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Job Title: Bilingual Family Support Worker

CCFH Program: Healthy Families Durham

Location: Durham, NC

Position Type: Full-time (40-hours/week)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Reports to: Healthy Families Durham Program Manager

Program Description:
Healthy Families Durham provides in-home services to families who are pregnant or parenting children aged birth to
three, in an effort to prevent child abuse and neglect in families with multiple stressors.

Occupational Summary:

Works with child and parents in their homes to optimize physical, mental, and emotional well-being of the child and
parents. Assists in strengthening the parent-child relationship by improving knowledge of child development and
parenting skills, reducing family stress, and meeting needs of parents. Works with individual families and groups.

Work Performed:

• Establishes a trusting relationship with families by providing regular contact through weekly home visits.
• Engages the family in an assessment of their strengths and needs to establish a family support plan with goals,

objectives and activities to meet the family’s needs.

• Makes appropriate referrals to community resources, if needed. Assists parents in making and attending

• Applies working knowledge of parent-child interaction, child development, and the dynamics of child

• Assists parents in learning problem-solving and coping skills by providing supportive counseling and/or by

• Provides parents with psychoeducation on child development and age-appropriate developmental activities to

• Administers developmental screenings (Ages and Stages Questionnaire; ASQ/ASQ-SE) and makes appropriate

• Conducts groups when appropriate using PAT curriculum.
• Maintains all necessary paperwork. Keeps records of client observations and activities as required.
• Collects information needed for family assessments and program evaluation.
• Works as an active member of the Healthy Families Durham team by attending regular staff meetings, weekly

clinical supervision, quarterly HFD planning meetings, in-service trainings and other meetings as required.

Education/Training:

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Child Development, or related field or

• Graduation from a four-year college with a Bachelor’s degree in human service area with at least two years of

• Ability to accept personal differences, establish trusting relationships, and humility to work with culturally diverse

• Proficient in Spanish is required
  

Experience:

• Experience in home visiting, with a strong history in the 0-3 years age group.
• Experience with family-centered services and strength-based service provision.

Skills:

• Knowledge of parent-child interaction, attachment, maternal-infant health, and infant and child development.

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• Knowledge of dynamics of child abuse and neglect.
• Open to reflective practice and recognizes the value of supervision.
• Willing to engage in building reflective capacity, infant mental health endorsement preferred

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this
classification. This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so
classified.

Physical Requirements:

• Primary responsibilities are performed in an office setting in a seated position and also in a home setting sitting

• Frequent driving for home visits sometimes in outlying areas
• Regular kneeling, bending, and sitting on the floor to engage in developmental play with children and families
• Ability to exert physical effort in light to moderate work including lifting and carrying of books, home visiting

supplies (toys, etc.), and other materials weighing up to 20 pounds may be encountered in performing essential
functions. Occasional lifting up to 50 pounds.

• Ability to perform duties in an active environment with changes in climate and noise level

Must have own vehicle for home visits and maintain a valid driver’s license and insurance coverage

Position Description:
Starting salary range $42,000-$45,000. Travel reimbursement, cell phone, and office and program supplies are provided.

CCFH is committed to building a culturally diverse team. We strongly encourage minority candidates to
apply.

APPLICATION INFORMATION

Please send a letter of interest, resume, and references document to Ebony Sneed via email at
ebony.sneed@duke.edu with the subject line: Bilingual Family Support Worker

For additional information on the Center for Child & Family Health, please see the CCFH website at
www.ccfhnc.org.

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