Postpartum Specialist

Description We are committed to supporting at risk children and families providing them with tools and resources to help prevent children from experiencing child abuse, neglect and abandonment. We are a Christian agency that believes in living our mission, we provide Christ-centered care and support to children and families in need.

In response to this community-wide challenge, Presbyterian Children’s Homes and Services (PCHAS), provides 14 programs and services in 28 locations, in Missouri, Texas, and Louisiana, which provide children with permanent homes and adults with increased self-sufficiency. This is accomplished by the agency’s commitment to “The PCHAS Way” which inspires the agency to be strength-focused, family-centered, and goal driven with every client.

Benefits

of serving children and families in need through PCHAS include competitive salaries, flex work schedules, paid time off, medical, dental and vision insurance options, voluntary life insurance options, paid holidays, and a generous 403(b) Retirement Plan (After 1 year of employment, PCHAS provides a 3% contribution and an additional 2:1 match up to an employee's 3% contribution).

Position Summary

This position will provide Postpartum-focused therapy that is strength based, family focused and goal driven Christ centered services to families with children 0-5. This position reports to the Postpartum Supervisor. This position provides individual postpartum counseling services that can include: in-home case management, attachment-based parenting curriculum and support as well as counseling services in certain locations. This position also works with Postpartum Supervisor to connect with local hospitals to provide “Bundle of Joy” postpartum boxes to new parents in the 4-county area and educate the community about perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.

Essential Job Functions

• To be knowledgeable of local needs and available services for children and families. To publicize PCHAS presence as a professional liaison with the social service community and speak at churches and community groups when requested. To make home visits to conduct need assessments, develop plans of service and provide holistic case management services to meet individualized needs of the family. To provide psychoeducational parent training to equip families in becoming competent in demonstrating these skills with their children. To educate the community on postpartum mood and anxiety disorders through quarterly outreach presentations. To work with OBGYNs to connect with parents pre-birth and pediatricians to connect with parents, post-partum. To assist and encourage families to advocate for and coordinate all needed services toward the goal of achieving self-sufficiency. To maintain all documentation in the CSWIS data system in an ethical and timely manner. To communicate, collaborate and organize with community partners to provide the best possible community resources for children and their families. To support FRC activities by participating in parent support groups and other outreach events.