Promising Practices Home Visitor

Who We Are

For more than 140 years, The Family Partnership has built strong families, vital communities, and better futures for children. We fulfill our mission through counseling, education, and advocacy, primarily in the greater Minneapolis and St. Paul area. The Family Partnership was founded in 1878 as the Minneapolis Humane Society to protect and serve children that were being abused or exploited. Along with a few name changes, our work has continually transformed to anticipate and address the evolving needs of families and individuals, many of whom are the most vulnerable in our community.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

At The Family Partnership, we partner with you and in turn, we partner with those we serve. Our programs holistically address the needs of people in our community. Through our two-generation (2Gen) or whole family approach, we work with people so they can heal from trauma and adversity and move towards greater health and well-being. Our shared values establish a common purpose across our array of programs and services. You can bring your authentic self to the workplace, while practicing both cultural competence and inclusivity. We’re known for developing future leaders in the non-profit space and we expect employees to share their views. Our culture is one of open communication and transparency regardless of job level.

Wages and Benefits

$23.00 - $24.00 per hour; $1,000 hiring bonus after 3 months of employment; Generous paid time off; 10 paid holidays per year; Strong emphasis on employee self-care and work-life balance; Competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits; Company-paid life insurance and long-term disability; Agency sponsored retirement savings plan.

A Typical Day in the Life…

A typical day as The Family Partnership’s Promising Practices Home Visitor provides an opportunity to support our Promising Practices program, which is designed to buffer young children and their caregivers from the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress. The program also supports school readiness and supports caregivers with children 3-5 years old to develop economic self-sufficiency skills. These activities will occur primarily in the family’s home, with the interventions being family-centered and strength-based. Responsibilities will include the following:

• Collaborating with TFP preschool family workers to identify preschool families enrolled and newly enrolled who qualify for Promising Practices.
• Meeting with families in the home weekly for at least one hour at each visit.
• Establishing a trusting relationship with families using a trauma-informed approach.
• Helping caregivers identify personal strengths and set personal and family goals.
• Assisting caregivers with learning and supporting their preschoolers with building executive functioning skills through weekly activity modules and children’s books.
• Providing strength-based, family-centered interventions and prevention strategies during weekly home visits.
• Assisting caregivers with identifying ways to increase monthly income, optimize their home environments, and improve their family support systems.
• Increasing families’ ability to problem solve and assume the role of advocate for themselves and their children.
• Referring, advocating, and following-up with clients in need of additional community support and services.
• Documenting all interactions in the electronic health record, including but not limited to case notes, assessments, intakes, surveys, discharge summaries, transfer summaries, and evaluations.

Who You Are

• You hold a Bachelor’s degree in human services, social work, education, or a related field.
• You have a minimum of two years of directly related work experience.
• You have experience working with families in home and/or community settings.
• You have experience working with and an understanding of communities living in poverty, communities of color, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals, and other vulnerable populations.
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• You have the ability to provide home-visiting services including traveling to clients’ homes, schools, meetings with community partners, and other various locations.
• You have access to reliable transportation and can transport clients in your personal vehicle.
• You have the ability to develop and maintain positive and respectful relationships with clients.
• You have the ability to track and maintain data necessary for program monitoring and evaluation.
• You have the ability to perform assessments as needed in order to conduct appropriate intervention and referrals.
• You have the ability to work respectfully and communicate effectively with different cultures, groups, and languages.
• You have the ability to work some evenings as required.
• You have a valid driver’s license, access to reliable transportation, and the ability to meet TFP’s driving record requirements. Please note that if the license was not issued in the state of Minnesota, you have 60 days after becoming a Minnesota resident in which to apply for your Minnesota driver's license or permit (not applicable for new hires living out of state).

The Family Partnership has a mandated vaccination policy implemented for all employees, subject to reasonable accommodation required by law.

Diversity and open expression are fundamental to the work of The Family Partnership. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment where everyone can belong. Every member of our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our sector: individuals who identify as BIPOC, Indigenous or people of culture, LGBTQI and gender fluid or gender nonconforming, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), veterans, people of any age or family status. We value the contributions of a diverse workforce, and we welcome and encourage applications from all underrepresented groups. We encourage you to apply even if you feel like you don't fit 100% of the technical requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, disability, marital status, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, genetic information or a protected veteran’s status.

Our organization has a partnership with Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (MACC) to provide administrative services including management of the recruiting process. If you apply for this position, you may see references to MACC in some online materials.

The Family Partnership participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. See E-Verify’s official poster at https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf. See E-Verify’s Right to Work poster at https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster Eng_Es.pdf.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $23.00 - $24.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Salary : $21 - $22