EMPLOYMENT
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CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER-
FATHERHOOD ENGAGEMENT
Position Overview:
The Community Health Worker – Fatherhood Engagement is a member of the Healthy Start multidisciplinary home visiting team who uses a family systems approach to support father involvement through individual goal planning, case management, and group education and support. Preference will be given to candidates who possess and demonstrate strong individual case management skills, lived experience with the Healthy Start population and at least 2 years’ experience working with fathers or within fatherhood programs.
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TEAM SUPERVISOR- HELLO BABY PRIORITY
Position Overview:
We are seeking an energetic, reliable, and responsible candidate who is passionate about and willing to carry out the Hello Baby program design to strengthen families, improve child outcomes and maximize child and family well-being. As
part of the Hello Baby tiered strategy, the Hello Baby Priority program focuses on engagement and support for families with the highest need. As a member of the Healthy Start Hello Baby Priority care team, the Team Supervisor will provide
supervision for the community-based home visiting care team to ensure accountability, service delivery and professional growth. The Team Supervisor will be trained in and ensure fidelity to the Camden Coalition COACH model of supporting behavior change. This person should possess highly developed analytical skills and clinical experience. Past supervisory experience is required.
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OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST- HELLO BABY PRIORITY
Position Overview:
This is a community-based outreach position contributing to the successful engagement and enrollment of families into the Hello Baby Priority program. As a member of the Hello Baby Priority team, the Outreach and Engagement Specialist (OES) serves as a champion for the Hello Baby program and is extremely
knowledgeable and excited to connect with families who are referred to Healthy Start, contributing toward program engagement goals. The OES will use telephonic, text and postal mail engagement strategies, and will leverage other team/staff members and community connections to engage referred families. The successful OES will also use motivational interviewing and strengths-based communication to enroll families into Hello Baby Priority and will conduct home visits, as needed, to engage families.
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SOCIAL WORKER I- HELLO BABY PRIORITY
Position Overview:
This is a community-based home visiting social work position contributing to the successful delivery of services and supports for families of newborns in Allegheny County who have complex needs. As a member of the Hello Baby team at Healthy Start, the Social Worker will exhibit expertise in high quality service offerings and will focus on connecting families to services and ongoing follow up with providers through care management (screening, assessment, goal planning, referral and follow up) to enrolled families using the Camden Coalition COACH model. COACH is a five-part framework that trains staff to be empowerment coaches in order to problem-solve with families to determine how to support them in reaching their goals. The COACH model focuses on Empowerment Theory, Unconditional Positive Regard and Transtheoretical Theory (Stages of
Change). The successful Social Worker is passionate, knowledgeable of family systems, aware of community resources, is empathetic, is flexible and thinks outside the box, has excellent written and verbal communication skills and embodies the project’s core principles of community engagement, authentic healing relationships, family and child well-being, equity and respect. The Social Worker works in community with the Family Engagement Specialist and is a member of the Hello Baby multidisciplinary team. Social work experience is
required; home visiting experience is highly preferred.
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HEALTHY START- HELLO BABY PRIORITY
SOCIAL WORKER (FATHERHOOD)
Position Overview:
This is a community-based home visiting social work position contributing to the successful delivery of services and supports specific to fathers of newborns in Allegheny County who have complex needs. As a member of the Hello Baby Priority team, the Social Worker will exhibit expertise in high quality service offerings and will focus on connecting fathers to services and ongoing follow up with providers through care management (screening, assessment, goal planning, referral and follow up) to enrolled fathers using the Camden Coalition COACH model. COACH is a five-part framework that trains staff to be empowerment coaches in order to problem-solve with fathers to determine how to support them in reaching their goals. The COACH model focuses on Empowerment Theory, Unconditional Positive Regard and Trans-theoretical Theory (Stages of
Change). The successful Social Worker is passionate, knowledgeable of family systems, aware of community resources, is empathetic, is flexible and thinks outside the box, has excellent written and verbal communication skills and embodies the project’s core principles of community engagement, authentic healing relationships, family and child well-being, equity and respect. The Social Worker works in community with the Family Engagement Specialist. Social work experience is required; home visiting experience is highly preferred.
