The Parent Educator delivers evidence-based home visiting services, including personal visits, group connections, resource networking, and screenings, focusing on child development, social, and health services for families from prenatal through kindergarten. Core expectations include active community engagement, ongoing family recruitment, and developing partnerships to build on family strengths and address concerns.
Requirements summary
Candidates need two to three years of experience working with children and families in early childhood or social services, along with demonstrated parent education experience and knowledge of community resources. Essential requirements include passing background checks, having reliable transportation, excellent communication skills, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and virtual platforms.
Category: Nonprofit - Social ServicesParents as Teachers is an evidence-based home visiting model delivering comprehensive parent education by Parents as Teachers affiliates. The model provides a wide array of services to families with children from prenatal through kindergarten and also offers deep insights into early childhood development. The Parents as Teachers model includes four dynamic components including personal home visits, group connections, resource networking and child and caregiver screenings delivered by Parent Educators. The Parent Educator provides child development services, social services, health services and parent involvement services to families including home visits, advocacy and crisis intervention in accordance with the evidence-based Parents as Teachers Program. The Parent Educator is responsible for delivering regular and ongoing home based services in families’ homes and community settings that may include safety planning, developmentally appropriate experiences for infants and toddlers in home settings that are appropriate to the needs of each family and culturally specific supports. Active community engagement and ongoing family recruitment are core expectations of the position. The Parent Educator develops and implements partnerships with families to build on their strengths and develop plans to address areas of concern.
Qualifications
Two-(2) to three-(3) years’ experience working with children and families in early childhood, social services, or a family support program. Demonstrated experience providing parent education to families.
Knowledge of community resources.
Able and willing to accommodate flexibility in work schedule to meet family needs, maintain consistency with the practice model and program specific design.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and ability to present and work with diverse audiences, specifically racial, ethnic, gender expression, socioeconomic, education, spiritual and alternative cultural backgrounds.
Must be able to pass preemployment requirements, which includes a criminal and abuse background check.
Must be able to work with multiple projects within tight timelines and deadlines.
Demonstrate excellent organizational and time management skills.
Ability to work independently and part of a team.
Have reliable transportation, valid and current automobile insurance, and an insurable driving record, or access to reliable transportation.
Comprehensive knowledge of, or the ability to use, Microsoft Office (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and online platforms (such as Zoom and Google Meets).
Comprehensive knowledge of, or ability to use, Microsoft Office (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint), database, electronic health record software, and virtual platforms (such as Zoom and Google Meets).
Preferred: Direct experience as a parent or primary caregiver who has navigated multiple child-serving agencies, including but not limited to, mental health, addiction treatment services, child welfare.
**Pay Differential: Bilingual Spanish/English written and verbal competency receives a 5% pay differential.
In Oregon, parent educator roles are typically tied to early childhood, family support, and community-based services, so demand often follows programs that help families access resources and developmental guidance. These positions are competitive because employers usually look for experience with children and families, parent education skills, and familiarity with local community resources. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform to save time, then confirm your background check readiness and reliable transportation before applying.
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