Job Description
Children's Home Society of Florida
Since opening our doors in 1902, CHS became a part of Florida's history.
CHS has been committed to growing and evolving to provide the right services and solutions to address the needs of children and families throughout the changing times. Every day, our team works with parents and kids to empower them and encourage them. With innovative technology solutions and a dedicated, experienced team throughout the state, we’re changing the face of foster care and positively impacting children and families’ lives for generations to come.
Join our team to continue to do good and create history serving Florida's children and families!
The Nurse Home Visitor provides home visits to all families with newborns in the determined catchment area. The goal is to support and assess family needs in 12 domains of physical and psychosocial well-being and facilitate referrals and connections to community agencies to support families in these areas. Overall, the Nurse Home Visitor contributes to the CHS high-performance culture by exhibiting our values and providing quality results that position CHS as the leader in delivering proactive behavioral health, case management, community and early childhood solutions for children and families.
WHY JOIN CHS?
- Uplifting mission-driven work culture
- Make an impact in your community and become a part of Florida's history!
- Growth and professional development opportunities
- Great benefits package, including generous paid time off and holidays
Primary Job Functions
1. Collaborate in a team environment of clinical and non-clinical staff in order to schedule, visit, and support families in the community using the evidence-based Family Connects home visiting protocol.
- Keep records of client observations and activities in accordance with Family Connects home-visiting protocol.
- Document information for family assessments and program evaluation and record information in real time via in-home use of computerized record system.
- Visit hospitals to schedule home visits for new mothers in accordance with the Family Connects scheduling protocol.
- Provide a health and physical assessment of mother and baby in the home to determine well-being.
- Assess family needs in 12 domains of physical and psychosocial well-being, including depression, substance abuse, and domestic violence while exercising clinical skills in appraising situations and making decisions.
- Establish a trusting relationship with families during in-home visits through engagement and ensuring families are connected to necessary supports and resources.
- Partner with others to ensure appropriate referrals and connections to community resources as needed.
- Collaborate in a team to assist parents in making and attending appointments for doctors, social service agencies, etc.
- Act as a liaison between families and other community agencies, serving as family advocate.
- Apply working knowledge of parent-child interaction, child-maternal health, child development, and child abuse/neglect to help families improve parenting skills, increase parenting supports, reduce stress, and address needs of parents; assist in creating a health plan for entire family.
- Respond to client needs through flexible scheduling of home visits, including occasional evening or weekend hours.
- Ensure compliance with state guidelines, by completing documentation within 24 hours of the encounter.
- Work cooperatively as an active member of the Family Connects team by attending weekly team meetings, clinical supervision, staff meetings, and other meetings as required.
- Support and encourage development of other staff and of the Family Connects program.
2. Contribute to a positive, engaging work environment.
- Develop a strong knowledge base and stay current on job-related issues and trends.
- Participate actively in departmental meetings, training and education, as well as the quality process.
- Comply with CHS’s code of conduct, policies, procedures and other obligations.
- Assist with training other team members and providing back-up when necessary.
- Pick up projects on the fly; perform other duties as assigned from time to time.
- Demonstrate the CHS Common Bond values in the performance of all job duties.
Job Qualifications
Education, Licenses & Certifications:
- B.S. degree in nursing with current RN license, or B.A. degree in another field with current RN license, or A.S. degree in nursing with a state-level RN license with one year of relevant nursing experience, required.
- Florida Driver’s License within 30 days from hire with daily access to a reliable and insured vehicle, required.
- Must have and maintain current or compact licensure in the state of Florida.
- Must maintain current CPR certification.
Experience:
- At least one year of relevant nursing experience.
Competencies
Knowledge of: VARIOUS COMMUNITY RESOURCES | MATERNAL/CHILD HEALTH | CHILD DEVELOPMENT | ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
Skills and Proficiency in:
- Planning, organization and time management, oral and written communication
- Interpersonal relationship building, collaboration, teamwork
- Computer systems and MS Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook
- Fluent in a second language, preferred.
Ability to:
- Perform at a high level of autonomy, with general supervision.
- Perform under strong demands in fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environments.
- Handle stressful, sensitive situations; preserve confidentiality and professional boundaries.
- Meet critical deadlines, while maintaining attention to detail, accuracy and quality.
- Solve practical problems and document results using sound judgment.
- Commit to providing high customer satisfaction with positive service delivery results.
- Demonstrate the behaviors of our CHS Common Bond Values.
- Be energetic, passionate and adaptable with a deep commitment to social service, empathy for children and families and a positive approach to embracing and managing change.
- Supervise others, with coaching skills that result in accomplishing goals through direct reports.
- Interact effectively with children/families from all backgrounds, being sensitive to service population’s cultural/socioeconomic characteristics.
- Set appropriate limits and boundaries with clients; act decisively to protect clients, when necessary.
All applicants are subject to background screening through the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). For more information, visit https://info.flclearinghouse.com
Together, good can be done.
