Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED is required; Recovery Coach Certification preferred.
- Experience providing support to families with young children.
- Familiar with and able to work from a strengths-based, family-centered approach.
- Strong organizational and communication skills, including the ability to work well with a wide range of families and service providers.
- Must have a minimum of three years in recovery from substance use addiction.
- Basic computer proficiency skills are required to record and track activities, contacts and referrals.
- Valid Driver’s license and use of a vehicle is required.
- Bi-lingual strongly preferred.
- Knowledge and familiarity with DCF is preferred.
Description of Duties:
- Provide parenting and peer recovery education and support to families with children, prenatal through kindergarten, according to Parents as Teachers home visiting model requirements.
- Engage parents in services using Mothering from the Inside Out evidence- based approach.
- Use a formal goal-setting process to help program participants articulate family goals.
- Work collaboratively with other providers to support evidence-based services to families in recovery.
- Help families navigate the healthcare system and social service system; accompany parents/families to appointments and meetings as needed.
- Educate parents about child and parent development and utilize resources to increase understanding of age-appropriate expectations, positive discipline skills, and connections to networks of support.
- Assist with planning, preparation and providing parent groups.
- Complete all record keeping as required by Square One, Parents as Teachers and program funders.
- Other duties as assigned.
Physical Demand:
- Ability to stand or sit for long periods of time during working hours and on special occasions.
- Excellent auditory, verbal and sensory skills and abilities.
- Ability to travel to and from homes in the Hamden County area by conventional means including motor vehicle, in addition to required training sessions as identified by Square One.
Mental/ Visual Demand:
- High attention to detail involving normal mental and visual attention.
Working Conditions:
- Professional business office setting.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $17.00-$19.00
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday-Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Springfield, MA 01103: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: One location
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