Parent educator midwest healthy start

The parent educator is responsible for recruiting and maintaining a caseload of 50 participants, conducting monthly home visits, establishing trusting relationships, and sharing appropriate healthy start information while navigating referrals to community resources. Key duties include completing required assessments, assisting families with goal setting documented in an individual family service plan, screening for substance abuse and postpartum depression, and promoting parent-Child engagement and infant safety practices.

A minimum requirement is an associate's degree in social work, early childhood, or a related field, along with required experience working with young children. Preferred qualifications include being a certified lactation counselor and having knowledge of parents as teachers, while bilingual/Bicultural skills in english and spanish are preferred.