Korean Home Visitor Job Description

Have you been searching for a place to make a difference? Children’s Institute, Inc. (CII) helps children in Los Angeles’s most challenged communities heal from the trauma of family and community violence, build the confidence and skills to break through the barriers of poverty, and grow up to lead healthy, productive lives. Established in 1906, CII now reaches more than 24,000 children and families each year through treatment, youth development, early childhood and family support services.
Essential Duties- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Employees must spend over 50% of their time on these duties.

• Collaborates with the parent to develop and implement an individualized program for the family in accordance with individual needs of each child, his/her interests, abilities, disabilities, individual style and pace of learning; develops monthly goals and objectives.
• Collaborates with the parents to strengthen the family’s knowledge of child development.
• Promotes parent-child bonding and nurturing parent-child relationships through modeling developmentally and culturally appropriate interactions and communication.
• Ensures that proper child-parent socialization is taking place as required.
• Assists in establishing and maintaining household management practices.
• Plans for continuity of care by ensuring that services are continued as appropriate through CII’s integrated services model.
• Provide resources and referrals to community support as appropriate.
• Conducts weekly home visits and uses routines, activities, and experiences in the home to achieve the goals of the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) and the Child Individualized Goals.
• Develops, maintains and uses a working knowledge of the ethnic and cultural differences, practices and values of the client families in order to better understand their needs and provide appropriate services.
• Develops and maintains appropriate case notes and other records and prepares periodic reports as required. Meets CII’s productivity standards and maintains an appropriate caseload to reach the weekly expectation of client contact.
• Assesses family needs, interests, and strengths and assists the family in developing goals that lead to self-sufficiency.
• Ensures full enrollment is maintained at all times for assigned area through recruitment activities.

Additional Duties
• Other duties and special projects as assigned.
Education & Experience
• 2 years of home visitation, early childhood services, or community-based programs experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood services, psychology, childhood development, or a related field from a four-year university required.

Other Qualifications
• Possesses a valid driver’s license and state-required auto insurance.
• Required to travel extensively (> 50% of the time).
• Spanish / English /Korean bilingual preferred.
• Ability to handle confidential information.
• Ability to be flexible and work in a changing environment.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including evenings, nights and weekends.
• Sensitivity to service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Punctual and dependable attendance.
• Free from alcohol and drug abuse.
• Understands CII’s basic philosophy and participates fully in carrying out its mission.

Please send your resume to recruiting@childrensinstitute.org