What are the responsibilities and job description for the Parent Educator position at Parents As Teachers?
Position Summary
A certified Parent Educator is responsible for delivering all components of the Parents as Teachers model, Foundational Curriculum, implementing the essential requirements and quality assurance guidelines with fidelity, and collecting data required by PATNC.
Essential Functions
- Program Support: (70%) Use the PAT Foundational Curriculum and resources to plan and deliver home visiting services to qualifying families, including Foundational Plans, Planning Guide, and all required forms to document family information and data. Maintain a caseload of 18-20 families, conducting personal visits (50-60 minutes in length) with each enrolled family on a bi-weekly or monthly basis, and completing a developmental/health/ vision/hearing screening and family-centered assessment. Clearly document details of each visit, assessment, screening, follow-up resources, etc. on forms and enter into data system. Plan and provide monthly parent group connections focusing on a minimum of one of the following areas of emphasis: parent-child interaction, development-centered parenting or family well-being. Document group connection
activities and outcomes on appropriate forms. Complete annually required competency-based professional development hours to remain certified Parents as Teachers parent educator. - Customer Service: (25%) Serve as a model PATNC advocate in the community and build relationships that closely link the community with PATNC. Meet regularly with PATNC and SMSF
managers to ensure appropriate delivery of service and that activities are meeting stated goals. Develop and maintain a current community resource network system that includes all necessary information to link families to identified supports and services as needed. - Other duties as assigned. (5%)
