Armed Forces Services, Human Capital Services, and Military Health

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Title	New Parent Support Home Visitor
City	Naples, Italy
Description	Job Description The New Parent Support Home Visitor supports Navy Fleet and Family Support Programs, a central delivery system for service member and family support through the installation’s New Parent Support Program. The programs offered through the FFSP are designed to facilitate personal and family readiness and adaptation to life in the military and to keep individuals and families resilient and strong, preventing individual and family dysfunction, facilitating personal and family self-sufficiency, and creating overall command and community well-being. Job Duties • Expectant parents and parents with children under 3 shall be assessed and screened for child abuse risk, using the established Navy NPS screening tools and procedures. • Parents who are not screened at risk or eligible for NPS home visiting shall be provided information and referral to appropriate military and civilian community resources and services. • Ensure home visitation services use the Nurturing Parenting Program for all at risk parents accepting NPS services. • Report suspected child abuse and domestic abuse/violence to the local civilian authorities and the Family Advocacy Representative IAW Navy and state requirements. • Ensure that home visiting services are fully documented in the FFSMIS NPS Case Management System IAW current Navy requirements. • Ensure that NPS information and referred, assessment, screening, and educational services for parents not at risk are entered and counted in FFSMIS. • Ensure staff delivering NPS services are accounting for all services scheduled and delivered in the automated Centralized Scheduling and Metrics system in use by the FFSP. • Fully support the FFSP role in emergency preparedness and response including participation in exercises and execution of an Emergency Family Assistance Center when directed.
Requirements	Requirements • Bachelors in social work OR Bachelors in nursing • Minimum 3 years’ experience in social work, maternal/child health, child development and/or public health • Nurses required to maintain current state licensure or certification • Demonstrated ability to follow standardized assessment and curricula in provision of services to individuals and families • Must work well both independently and as a member of a team • Well organized and flexible • In OCONUS locations, strong preference is given to hiring on-site spouses/family members to minimize relocation requirements. Physical Requirements: The physical requirements described here 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. General Office Demands: Must be able to operate general office equipment including but not limited to: computer, phones and related media and information devices on most or all workdays Ability to communicate and interact with others, both in person and/or by telephone to conduct business Working under time pressure Working rapidly for long periods to meet deadlines Must be able to travel as needed and adhere to AFSC travel policies and procedures. Physical requirements can typically be characterized as sedentary: work involves exerting up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Major Job activities and mental requirements: Multiple concurrent tasks Ability to perform under stress Reading and comprehension Writing Problem solving Confidentiality Customer contact Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy: Armed Forces Services Corporation (AFSC) is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here. The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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