Maine Families Program - Family Visitor Job at The Opportunity Alliance
Family Visitor
The Opportunity Alliance is seeking several full-time Family Visitors to join our Maine Families of Greater Portland team!
Maine Families is grounded in a prevention approach and in the establishment of trusting relationships with parents and caregivers raising children under 3. Through regularly scheduled visits, Family Visitors use an evidence-based model to promote positive parent-child interaction, build parenting skills and knowledge around child development, and support whole family wellbeing from the start. Maine Families makes a difference!
Responsibilities:
- Partner with parents and caregivers in their homes to create and make progress toward family goals
- Help families understand their child’s development and support the parent-child relationship
- Provide developmental screenings and share parent-child activities
- Connect families to community resources through referrals.
- Plan and provide play groups and other connection-based events for families
- Promote positive child health and developmental outcomes
The Family Visitor role will ensure the daily delivery of quality services for parents, caregivers, and children in accordance with Maine Families Standards of Practice, Maine Families policies and procedures, Parents As Teachers Curriculum, and the Touchpoints model as well as NASW and NAEYC Codes of Ethical Conducts.
This is a full-time, 40 hours/week position based out of our South Portland office, serving Greater Portland. There is ability to have a flexible schedule Monday to Friday with some evenings required. This is a hybrid position doing both virtual and in-person work.
The compensation for this position ranges between $20.50-$22.50 hourly.
Qualifications:
- Education with a Bachelor’s degree in human services, Early Childhood Education, or related field required
- A minimum of one year of paid experience working with young children (ages zero through five years) and families.
- Experience working in a home-based setting preferred.
- Must be willing to work both independently and as part of a team
- Favor will be given to candidates that can speak multiple languages with fluency in French, Lingala, Spanish or Portuguese.
- The ability to speak multiple languages with fluency in French, Lingala, Spanish, or Portuguese a plus.
- Maine Families Credentialing Policy requires that the selection of direct service staff will include consideration of their:
- Personal characteristics (i.e., non-judgmental, empathetic, able to establish a trusting relationship, acceptance of individual differences, etc.).
- Knowledge of infant and child development and parent-child attachment.
- Knowledge of maternal-infant health and dynamics of child abuse and neglect.
- Knowledge of best practices in parenting education and support.
- Experience and willingness to work with culturally diverse populations.
- Experience working in a home-based setting preferred.
- Staff will have one year under a provisional Maine Families Family Visitor certificate to complete required trainings for the Maine Families Credentialing Policy and become a Certified Maine Families Family Visitor.
- Staff must attend all other required trainings, maintain a professional development plan, and attain 18 hours of professional development annually.
- Contracts that have Rider D: Staff must be able to successfully pass a criminal background, child protective service check, and sex offender check.
- Staff must not be on the state or federal suspension and disbarment list.
- Staff must be able to exert moderate physical effort with occasional standing, walking, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, typing, and lifting or carrying small children or material weighing up to 25 pounds.
- Driving may be necessary to attend meetings and trainings and for the occasional need to meet with clients offsite and within the program service area. This may include transportation of clients or driving to agency location to complete work. A good driving record is required.
The Maine Families Home Visiting Program offers a comprehensive on-boarding process and annual training opportunities.
The Opportunity Alliance has an extensive benefit package. Explore here:
https://www.opportunityalliance.org/explore-our-benefits
Our benefits include but are not limite d to:
- Generous paid time off
- 9 paid holidays per calendar year and up to 3 floating holidays per calendar year
- Excellent medical benefits at very reasonable cost
- Dental and Vision insurance options
- Agency paid basic life insurance and STD & LTD disability insurances
- 403(b) retirement with a generous agency match
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Student Loan Forgiveness: The Opportunity Alliance (TOA) is a qualified employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. This means that if you have a student loan and meet certain criteria, you may be eligible for loan forgiveness while working for us.
- Additional information about benefits offered by TOA and eligibility requirements will be explained upon hire.
Why Work for TOA?
The Opportunity Alliance works with people to build better lives and stronger communities. We provide advocacy, leadership, and support to identify the goals and address the needs of individuals, families, and communities.
The Opportunity Alliance envisions contributing meaningfully to a community in which families and individuals are thriving and supported as they pursue their aspirations for a better life. Within The Opportunity Alliance, there is a shared belief that positive change is possible.
The Opportunity Alliance (TOA) is a multi-service, comprehensive, high impact organization providing 46 integrated community based and clinical programs serving more than 20,000 people annually throughout the state of Maine.
TOA tackles some of our community’s most pressing problems: poverty, homelessness, mental illness, substance use, and domestic violence. Our programming draws from a wide range of resources, blending evidence-based practices with practical experience and community resources.
The Opportunity Alliance is an affirmative action / equal opportunity employer . All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you are viewing this posting on a third -party site, please visit our website at https://www.opportunityalliance.org/careers/ to apply .
Please submit a cover letter and resume along with your application.
Thank you!
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