Organizational Summary
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 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.
Benefits include:
- Generous SIGN ON Bonus
- Language proficiency compensation
- 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
Responsible for providing home-based (client-centered and strength-based) services to pregnant women and parenting families with children 0-3. Services include presenting evidence-based health education, parenting education, child development education and activities. Case management services consist of completing assessments, facilitating referrals and any other beneficial supportive services.
Essential Functions
- Provides intensive case management services including assessments, referrals and follow-up to at-risk pregnant women and parenting families through routine home, office visits and regular phone contact.
- Supports clients in planning for their own health and social service needs by assisting clients in identifying goals.
- Ability to assess and support parent-children engagement.
- Uses reflective strategies to support family-wellbeing and partnerships.
- Learns about and collaborates with community resources needed by clients.
- Conducts health promotion activities by providing evidence-based health education, disseminating educational literature, and distributing disease prevention materials (condoms) to clients.
- Provides strength-based, culturally informed parenting support and education through the use of an evidence-informed curriculum
- Ensures timely scheduling of prenatal, postpartum, well-child, and early intervention appointments.
- Assists in organizing client meetings, parenting groups, and other socialization events.
- Facilitates/Co-facilitates community health and parenting education groups
- Attends community meetings, health fairs and represents MCC as requested by the Program Coordinator.
- Keeps careful records of all client, family and provider contacts made and follows up as necessary. Keeps accurate records of services received by clients.
- Routinely uses MCC client database and other computer systems including e-mail, Internet and Microsoft Office.
- Attends orientation and ongoing training sessions on maternal and child health, child abuse, accessing resources (medical care, therapeutic services, public benefits, housing), mental health, substance abuse, parenting support interventions and cultural humility (out of state travel may be required)
- Meets with Program Coordinator weekly for reflective supervision.
- Ensures confidentiality of client records, sharing pertinent information only with the client’s written and/or verbal approval.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Understanding of MCC’s mission, goals, and objectives and ability to work independently with a high level of energy and contribute as part of a larger team.
- Knowledge of the concepts and practices associated with community health issues, particularly with pregnant women including prenatal care and other services for mothers, parenting practices and infant and child development.
- Ability to travel in and around the Greater Philadelphia region to conduct home visits and community outreach.
- Knowledge of and sensitivity to issues facing the community served.
- Experience in client management procedures for determining eligibility, assessing needs, identifying resources, making referrals, following up, and documenting client interactions.
- Demonstrated clinical therapeutic skills.
- Demonstrated ability to speak two languages (English being a first or secondary language)
- Strong interpersonal skills as demonstrated by compassionate, courteous, cordial, cooperative, and professional interaction with diverse groups of co-workers, community partners, clients, and members of the community.
- Ability to operate a computer and use a variety of common software programs including Microsoft Office and customized databases.
- Effective and accurate documentation of case notes and client data according to established client management documentation procedures.
- Ability to organize tasks in an efficient manner and follow-up and follow-through with strong attention to detail.
Experience, Education, and Licensure
Required
- Associate’s degree in Social Work, Public Health or related field
- Bilingual language skills (Spanish, French, Arabic, Bengali, Indonesian, Burmese)
- Valid driver's license w/ clean driving record and driving experience
Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Public Health or related field
- 2+ years experience providing direct services in a community outreach setting
- Experience with community health issues
- Experience working with maternal and child health issues
Applicant Note: This position is has openings in the below MCC locations. Applicants should indicate their preferred location in their cover letter.
- Delaware County (Upper Darby)
- North Philadelphia
- Montgomery County (North Penn)
- maternitycarecoalition.org
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $38,000.00 - $43,050.00 per year
Benefits:
- 403(b)
- 403(b) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person