Family Support Specialist, Healthy Families Program
CurrentResponsible for providing intensive home visiting program that serves families with children ages prenatal to 3 and focuses on strengthening the parent-child relationship to assure healthy growth and development. Home visits are conducted to provide life skills development, child development, education, and support. Conduct initial needs assessments and multiple subsequent assessments for families and provide appropriate resources and referrals to community agencies. Work with the families to develop an individual family support plan and set up activities/strategies to help the family meet their identified goals. Family support specialists support parents in cultivating and strengthening a nurturing, positive relationship with their baby at each visit.