Prevention Initiative Doula

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet • Full-time • Joliet, Illinois • 9m ago

Full-time

Description

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet offers 41 paid days off per year, excellent medical benefits, and an employer-sponsored 403b plan that requires no contribution from employee. We prioritize your well-being and financial security.

Discover the unique rewards of working in a Head Start program, where you can ignite young minds and provide comprehensive early childhood education that sets the stage for lifelong success.

By joining Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet Head Start, you will make a lasting impact on children's lives and have the opportunity to support and uplift families by empowering them to thrive and create a brighter future for themselves and their children.

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General Responsibilities

Home Visiting services are performed in the parent’s home and virtual visits are optional with appropriate approval. Generally, services are provided to families that reside in the Joliet, Lockport, Crest Hill, Preston Heights, Plainfield, Bolingbrook, Shorewood, Romeoville areas.
Maintain an open, friendly and cooperative relationship with each family by encouraging their involvement in the program and promoting parent and child bonding and interaction and promoting a nurturing parent child relationship that respects the parent as the child’s first teacher.
Adhere to safe work practices and all agency policies and procedures, including Best Standard Practices, State and Federal regulations at all times.
Keeping the Doula Supervisor informed at all times and assisting with the family’s coordination of care.
Recruit and complete referrals to establish an active enrollment list for selections to participate in the Doula program, Early Head Start Expectant Mothers program, Prevention Initiative program, and Early Head Start Home-Based program.
Serve as a positive role model by providing positive relationships with parents and health care providers. Responsible for building a trusting relationship that offers culturally sensitive support within a strength-based, family centered model for families on their caseload.

Essential Functions

Provide direct services to prenatal, labor, delivery, post-partum and parenting mothers in the home and/or medical setting.
Responsible for the provision of the initial assessment activities for high risk families’ to promote healthy pregnancies, labor and delivery support and post-partum care, promoting breast-feeding and healthy parent-infant attachment to participants within the home, hospital, and office.
Prepare pregnant person for the hospital labor and delivery experience for their new role as parents. Provide emotional and logistical support for the new mother.
Will organize and coordinate labor and delivery prenatal groups for pregnant and parenting mothers, attending and supporting the client through labor and delivery and throughout the initial post-partum period.
Maintain post-partum contact for six (6) to twelve (12) weeks as determined; support breastfeeding and infant care.
Make appropriate referrals as clients’ needs are require, working cooperatively with child protective services and other services in obtaining other needed services.
Provide community outreach, prenatal education activities and assist the family in preparing for childbirth through both home visiting and group-based services, advocating for the participant families. Coordinating community services which include resources and referrals to the following services: Housing programs, Churches, Day Care, Respite Programs, Employment Training, Continuing Educational Programs, Shelters, Alcohol and Drug Treatment services etc., Attend and participate in conferences, seminars, and in-service training.
Provide ongoing home-based prevention and early intervention services, support and coordination of activities for families identified.
Conducts activities including needs assessment, family support plans; along with the implementation of provisions for home-based services.
Utilize trauma informed reflective strategies to promote positive parent child attachments, while conduct initial home visits with families to begin building a trustworthy relationship.
Maintains regular contact with participants in their home to provide information, education and resources that will prepare the parent and her family for the birth process and past-partum by organizing and planning effectively a minimum of one (1) home visit per week of sixty (60) minutes duration and one parent group meeting per month during the prenatal period and more frequently during the initial post-partum stage.
Enters data into database system within required time frames, maintaining family records in accordance to professional standards, Agency and funding requirements.

Great Employer Provided Benefits

Time-off: 14 Holidays - 15 Vacation days - 3 PTO days and 9 Sick days
Medical/Dental/Vision Health Insurances
Flexible Spending Account
Short-term Disability Insurance
Long-Term Disability Insurance (employee paid optional)
Life and AD&D Insurance
403B Retirement Plan with employer contributions
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree is required for this position, with preferences in human services, early childhood education, social work, health related field; or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) credentials along with experience working directly with pregnant women, infants and toddlers. All degrees must be from a regionally accredited educational institution which has U.S. Department of Education approval.
Applicant with a degree in a related field needs a minimum of eighteen (18) hours of course work in early childhood education, psychology, social work, health and/or child development.
Minimum of one (1) year of experience working directly with pregnant teens/women, parenting teens and low-income families in their home environment is required.
Experience in home visiting with a strong background in prevention services to the 0 – 3 age population.
Must have or be willing to obtain and maintain certification and training in First Aid, Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Doula certification, and Infant/Toddler Development.
Knowledge of prenatal, labor, delivery and postpartum. Knowledge of maternal-infant health and dynamics of child abuse and neglect.
A personal vehicle for transportation is required, and periodic weekend recruitment activities are mandatory.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively and constructively with persons from all racial, diverse cultures, family systems, and social backgrounds.
Passage of complete background clearance, physical and Tuberculosis (TB) Test.
A valid driver’s license, reliable means of transportation and proof of liability insurance is required.