HANDS Specialist

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HANDS Services:

Provides ongoing HANDS Home Visiting services to first time and multigravida families to support identified HANDS Goals.

Provides regular planned visits to establish a trusting relationship for voluntary eligible HANDS participant(s) to assist parent(s) and/or families with child development, parenting skills, health services and other needed resources identified at assessment or during visits.

Provides ongoing Resource Referral and facilitation of access to other services provided by Community partners/health department that are outside the scope of services approved by HANDS (family planning, mental health services, intimate partner violence services, daycare, prenatal/pediatric health services, Head Start, Substance abuse services, education and employment, and Family Preservation.

Completes and submits required HANDS documentation and billing per required policy specifications and timelines. (Home Visit Logs, Supplemental Billing, Forms/Tools (EDS, IPV, ASQ, CPCL, etc.), as well as Corrections)

Participates in On-Going Home Visitor Supervision per required HANDS Policy.

Provides weekly completed number of visits from previous week and weekly schedules to supervisor and billing personnel.

Maintains confidentiality of program information obtained from home visit(s) and exchanged while communicating with community and with support providers.

Completes yearly review and signature of the HANDS Code of Ethics and Home Visitor Safety materials per policy requirements.

Maintains strength-based communication within the workplace, with community partners, with HANDS team and Program Management and with HANDS families.

Confers with Program Coordinator and/or Supervisor in cases involving potential collaboration with other service providers. (Ex. Child Protection, legal, intimate partner violence)

Completes and documents required training on an Individual HANDS Training Log including Tier II Premium.

Maintains required Productivity expectations, per HANDS policy, based on the weighted caseload, not number of individual families.  A full-weight caseload requires 60 visits per month for a full-time home visitor.

Demonstrate fidelity regarding the delivery of Growing Great Kids materials.

Attend team meetings and in-service training as required by program protocol.

Performs other duties, as required that are reasonable and applicable to this position as assigned by the Supervisor. (Ex. Sub-visits)

Refrain from using GGK curriculum materials outside their licensed agency.

Will leave curriculum materials with the licensed organization should either party end this employment agreement.

SUBSTITUTION CLAUSE

EDUCATION:

• A Master’s degree in Human Services may substitute for the one (1) year of experience.

EXPERIENCE:

• Associate degree in Nursing with licensure in Kentucky or a compact state and two (2) years of public health experience will substitute for education.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.)

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POST EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS: EMPLOYEES IN THIS CLASS WILL BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN CREDENTIALS OUTLINED BELOW WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME, OR IF EMPLOYEES POSSESS SUCH CREDENTIALS AT THE TIME OF HIRE THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THOSE CREDENTIALS SO LONG AS THEY ARE EMPLOYED IN THIS CAPACITY.

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D