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Maternity Care Coalition

Case Manager (Early Head Start Lead Advocate)

21 days ago

Philadelphia

Job Description Early Head Start Lead Advocate "This is not a Remote Position." Are you passionate about supporting families and making a real impact in the lives of infants, toddlers, and expectant parents? MCC is looking for two dedicated Case Managers to provide hands-on, home-based support to families in our Early Head Start (EHS) program in South Philadelphia. One of the two case managers must be Bilingual in Spanish. Join us in creating positive change and empowering families for a brighter future! Who We Are: Maternity Care Coalition (MCC) is a community-based nonprofit organization serving Pennsylvania and Delaware with over four decades of commitment to improving maternal and child health and early care and education. MCC's mission is to improve the health and well-being of pregnant women and parenting families and enhance school readiness for children ages 0—3. We achieve this through direct service, advocacy, and research, in collaboration with individuals, families, providers, and communities. We envision a future where parents impacted by racial and social inequities can birth with dignity, parent with autonomy, and raise babies who are healthy, growing, and thriving. What You Will Do: • The Lead Advocate provides early learning-focused and curriculum-based home visits to pregnant women and parents of infants and toddlers to promote the families' ability to support their health improvement, social empowerment, and child's development toward school readiness., • Services may include providing encouragement, guidance, direct services, identifying client needs and goals around health, education, child development, and social services, and supporting clients to access needed services., • Assists with program development, coordination, and supervision., • Provides leadership in conducting outreach and follow-up. Supervises up to four (4) Advocates., • Plans weekly visits that include activities to support learning and development, enhancing the family's skills as their child's first teacher. Reschedules any missed visits to provide a minimum of 4 visits each month and a minimum of 46 visits to each client throughout the program year for home-based children. Plans home visits and provides education on prenatal development and resources to pregnant women at least twice a month., • Utilizes a professional, culturally sensitive, and respectful approach when visiting/addressing clients and their families at all times, regardless of the type of communication., • Provides curriculum-based education sessions and resources for pregnant women and families with infants and/or toddlers to ensure that their developmental, health, social, mental health, and educational needs are met., • Conducts client assessments to determine strengths and areas of need on a timely basis (according to EHS Performance Standards) and uses this information to set goals in collaboration with the family., • Works collaboratively with Coordinators to encourage, monitor, and ensure timely scheduling and completion of health and/or education-related appointments, such as prenatal, postpartum, well-baby, well-child, early intervention, physical exams, dental exams, and immunizations., • Participates in the collection and distribution of supplements, diapers, formula, clothes, and donations for EHS clients., • Refers participants needing more intensive follow-up to appropriate resources within MCC and other community agencies. Learns about and makes contact with community resources that clients need., • Encourage parent participation in all EHS events such as parent meetings, trainings, policy council meetings, outreach events, parent orientations, volunteering opportunities, and socializations. Assists in organizing client meetings and other special events, including but not limited to those celebrating Mother's and Father's Day., • Attends, facilitates, and actively participates in Site Meetings and Socializations. Attends community meetings and health fairs, and represents MCC as requested by their supervisor., • Participates in outreach efforts to raise awareness and promote education of issues faced by EHS clientele, identify candidates and families for enrollment, and direct them to needed EHS, health, education, and social services. Conducts health promotion activities by providing client education, disseminating educational literature, and distributing disease prevention materials, including condoms., • Responds promptly to inter-agency communication using Child Plus and other computer systems., • Meets regularly with the supervisor every month to discuss clients' progress., • CDA or higher degree from an accredited college or university in a related field of study, • 2+ years of experience providing direct services in a community outreach setting preferred., • Experience with community health issues, • Knowledge and experience in child development, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and early childhood education., • Experience working with maternal and child health issues preferred, • Experience with positive parent-child interactions or Early Head Start programs preferred, • Bilingual (Spanish, Indonesian, French, Burmese, if applicable) Professional Growth: Take advantage of ongoing training opportunities in maternal and child health, early childhood education, and related fields. Make an Impact: Play a vital role in empowering families and improving maternal and child health in your community. Competitive Benefits: • Three (3) weeks paid vacation, plus one (1) week paid Winter Break, • Medical, Prescriptions, Dental, Vision, Identity Theft through CIGNA, • Employer Paid Basic Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance, • Employer-Paid Employee Assistance Program, • Employer-Paid Long-Term Disability Insurance, • Voluntary & Supplemental Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, • Flexible Spending Accounts and Commuter plans through Flex Facts, • Medical Waiver Credit, • Limited Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) up to $1500 annually, • 403B Retirement Plan with Employer Match, • Pet Insurance, • Wellness Programs, • 12 weeks of paid parental leave, • MCC is a qualified PSLF Employer Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: Maternity Care Coalition (MCC) is committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and equitable workplace culture. We ensure a fair hiring process and provide a healthy work environment where every employee can thrive and make a meaningful impact in the community. The hours are from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. The position requires 3 days in the South Philadelphia office and 2 days in the field. The scheduled days will be determined based on the staffing needs in the center.

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