home support worker
Position Summary:
Position consists of 1/2 time Home Visitation Assistant Supervisor and 1/2 time Community Outreach.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The Home Visitation Assistant Supervisor will work in collaboration with the Home Visitation Supervisor to ensure the following:
- Regular clinical supervision of each Home Visitor and shadowing of their home visits, providing support/direction on individual cases
- Collaborate / coordinate with other professionals and agencies in delivery of services
- Support ongoing training needs in collaboration with the Home Visiting Director
- Recruitment and training of new home visitors
- Assist with the orientation of new staff members.
- Assist with the evaluation of Home Visitation Visitors as required.
- Establish and maintain positive public relations with families, service providers and the community.
- In Depth Assessment of referred clients
- Program advertising; develop promotional material
- Collaborate and help with maintaining social media
- Outreach/ Engagement of families
- Provide public presentations on pre-natal and early childhood
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- You will possess a degree in human services discipline
- Knowledge of in-home service methodologies and experience with home visiting programs
- Extensive knowledge and experience working with parents and families, ex: Child development and effective parenting
- Knowledge and experience in team work, interagency and interdisciplinary approaches
- Knowledge of community resources
- Strong organizational and administrative skills including an understanding of and ability to use various computer programs
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated clinical supervisory skills
- Ability and experience in staff supervision
- Ability to travel and work flexible hours