Provides home-based child and family development support services to designated enrolled families in accordance with Parents as Teachers program model. Works with parents and Child Care Providers to enhance educational activities and interactions with children and advocates for appropriate family and child resources and promote family stability.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Supports the organization’s mission and goals and quality standards. Embraces KANA’s culture of serving the whole person through our provision of services. Incorporates KANA’s core values of Courtesy, Caring, Respect, Sharing, and Pride in all activities and decisions.
- Upholds KANA’s Code of Ethics by conducting professional activities with honesty, integrity, respect, fairness, and good faith in a manner that reflects positively upon the organization.
- Provides home based personal visits with each designated enrolled family on an assigned case load and involves parents in educational activities to enhance their role as the primary educator in accordance with program guidelines.
- Encourages the formation and maintenance of strong families and parents’ ability to care for children in their own homes by educating and empowering parents to be the best parent they can be and that they are their child’s first and foremost teacher.
- Instructs parents individually or in groups in behavior modification, physical development, language development, and conceptual learning exercises and activities.
- Delivers targeted trainings to State of Alaska licensed Child Care Providers and KANA Approved Providers in various settings as assigned. Training settings including group and individual delivery in and out of Child Care facilities.
- Conducts recruitment activities within the community to attract families to participate in the Cama’i Program.
- Administers required developmental and health screenings with each family; encourages family to receive and advocates for appropriate services for each child, including health care, early intervention and special education services as appropriate.
- Administers required family assessments, intake forms, and other forms as required by the program
- Arranges and facilitates group connections for families; obtains feedback from families regarding group activity ideas and informational topics to encourage family participation.
- Supports parents in implementing positive discipline techniques, routines, sleep transitions, nutrition, family goals and information relating to developmentally appropriate practices with their own child/children and family.
- Responsible for establishing and maintaining accurate program files on site. Enters all visit records in online data system.
- Prepares and submits reports, monthly program narratives, and all other required paperwork as assigned by supervisor.
Supervisory Responsibilities This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
Requirements
High School Diploma or equivalent and two (2) years supervised work experience with young children and/or parents. Basic knowledge of child development issues and knowledge of community resources for children and families preferred.
