Bilingual Parenting Specialist - Seton Home

Mission: Seton Home works to break the cycle of abuse and poverty by providing a caring home, education, and support services necessary to transform the lives of pregnant and parenting teen mothers and their children.

Summary:

The Parenting Specialist will provide services and administrative tasks assigned to the Lead Parenting Specialist. The Parenting Specialist will maintain a caseload of 12 to 24 Seton Home clients to include parenting education in group, small group, and individual settings. The Parenting Specialist will train and collaborate with direct care staff on a regular basis so that all education will be reinforced in daily interactions with the clients, and will be asked to provide new hire trainings as needed. The Parenting Specialist will document parenting services in a timely manner and reflect appropriate interventions to the clients. The Parenting Specialist serves as a part of the interdisciplinary team that develops and supports the families.

Position Responsibilities:

• *Maintain a caseload of individual sessions and/or group classes;
• *Substitute for Lead Parent Coordinator as necessary in facilitating parenting groups, individual sessions, and/or developmental screenings;
• *Deliver client services and all daily interactions within the Sanctuary Model framework.
• *Create, measure, and update parenting goals and objectives for assigned residents’ Plans of Service, transfer, and discharge summaries;
• *Maintain continuous communication with appropriate Seton Home staff to discuss resident’s progress in the parenting program;
• *Conduct parenting related staff development trainings with staff members;
• Assists with maintaining accurate reports of program performance;
• Serve as point staff person to collect, enter, and communicate program  performance to include AAPI-2 scores, ASQ-3, class attendance and other performance measures in internal database as required on time. 
• Schedule guest speakers to conduct presentations on pertinent parenting topics;
• Coordinate with other agencies, schools, and/or hospitals to provide programs, training, and/or services for the residents related to pregnancy or parenting;
• Inform residential and daycare staff of current infant/child safety recalls monthly;
• As a Seton Home employee, attendance and successful completion of a 10-day New Employee Orientation is mandated for the position. The inability to meet this requirement will conclude employment with the Agency.
• Other duties as assigned by Director or Vice President.

Competencies 

Competency - Description

Advocacy - Ability to support and engage in behavior that addresses systemic barriers and issues facing others, which may take place in a fast-paced environment.

Building Collaboration - Ability to develop, maintain and strengthen internal and/or external relationships in order to build momentum and accomplish set goals and/or the organization’s Mission.

Customer Service  - Ability to be attentive to the needs of internal and external customers and being able to find resolution within the parameters of set standards and messaging in a positive manner. 

Teamwork - Ability to listen and respond constructively with others fostering collaboration and team success.

Integrity / Honesty - Ability to conduct self in ways that are in concert with the organization’s standard of conduct when advocating for and influencing others, and executing responsibilities.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Education
  • Minimum High School Diploma or Equivalent; 
  • Associate or Bachelor’s degree preferred;
• Experience
  • Preferred 2 years’ experience teaching parenting skills to adolescent mothers preferred;
  • Minimum of 1-year employment experience teaching parenting skills to adolescent mothers preferred;
• License and Credentials
  • Reliable transportation;
  • Valid driver license;
  • Valid vehicle insurance;
• Submit to a state and federal background check, Child abuse and neglect registry check, and Tuberculosis screening;
• Be physically, mentally, and emotionally capable of performing assigned tasks and have the skills necessary to perform essential duties and responsibilities

Able to show proof of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases transmitted by the respiratory route if working directly with unaccompanied children;

• Varicella: two doses of varicella vaccine (at least 4 weeks apart) OR born in the United States before 1980 with a reported history of chickenpox (verified by an adult present at the time of illness) OR titers indicating varicella immunity OR documentation from healthcare provider verifying previous infection.
• MMR: two doses of MMR vaccine (at least 4 weeks apart) OR titers indicating immunity to all three diseases
• DTaP or Tdap: Complete primary vaccination series. If primary vaccination series completed in childhood, one TdaP dose in adulthood.
• Influenza: one dose annually during flu season.

Minimum Knowledge and Skills: 

• Working knowledge of TDFPS Minimum Standards, and Office of Refugee Resettlement- Division of Unaccompanied Children's Services National Care Standards;
• Possess therapeutic sensitivity to the service population cultural and socio-economic characteristics. 
• Experience with computer software and MS Office (i.e. MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and OneDrive); 
• Must be detail oriented, organized, self-motivated, work well independently and on a team;
• Must have good written and verbal skills;
• Must have good critical thinking and problem-solving skills;
• *Bilingual: Fluent in English/Spanish with regards to reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension of the spoken language

Travel Requirements:

Travel requirements for the position includes 10% local and 10% overnight.

Physical Requirements:

The position requires the following physical demands in the frequency noted.

C = Constantly (2/3 or more of the time) O = Occasionally (Up to 1/3 of the time)

F = Frequently (From 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) R = Rarely (less than on hour per week)

Physical  Demands                                Frequency

Lifting up to 30 pounds                           O

Reach above shoulder height                 O

Sitting                                                          F

Reach below shoulder height                 O

Walking                                                       F

Driving                                                        O

Running                                                      O

Stooping                                                     O

Standing                                                      F

Pushing                                                       O

Bending waist (forward or sideways)     F

Pulling                                                         O

Balancing                                                    O

Talking                                                         F

Squatting                                                    O

Hearing                                                       O

Climbing                                                     O

Crawling                                                      O

Repetitive motions                                    F

Other:

Disclaimer:

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job description or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, etc.) ** This is a Grant funded position and salary is dependent on funding availability. Position can be eliminated at any time because of lack of funding to support this position.**

Seton Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To view this and other employment opportunities please visit our website at www.setonhomesa.org. You must apply through our website and complete the application and upload your resume. No phone calls please. If you are chosen for an interview, you will be contacted.