Home Visitor

Position:         Home Visitor

Supervisor:    Regional Director

   Location:        OCDEAF (Cypress, CA)

   Classification: Non-exempt, 50% PTE (20 Hours Per Week)

In collaboration with Every Family Home Visiting Collaborative (EFHVC), GLAD is expanding the reach of home visiting programs in Orange County to underserved deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, and deaf disabled populations and to improve maternal and child health outcomes. The Healthy Families America (HFA) model provides parental guidance and coaching in the home of the participant and includes services such as pre- and post-natal care assessment, developmental screenings, post-partum depression screening, and child development. The primary function of the Home Visitor is to serve the families to provide home visits for parenting, developmental assessments, home safety, and case management services.  

Essential Duties:

Under the supervision of Regional Director, the Home Visitor will:

1.     Provide 5-6 home visits per week to families and “meet the family where they are”

2.     Teach and model parenting skills in the home

3.     Maintain emphasis on parallel process (home visitor to participant to child)

4.     Assist families in identifying/accessing appropriate community resources

5.     Maintain and ensure the accurate completion of case files, notes, and reports

6.     Maintain accurate work and activity sheets, statistics, court reports/letters as required by program

7.     Develop effective working relations with all individuals and agencies supporting the EFHVC

8.     Maintain positive communications with all agency staff, families, and volunteers

9.     Maintain high standards of quality for program services

10.  Other duties as assigned

Qualifications: 

1.     Bachelor’s degree is required. Degree in early childhood education or a related field is preferred

2.     Fluency in American Sign Language and knowledge of deaf culture are required.

3.     Experience working with or providing services to children and families; knowledge of infant/child development

4.     Demonstrated ability to perform professionally. Punctuality and reliability are a must.

5.     Ability to handle personal details, data and other private information. Must maintain the highest level of confidentiality.

6.     Must be detail-oriented with strong organizational and written communication skills. Must prioritize and handle multiple            tasks, sometimes with competing deadlines.

7.     Excellent interpersonal skills are required. Must maintain a cooperative relationship with co-employees, directors,                    employers, outside vendors, and the CEO.

8.     As business needs require, employee’s schedule may be adjusted to ensure coverage for Deaf Expos and other deaf            outreach events that occur on weekends.

9.     Be able to work independently, take the initiative and thrive under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

10.  Must have reliable transportation, a valid driver's license and current automobile insurance as required by law.

Note: As part of our hiring process, the selected candidate must complete and pass a background check of references, criminal background screening and drug screening.  

About GLAD:

The Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness is a private non-profit organization that was founded in 1969 and now has 13 locations serving 10 counties in Southern California. 

Our goal is to protect the civil rights, and ensure equal access for the deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, and deaf disabled communities in particular areas of California, including the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, Riverside, Mono, Inyo and San Luis Obispo, to all of life’s opportunities.

GLAD’s general purpose and powers shall be to promote the educational, health, housing, vocational, cultural, social and recreational welfare of its deaf and hard of hearing constituents.

The organization’s specific and primary purposes shall be to act as a coordinating agency addressing the broad social service needs of deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, and deaf disabled individuals through direct service provision, advocacy, research and dissemination of information to the consumers, professionals and parents.

Salary Range: $25 / hour ($26,000/ year)

OPEN UNTIL FILLED.

To apply, go to https://gladinc.bamboohr.com/careers

GLAD is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

GLAD is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of GLAD and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of GLAD, including supervisors and co-workers.

This is an at-will employment position. Both GLAD and the employee may end the employment relationship at any time, without notice, and without good cause.