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SOCIAL WORKER II- HELLO BABY PRIORITY
Position Overview:
This is a community-based home visiting social work position contributing to the successful delivery of services and supports for families of newborns in Allegheny County who have complex needs. As a member of the Hello Baby team at Healthy Start, the Social Worker-II will have specialized and advanced systems experience in the areas of intimate partner violence, drug and alcohol, child welfare, crisis management, community resource navigation or staff training and serves as a team leader on the Hello Baby multidisciplinary team to provide advice, assistance, and supportive training in their area of expertise. The Social Worker II will exhibit expertise in high quality, results-oriented service offerings and will focus on care planning/management and assessment (screening, assessment, goal planning and referral), connecting families to services and ongoing follow up and
coordination with referral providers using the Camden Coalition COACH model. COACH is a five-part framework that trains staff to be empowerment coaches to problem-solve with families to determine how to support them in reaching their goals. The COACH model focuses on Empowerment Theory, Unconditional Positive Regard and Transtheoretical Theory (Stages of Change). The successful Social Worker-II is passionate, knowledgeable of family systems, aware of community resources, is empathetic, is flexible and thinks outside the box, has
excellent written and verbal communication skills and embodies the project’s core principles of community engagement, authentic healing relationships, family and child well-being, equity and respect. Social work experience is required; home visiting experience is highly preferred.
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DRIVER
Position Overview:
This is a professional position in the field of community health responsible for assisting the Healthy Start team with daily activities that supports their work in the care of participants. This position is an integral part of the Operations Department and works independently under the direction of the Administrator – HR, Fiscal and Operations (“Administrator”).
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COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER: FAMILY CHECK-UP HEART
Position Overview:
Healthy Start is seeking a full-time Community Health Worker to implement the Family Check-Up Intervention and case management services with women and birthing people in the Pittsburgh area who are engaged in a heart health research study conducted by Magee Women’s Research Institute, Healthy Start and University of Pittsburgh. As a part of the Healthy Start multidisciplinary team, the Community Health Worker must have a passion for maternal and child health, and be prepared to focus on health equity—using evidence-based practice to support Healthy Start’s unique contributions to the field of maternal and child health, eradicating disparities faced by members of the Black community, and working to serve the Healthy Start participant population and the community at large.
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PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECT MANAGER
Position Overview:
This is an advanced-level public health position, managing projects and initiatives that contribute to advancing Healthy Start’s mission. As part of the Healthy Start multidisciplinary team, the Public Health Project Manager (PM) has a passion for maternal and child health and advances family systems and life course approaches to support improved birth outcomes, and family and community health and well-being. The PM has a focus on health equity, using evidence-based practice, supporting Healthy Start’s unique contributions to the field of maternal and child health, eradicating disparities faced by members of the Black community, and will work with internal and external stakeholders to serve the Healthy Start participant population and the community at large.
The project manager will work on a variety of projects—with local, regional and national partners—that explore the intersections of health equity, maternal and child health and chronic disease.
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SOCIAL WORKER II- Hello Baby Priority
Position Overview:
This is a community-based home visiting social work position contributing to the successful delivery of services and supports for families of newborns in Allegheny County who have complex needs. As a member of the Hello Baby team at Healthy Start, the Social Worker-II will have specialized and advanced systems experience in the areas of intimate partner violence, drug and alcohol, child welfare, crisis management, community resource navigation or staff training and serves as a team leader on the Hello Baby multidisciplinary team to provide advice, assistance, and supportive training in their area of expertise. The Social Worker II will exhibit expertise in high quality, results-oriented service offerings and will focus on care planning/management and assessment (screening, assessment, goal planning and referral), connecting families to services and ongoing follow up and coordination with referral providers using the Camden Coalition COACH model. COACH is a five-part framework that trains staff to be empowerment coaches to problem-solve with families to determine how to support them in reaching their goals. The COACH model focuses on Empowerment Theory, Unconditional Positive Regard and Transtheoretical Theory (Stages of Change). The successful Social Worker-II is passionate, knowledgeable of family systems, aware of community resources, is empathetic, is flexible and thinks outside the box, has excellent written and verbal communication skills and embodies the project’s core principles of community engagement, authentic healing relationships, family and child well-being, equity and respect. Social work experience is required; home visiting experience is highly preferred.
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POSTPARTUM DOULA
Position Overview:
Healthy Start is adding full-time birth and postpartum doulas to the team! As a part of the Healthy Start multidisciplinary team, our doulas have a passion for maternal and child health, and advance family systems and life course approaches to support improved birth outcomes and family and community health and well-being. Our doulas focus on health equity, using evidence-based practice, supporting Healthy Start’s unique contributions to the field of maternal and child health, eradicating disparities faced by members of the Black community, and will work to serve the Healthy Start participant population and the community at large.
