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** This is not a remote position**
Organization Summary
Since 1980, Maternity Care Coalition has assisted more than 140,000 families throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania, focusing particularly on neighborhoods with high rates of poverty, infant mortality, health disparities, and changing immigration patterns. We know a family’s needs change as they go through the pregnancy and their child’s first years, and we offer a range of services and programs for every step along the way. The mission of Maternity Care Coalition is to improve the health and well-being of pregnant women and parenting families and enhance school readiness for children 0-3.
Benefits include:
- Generous SIGN ON bonus
- Three (3) weeks paid vacation, plus One (1) week paid Winter Break
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Voluntary & Supplemental Life Insurance through CIGNA
- Cafeteria Plan through Flex Facts: FSA and Commuter plans
Position Summary
MCC’s Early Head Start program is seeking Lead Case Managers (Advocates) to maintain a caseload of EHS clients, while assisting with program development, coordination, and offering direct supervision to a small group of Advocates.
Essential Functions
- Provides early-learning-focused and curriculum-based home visits to pregnant women and parents of infants and toddlers, and promotes the families' ability to support their child's development, health improvement, social empowerment and school readiness.
- Provides recommendations and guidance to the members of their team on all aspects of the EHS delivery of services.
- Conducts monthly individual reflective supervision meetings with the members of their team.
- Supervises and monitors their team’s attendance, schedules, completion of home visits and documentation on a monthly basis.
- Maintains a collaborative relationship with the members of their team, provides support as needed, and ensures confidentiality of their supervision process.
- Works collaboratively with Coordinators to encourage, monitor and ensure timely scheduling and completion of health and/or education related requirements and documentation.
- Debriefs their supervisor on their team’s progress during their monthly supervision.
- Maintains exemplary attendance and timely completion of documentation for their caseload.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge and experience on child development, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and early childhood education
- Positive leadership, communication, and teamwork-related skills
- Ability to accept and provide guidance
- Invested in their professional development and training opportunities
- Exemplary employee conduct and performance throughout their career as an EHS Advocate at MCC
Education & Experience Required
- Infant & Toddler Home Visiting CDA or higher degree from an accredited college or university in a related
field of study - Experienced in all EHS related service areas, performance standards, program options, service delivery guidelines, resources and documentation of client data.
