Parent & Family Educator

$1000 sign-on bonus!
About the Position:

• Family Educator provides parent education and family support in either residential treatment setting for pregnant or parenting individuals with mental health or substance use disorders, or through community-based home visiting in Chittenden County.
• Strength based and family centered work promotes the health, safety, permanency and well-being of young children through:
• observation, documentation, and assessment of parenting skills
• individual and group education in early childhood development and parenting topics
• support and one-on-one coaching to young, pregnant and parenting individuals
• developmental assessment and coordination of services for children
• collaboration with community providers
• Opportunity to utilize peer supervision and support, engage in community initiatives, and participate in professional development.
• Family Educator collaborates closely with multi-disciplinary treatment team and community provides to ensure holistic, family-centered support services.
• Full-time position with starting rate $18-$22/hour; salary determined based on education and experience.
• Lund provides clinical supervision towards licensure attainment.

What We Look For:

• Minimum of Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or related field required.
• Knowledge of early childhood development, early childhood mental health including trauma informed work and attachment.
• Strong writing/oral communication skills.
• Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of working families.
• Experience working with parents of young children.
• Parent coaching experience highly desirable.
• Completion of a five-day Parents as Teachers training required upon hire.

Why Join Our Team at Lund:

• We honor and celebrate the distinctive strengths and talents of our clients and staff.
• Our work encompasses collaboration with a strong team of professionals and a strengths-based approach to providing services to families.
• Lund’s adoption program provides life-long services to families brought together through adoption.
• Lund’s residential and community treatment programs are distinctive as our work focuses on both treatment and parenting.
• Lund’s educators believe in laughter, the importance of fun, community-oriented activities, and non-stop learning.
• Ongoing training opportunities are available.
• Lund offers competitive pay and paid training, as well as a comprehensive and very generous benefit package including health, dental, life, disability, retirement, extensive time off accrual, 11 paid holidays, and wellness reimbursement. EEO/AA

Job Type: Full-time