Healthy Start’s postpartum doula(s) will serve new mothers with support in attaining their breastfeeding goals, addressing mental health concerns and attending their postpartum visits. They will also service mothers and families with hypertensive disorder of pregnancy to regulate their blood pressure.
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COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER
Position Overview:
This is an advanced level community-based position that provides case management, coordination of care and health education to Healthy Start, Inc. program participants. This position serves as the first line of care in the Healthy Start, Inc. model. The Community Health Worker has a passion for maternal and child health and advances family systems and life course approaches to support improved birth outcomes, and family health and well-being.
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SOCIAL WORKER – HELLO BABY PRIORITY
Position Overview:
This is a community-based home visiting social work position contributing to the successful delivery of services and supports for families of newborns in Allegheny County who have complex needs. As a member of the Hello Baby team at Healthy Start, the Social Worker will exhibit expertise in high quality service offerings and will focus on connecting families to services and ongoing follow up with providers through care management (screening, assessment, goal planning, referral and follow up) to enrolled families using the Camden Coalition COACH model. COACH is a five-part framework that trains staff to be empowerment coaches in order to problem-solve with families to determine how to support them in reaching their goals. The COACH model focuses on Empowerment Theory, Unconditional Positive Regard and Transtheoretical Theory (Stages of Change). The successful Social Worker is passionate, knowledgeable of family systems, aware of community resources, is empathetic, is flexible and thinks outside the box, has excellent written and verbal communication skills and embodies the project’s core principles of community engagement, authentic healing relationships, family and child well-being, equity and respect. The Social Worker works in community with the Family Engagement Specialist and is a member of the Hello Baby multidisciplinary team. Social work experience is required; home visiting experience is highly preferred.
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MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSE
Position Overview:
The Maternal and Child Nurse supports all aspects of patient care in the community setting, delivering services to Healthy Start program participants according to risk assessment and program guidelines/protocol. The Nurse will deliver clinical care across three modalities:
• Centering Pregnancy group prenatal care model
• Prenatal and postpartum home visiting and virtual consultation for mothers/babies with health risks
• Education and care coordination, with a focus on promoting care at community health centers and other HS clinical partners
• Provide clinical consultation the Birth Doula program
The nurse a joint position with Healthy Start and the care team at Primary Care Health Services (PCHS), federally qualified health center with whom we partner to deliver the Centering model of prenatal care, with the specific aims of addressing infant and maternal mortality and morbidity. The duties of this role will primarily take place at Healthy Start or with Healthy Start participants with a supplemental 4-8 hour per week of clinical time at PCHS locations.
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FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST –
HELLO BABY PRIORITY
Position Overview:
This is a community-based home visiting “peer support” position contributing to the successful delivery of services and supports for families of newborns in Allegheny County who have complex needs. As a member of the Hello Baby Priority team, the Family Engagement Specialist (FES) is extremely knowledgeable of the service area (Mon Valley) and the unique dynamics of family and community within the geographic region. The FES will focus on engaging and supporting enrolled families using the Camden Coalition COACH model. COACH is a five-part framework that trains staff to be empowerment coaches in order to problem-solve with families to determine how to support them in reaching their goals. The COACH model focuses on Empowerment Theory, Unconditional Positive Regard and Transtheoretical Theory (Stages of Change). The successful FES is tenacious, passionate, knowledgeable of family systems, aware of community resources, is empathetic, is flexible and thinks outside the box, has excellent written and verbal communication skills and embodies the project’s core principles of community engagement, authentic healing relationships, family and child well-being, equity and respect. The FES works in community with the Social Worker.
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CERTIFIED LACTATION COUNSELOR (Contractual)
Position Overview:
The Healthy Start Center for Urban Breastfeeding is a comprehensive breastfeeding education, support, outreach and advocacy initiative focused on improving the trajectory of breastfeeding for Black women and babies.
Join our team of lactation support professionals and help your community reach its breastfeeding goals.
Our Certified Lactation Counselors (CLC) ensure that all participants of the Healthy Start Center for Urban Breastfeeding (HSCUB) are served both timely and with the highest level of care and expertise. The CLC will develop a keen understanding of all services provided within the HSCUB in order to provide participants with the full scope of support throughout their individualized breastfeeding journey.