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POSITION: Coordinator and Parenting Educator

REQUIREMENTS: Associates degree preferred plus three to five years relevant experience. Skills: Community outreach, leadership, supervision experience, energetic, optimistic, self-motivated and organized. Skills in writing and experience using computers, technology, and the Internet. Passion for and understanding of child development, parenting education, and early childhood education.

WAGE: $16/hour. Employer also reimburses for mileage at .625/mile

DAYS/HRS: 40 hours a week.

Program Mission: Enhancing family strengths for happy and healthy children, families and communities. Purpose: Regional Home Visitation Program dba Baby Bear Hugs (BBH) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors. The purpose of BBH is to provide families and caregivers with parenting education, support, and connection to community resources. Responsibilities of the County Coordinator include supervising Parenting Educators, maintaining program visibility in the County, and fundraising. It is also the County Coordinators responsibility to support the regional program as it sustains the collaboration and credibility of each county. Responsible to: The Baby Bear Hugs Program Supervisor. In the absence of the Program Supervisor, the Executive Director or the Board Chair is the contact person. Duties: 1. Attend BBH orientation, training, staff meetings, and maintain confidentiality all are required. 2. Parenting Educator: Provide ongoing supervision and support of Parenting Educator(s) in the county utilizing Reflective Supervision among other techniques. Conduct an annual review of the Parenting Educator. If a Parenting Educator is no longer in the position or gone for an extended period, it is the Coordinators responsibility to see that there is a plan for families enrolled in the program to continue to receive visits. This may mean the Coordinator provides the visits. 3. Recruit expectant or new mothers/families to participate in programs of BBH. Referrals: intake referrals and with all necessary input, make the determination about which program of BBH would serve the family s needs best, then refer or enroll the family in that program. If the family is eligible for NFP, that referral will receive preference. County Coordinators will regularly connect and cooperate with local Doctors, Public Health Nurses, and presenters of Prepared Childbirth classes, Social Services, WIC providers, Centennial Mental Health, and others to give information to their patients/clients about Baby Bear Hugs. The County Coordinator will "discover" who is expecting a baby, and contact the mother, preferably during her pregnancy. The County Coordinator will assure that every reasonable effort is made to present the program to all expecting mothers and new families. They will present an opportunity for a Bright by Three (BB3) Program A visit, assure that each mother is given a presentation on BBH and asked if they would like to participate. This may involve mothers/families who self-identify at the hospital through the Referral Form. The Coordinators or their designee will pick up these forms from Please note: Prenatal referrals and pregnant women who are interested in receiving the program will always be referred first through NFP program. 4. Finance: Role in recruiting funding from within the County. a. County Funding: Work together with the Executive Director to get and maintain funding from the County government. b. Promote Supportive Memberships. Responsible for writing a Membership Drive Plan annually, and 2 carrying it out. Review and update the Supportive Membership list provided by the Business Manager. c. Hold one County Fundraising event per year. The Coordinator will be responsible for writing a Fundraising Event Plan annually, and carrying it out. This event may also serve as publicity for the organization such as a Sweetest Baby Contest, Walk-A-Thon, raffle, or other creative fund raiser. d. Foundation funding: Write requests for funding and maintain records for foundations located within the County. 5. Publicity/Outreach: The County Coordinator will publicize the program through word of mouth, brochures, articles in the local papers, presenting to groups and organizations, one on one, and other creative methods, thus keeping the programs of Baby Bear Hugs visible in the community. 6. Assure a responsible and responsive Advisory Committee, and serve as a link to the larger community: The County Coordinator will serve as a link to, and cooperate with the health professionals, Social Services, Health Department, BOCES, County Nurses, County Extension, mental health providers, and others. They will also be responsible, along with the Board member, for an active, working County Advisory Committee. See bylaws for composition of Advisory Committee.

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LOCATION: Logan County

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