• Health and Well-being Specialist

    UPMC (New Castle, PA)


    The UPMC Jameson Child Advocacy Center is hiring a Health and Well-Being Specialist to join the CAC Team! This full-time role will work primarily daylight hours five days per week with occasional evenings and weekends required. This position requires travel within Lawrence County.

     

    This is a home visiting position. The Health and Well-being Specialist will work with families in their homes as well as provide health and education resources to our PAT (Parents as Teachers) program.

     

    Candidates with experience working in home with children ages 0-5 and knowledge of community resources and referral systems are preferred!

     

    + Purpose:Responsible for curriculum planning, family goals development, and implementation of the Parents as Teachers program with a caseload of infants/toddlers and their families. Also responsible for monitoring the accuracy and completion of family, child and health services requirements and assisting Family Development Specialists in accurate responsive case management and oversight of PAT early learning services. Responsibilities:Provide research-based home visitation with the schedule dictated by the program funder. Visits may require evening or weekend hours. Promotes parent involvement in working with their children. Provides direct service to identified families and their infants/toddlers including children with disabilities through home visits and organized small group meetings/socializations. Maintains caseload of 8-12 families.

    + Responsible for obtaining health and dental records for enrolled children. Responsible for reviewing child health records, including the PAT health overview form to determine the health status for children enrolled and entering information into Penelope data base. Coordinates appropriate follow-up for determined needs as identified on health, nutrition, and developmental histories as well as the child's health and dental exams. Assist the parents and Family Development Specialist in obtaining further diagnostic testing, examination, and treatment for children with suspected or diagnosed health, nutrition, or developmental concerns.

    + Assist families to identify and access community treatment, support, and other resources. Develops and maintains partnership agreements with community agencies for support and services that benefit the children and families. Assist in training staff in PAT required hearing and vision screening, tracking the completion and results. Provides monthly updates/progress reports including but not limited to services reports, program compliance, program quality, progress towards program goals and objectives, and others as deemed necessary.

    + Works in conjunction with other program content areas to ensure a holistic approach and assessment of the quality of services provided. Monitors, analyzes, and tracks related data. Performs other duties as assigned.

    + Bachelor's degree in education, child development, family relations, social work, guidance counseling, public health, health services, or related field required.

    + Minimum of one-year direct service experience working with infants, toddlers, children and/or families.

    + Prefer experience working with low income and at-risk families and experience with diverse cultures. Knowledge of adult learning processes desirable.

    + Ability to develop and maintain supportive, respectful, and empowering relationships with families, children, and co-workers.Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:Valid driver's license. Within 30 days of hire CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.

    + Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

    + Driver's License

    + Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal

    + Act 33 with renewal

    + Act 34 with renewal

    + Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

     

    UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran