, child welfare, and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve more than 40,000 individuals and families across 10 counties and support more than 3,700 children in Foster Care throughout Southern Arizona. Are you ready to make profound, positive differences in people's lives every day?

We offer our full-time employees the following benefits:

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Flexible Spending Account 
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Life insurance
• Voluntary Short-term Disability insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Employer paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program

Parent Educators will provide a comprehensive home visitation program implementing the Parents as Teachers evidence-based model for expecting parents and at-risk families. This strengths-based program uses parent coaching to provide developmental screening, Family Service Plan development, home visitation, Family Connections group sessions, and connections to community resources and services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide a Comprehensive Parent as Teachers Program.
• Accept referrals, contact family to schedule a home visit.
• Meet with the family at a time convenient to explain the program components.
• Collect child health and developmental information; determine other screenings which may be required.
• Conduct with family participation developmental, hearing, and vision screenings.
• Assess family strengths and resources, including informal support systems.
• Convene a Family Service Plan meeting to develop functional child and family goals and outcomes.
• Facilitate referrals to community resources/services.
• Provide parent coaching within natural environments to increase family capacity to support their
• child’s development.
• Plan and provide Family Connections Group meetings available to families at least once a month.
• Support family to develop a child portfolio, the All About Me Book.
• Collaborate with community agencies/service providers to promote timely and seamless services to children and families.
• Complete all program documentation requirements and maintain confidential, individual child files.
• Maintain and effective and professional working relationship with families and referral sources.
• Support families through transitions to other services as necessary.
• Assess and support access to emergency needs of families for food, diapers, clothing, and transportation.
• Ensure fidelity to First Things First Standards of Practice, as well as National PAT model implementation standards.
• Function as an enthusiastic, competent, contributing member of EBF staff.
• Complete initial Parents as Teachers Foundational and Model Implementation Training (5 days) requirements and maintain knowledge of best practices and current research; complete 20 hours of professional development annually.
• Use Reflective Supervision effectively, accept feedback and share experiences working with families.
• Attend and participate in all required staff meetings.
• Participate in PAT Self-Assessment and Program Evaluation processes; FTF monitoring activities and contribute to the development and implementation of improvement plans.
• Comply with State, Federal and Other Relevant Regulations/Requirements-
• Report suspected neglect/abuse to the Department of Child Safety (DCS) and supervisor, complete required documentation.
• Comply with privacy laws and requirement under HIPAA regulations
• Follow all safety procedures required by EBF.

Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in an area related to early childhood education, special education, social work, or a related field. Successful completion of the National Center for Parents as Teachers Training

Experience:

• Experience in home visitation with children birth through age 3 and their families.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred.

Regulatory:

• Clean criminal background check and the ability to obtain and maintain a level one clearance card.
• Certification in Adult/Child/Infant CPR. (If not current, employer provides)
• Valid, unrestricted Arizona driver’s license and the willingness to use personal vehicle in the course of employment. Must meet minimum requirements of agency insurance carrier.
• Reliable Vehicle

Easterseals Blake Foundation and Aviva are an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative action employer that promotes a work environment of inclusion and diversity. We are committed to provide employment opportunities to all candidates based on their qualifications free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation or gender identity), age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, mental or physical disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you have any questions, require assistance or reasonable accommodations while seeking employment, please contact the Human Resource Department at HR@blake.easterseals.com or call 520-327-1529.