Early Childhood Parenting Specialist - Clermont County

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Family Development Specialist

Location: Clermont County

Job Type: Full-Time, 40 hours per week, some evenings and weekends

Salary: Based on experience, average starting salary $42,000

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in social work, education, or a related human services field. Equivalent experience may be considered.
• Experience: Minimum of two years in a social work agency or relevant field. Experience in home visiting and working with children aged birth to three strongly preferred.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook); ability to use web-based documentation systems.
• Other Requirements: Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation. Flexible schedule availability, including evenings and weekends if needed.

Job Summary:

The Family Development Specialist provides home-based education, parent support, and case management services to Spanish- and English-speaking families with children from the prenatal stage to age three. Through the implementation of Every Child Succeeds (ECS) program, this role promotes safe, healthy home environments and supports early childhood development and school readiness. Services are delivered using evidence-based curricula and through coordination with community partners to ensure comprehensive family support.

Key Responsibilities:

Direct Client Services

• Conduct regular home visits using ECS-endorsed curricula (e.g., Parents As Teachers, Growing Great Kids).
• Develop and implement Individual Family Service Plans (IFSPs) in collaboration with families.
• Perform developmental screenings and assessments; support families in setting and achieving child development and parenting goals.
• Provide education and advocacy to promote positive parenting, child development, and family well-being.
• Coordinate and attend evaluations, transition meetings, and IFSP reviews with families and community professionals.
• Facilitate educational group activities for families in collaboration with team members.

Administrative and Documentation

• Document all client interactions, developmental observations, completed forms, and referrals using multiple web-based systems.
• Maintain weekly schedules, track productivity, and reconcile billable services as required.
• Meet regularly with supervisors for clinical supervision and case reviews.
• Participate in ongoing training, team meetings, and quality improvement activities.

Collaboration and Community Engagement

• Work with internal teams and external agencies to connect families to essential services and natural community supports.
• Maintain knowledge of local resources and provide referrals as needed.
• Represent the agency in the community with professionalism and cultural sensitivity.
• Serve on committees and contribute to agency-wide initiatives as assigned.

Compliance and Quality Assurance

• Ensure program compliance by attending mandated trainings and maintaining documentation standards.
• Contribute to the agency’s continuous improvement by participating in evaluation and quality assurance processes.
• Uphold client confidentiality, professional boundaries, and agency values in all activities.

Work Environment:

Exposed to a combination of office, school and mental health treatment environments. Exposed to children with behavior problems. May be exposed to shouting and clients who may be verbally and physically aggressive. May be exposed to blood or vomit and bodily fluids.

Physical demands:

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend and lift objects of up to 50 pounds. Ability to operate a motor vehicle safely in changing weather conditions required.

Our Culture:

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is Greater Cincinnati’s most prolific non-profit specializing in education, behavioral and therapeutic health services and autism services for vulnerable, at-risk youth, their families, and caregivers.

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is proud to embrace our ideals of an equal opportunity workplace by actions as well as our words. We lead our community with respect and tolerance, internally and externally, and we expect our employees to embrace this ideal and express it in their day-to-day interactions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against, based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.