New Parent Support Home Visitor

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International SOS is looking for qualified individuals to be New Parent Support Home Visitors for The Navy Fleet and Family Support Program (FFSP.) The FFSP serves active duty members of the Navy Marine Corps Army and Air Force plus their eligible family members; active duty members of foreign military services who are stationed in the area; reserve military personnel and their family members when they are eligible for military medical care military members designated as severely wounded ill and injured and their identified caretakers and on a space available basis military retirees and their family members and widows eligible family members of military decedents and other groups as directed and authorized by higher authorities in response to special circumstances. 

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate publicize and provide a wide variety of deployment and mobilization support services. 
• Expectant parents and parents with children under 3 shall be assessed and screened for child abuse risk using the established Navy NPS screening tools and procedures. 
• Parents who are not screened at risk or eligible for NPS home visiting shall be provided information and referral to appropriate military and civilian community resources and services. 
• Ensure home visitation services use the Nurturing Parenting Program for all at risk parents accepting NPS services. 
• Report suspected child abuse and domestic abuse/violence to the local civilian authorities and the Family Advocacy Representative IAW Navy and state requirements. 
• Ensure that home visiting services are fully documented in the in required systems in accordance with current Navy requirements. 
• Ensure that documented information and referred assessment screening and educational services for parents not at risk are entered and counted in required systems. 
• Ensure staff delivering services are accounting for all services delivered in the scheduling module in required systems. 
• New Parent Support Home Visit functions shall require visits to the customers homes. FAP Case Management and Intervention functions may require home visits per regional or installation SOPs.  

This list is nonexhaustive and the role holder may be required to undertake additional duties that are not specifically listed above. 

Qualifications :

Required Skills and Knowledge 

• Educational qualifications include a minimum of a bachelors degree in social work or nursing with a minimum of three years experience in social work maternal/child health child development and/or public health. Nurses are required to maintain current state licensure or certification.  
• Must have the ability to prepare and conduct management briefings to communicate recommendations to supervisory authority. 
• Individual should be detailoriented selfmotivated and able to work autonomously. 

Required Work Experience 

• Demonstrated experience providing new parent support home visitor services is required.  
• The personnel accomplishing these visits shall be mindful that quite often homes are unstable and multiple problems with more than one caregiver in the house could exist. In some cases the client and/or other residents can pose a physical threat to the occupants and/or the personnel making the visit. Personnel making these visits in additional to professional skill requirements shall possess the maturity and experience to recognize situations that can pose harm and shall be prepared to mitigate that threat or avoid harmful circumstances in extreme cases. 
• New parent support home visitors shall possess a broad range of specialized work experience including working with family programs military or civilian social service agencies and/or is a military family member with full understanding of the military lifestyle.  
• Strong oral and written communication assessment data management and advocacy skills are required.  
• Possess advocacy knowledge skills and abilities such as: working knowledge of state federal and local resources as well as understanding sensitivity and empathy for sailors and family members from diverse racial ethnic and socioeconomic background.  
• Contractor shall maintain a valid unrestricted motor vehicle license and be physically able to perform all contractual duties. 
• Knowledge of the FFSMIS system is desired but not required. 
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word Excel Access and PowerPoint. 

Additional Information :

Pay range is based on several factors and may vary in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicants background experience skills internal equity and alignment with geographical market data. 

Benefits Fulltime positions are eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package including medical dental vision and basic life insurance. Additional benefits include a 401k plan paid time off and an annual bonus.  International SOS complies with all federal state and local minimum wage laws 

International SOS Government Medical Services is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or job applicants on the basis of race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability genetic information marital status amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with the applicable federal state and local laws. 

International SOS Government Medical Services is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or job applicants on the basis of race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability genetic information marital status amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime