Home Visiting Parent Support Specialist

Quick Facts

• Home visitation role providing early intervention and psychosocial/educational support to parents and infants.

Description

You will deliver comprehensive early intervention services primarily through home visitation, supporting maternal and infant health education, parent-child bonding, positive parenting practices, child development, and child safety. You will recommend and develop effective service plans based on screening and assessment tools and provide psychosocial and educational support and trainings. You will use sound judgment when written policy is not available and maintain accurate and confidential electronic case records.

Responsibilities

• Provide early intervention services via home visitation
• Support families with maternal and infant health education and parenting education
• Teach parent-child bonding techniques and positive parenting practices
• Provide child development and child safety education
• Conduct screening and assessment to identify needs and risk areas
• Develop and recommend service plans based on assessment results
• Deliver trainings and conduct community outreach to military and civilian populations
• Perform case management: intake, assessment, planning, and coordination of care
• Maintain accurate and confidential electronic case records in a timely manner

Requirements

• US citizenship
• Suitability for federal employment
• Direct deposit participation
• E-Verify employment verification for new Department of the Navy hires
• Selective Service registration (if applicable)
• Maintain required professional license if serving as a nurse
• Complete required training and obtain/maintain a government credit card for travel
• Key/Emergency-Essential status with ability to provide immediate and continuing support
• Ability to work a flex schedule with advance notice
• Current state driver’s license (or ability to obtain and maintain)
• Interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty
• Ability to travel to CONUS/OCONUS sites and remote/isolated locations; may require extended travel on aircraft
• Complete SF85P public trust questionnaire and pass criminal history background checks, including CNACI for child-related services
• Specialized experience demonstrating GS-09 level capability (parenting education and comprehensive family support; case management; delivering training/outreach; using evidence-based screening/assessment; maintaining confidential electronic records)

Benefits

• Federal government benefits package with eligibility depending on position type and whether full-time/part-time/intermittent
• Review benefits with the hiring agency for specifics