Parent Educator at BCFS

Posted in Other 4 days ago.

Location: Abilene, Texas





Job Description:

It's a great feeling to work for a company that does so much good for others around the world!



Education: Required - High school diploma or equivalent.



Preferred - Bachelor's degree in a Health and Human Services field.



Experience: Required - With a high school diploma or equivalent, at least 3 years related direct
service experience.



Preferred - Bachelor's degree will substitute for experience.

Licenses: None



Supervises: None



Summary: The Parent Educator is responsible for using sound professional judgment and best
practices to ensure quality services are provided to the service population while maintaining compliance with established program standards.



Essential Functions:
1. Outreach and recruitment of participants for classes, including efforts for minimizing
attrition.
2. Establishes and maintains a trusting and professional working relationship with families
by providing regular contact through personal visits.
3. Administer intake, assessments, and screening tools to clients and family members.
4. Utilizes intake and assessment results to establish and effectively implement goals,
objectives, and activities identified with parents.
5. Records all group and individualized services and activities in a complete, concise, and
timely manner utilizing program forms into all database platforms.
6. Meets with supervisor to evaluate status of families on caseload.
7. Demonstrate the ability to:
a. Respond sensitively and competently to the cultural and socio-economic
characteristics of the service population.
b. Communicate effectively in writing and verbally in English.
c. Work in a fast-paced environment.
d. Maintain computer literacy to fulfill position responsibilities.
e. Work effectively independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team with
minimal supervision.
f. Travel as needed.
g. Manage time efficiently and effectively.
8. Develop together with Director, updates, reminders, and community education
information.



Measurable Deliverables:
1. Obtains and maintains certification in Safe Care curriculum administration.
2. Enroll and serve a maximum of 12-15 clients per 18-20-week sessions of services as per
Safe Care guidelines.
3. Provide parent & health education, case management, resource and referrals, basic needs
support, transportation assistance, and/or other support services to families on caseload.
4. Document all attendance on a weekly basis in all database platforms.
5. Attend all required trainings.
6. Provide community education on child abuse prevention strategies.
Requirements:
1. Maintain current licenses and certificates required for the position including but not
limited to:
• First Aid • CPR • Other ________________________________________
2. Pass a pre-employment drug screen and random drug screens and maintain emotional
control, and professional composure, at all times.
3. Provide proof or work eligibility status upon request.
4. Pass a pre-employment and biennial criminal background and motor vehicle check
(fingerprints needed if applicant has lived out of state within the past 5 years)


Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and
responsibilities per the grant requirements to this job at any time.


Here at BCFS Health and Human Services, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. Please feel free to apply for this position even if your work experience and education do not align perfectly with every requirement for this job description. You may very well be the perfect candidate for this role or other ones that we have open. Thank you for your interest in joining our mission!


BCFS Health and Human Services, is committed to following immunization recommendations produced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). As such, our company policy requires that all employees must receive an annual Influenza vaccination or obtain an approved exemption as a medical or religious accommodation. This is a condition of employment, and all new hires will be responsible for providing proof.


BCFS Health and Human Services, is an Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO") Employer. It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of BCFS Health and Human Services, not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, medical condition, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, compensation, training, working conditions, transfer, job assignments, benefits, layoff, and termination.
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