Family Mentor

• Implement the Parents As Teachers curriculum with CITC’s program-specific enhancements or supplements.
• Maintain a case load of 5-15 families as determined by level of intensity of services required by families.
• Complete a family-centered assessment by facilitating interactions and appropriate educational activities and observing participants.
• Develop a partnership with parents to, over the course of eight foundational visits, individualize ongoing goal setting for continued visits.
• Implement or coordinates health and development screenings for children including vision, hearing, language development, motor development and physical development within three months of service.
• Coordinate services with other community programs with similar purposes and makes recommendations for further screenings or evaluations.
• Implement adult screenings that include depression, substance abuse, intimate partner violence, economic stability and family functioning with three months of services.
• Obtain assistance for participants by referring and following up with appointments to access community resources.
• Provide parents with research-based printed educational materials, individualized to the needs and requests of participants.
• Foster participant’s skill development by observing patterns of behavior; explaining and pointing out new options and demonstrating and practicing new skills as necessary.
• Support parent group connection meetings on a monthly basis and any related program event.
• Maintain record of cases by documenting participant’s situation and participant’s own actions in an objective manner in home visit reports, attendance summaries, and program-specific data requirements in the prescribed MIS format.
• Assist in reviewing and evaluating results of annual parent surveys and other evaluative measures required by the program, model developer and funder.
• Attend required certification training specific to the Parents As Teachers model and become certified.
• Attend all other required and annual professional development as required by the program model.
• Maintain organization compliance by submitting monthly, quarterly, and annual statistical reports.
• Other duties as needed and/or assigned.

Job Specifications:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to perform under pressure with the ability to handle numerous priorities at the same time effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a contributory team member in a positive, productive manner.
• Maintain a high degree of sensitivity regarding confidential information.
• Maintain operations by participating in quality reviews, reporting needed changes.
• Strong understanding of child development and parent education.
• Flexibility in work schedule is required to meet participant needs.
• Physical requirements include sitting or standing for prolonged periods and the ability to stoop, bend, lift and reach with reasonable accommodation.
• Regular attendance is required to maintain continuity of services.
• Regular travel is required to conduct home-based activities.
• General knowledge and understanding of the social, health, educational, training, and cultural needs of Alaska Native and American Indian community.

• Bachelor of Arts or Sciences in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or related field. Relevant experience may substitute for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.
• Two years’ experience in service delivery providing services to children or their families.
• Continued employment is contingent upon receipt of satisfactory report from a state and federal background check.
• Valid Alaska driver’s license and insurable under CITC’s automotive insurance, which requires a driver to be at least 21 years of age and have had a driver’s license for at least three years.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in delivering home-based services is preferred.