Job Details

COOK INLET TRIBAL COUNCIL, INC.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Family Mentor

Department: Family Wellness

Reports To: MIECHV Program Manager

Supervises: None

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Pay Grade: N4

Job Type: Regular, Full-Time

AKBCU: Yes ICPA: Yes

General Functions:

The Family Mentor (FM) provides individualized child development education and parent coaching. The FM facilitates child development screenings, supports monthly group parent connection events and coordinates linkages to needed resources to improve family well- being through the Family Wellness Department.

Duties and Responsibilities, including but not limited to:

• 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.

Minimum Core Competencies: CITC Values, Respectful Leadership, Professionalism, Emotional Intelligence, Problem Solving/Critical Thinking, Communication Skills.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 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.

Disclaimer

The information provided in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents within this job. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications and working conditions required of employees assigned to this job. Management has sole discretion to add or modify duties of the job and to designate other functions as essential at any time. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract.

K.K 7/30/24