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Working along with and in support of pediatricians, the Pediatric Healthy Steps Specialist provides support for families with children age 0-5 years. The Healthy Steps Specialist provides caregiver support to facilitate the development of attachment, self-regulation skills, and family resiliency. In addition, the Healthy Steps Specialist will provide child development guidance to high-risk parents and other primary caregivers at well child visits with the goal of facilitating children’s healthy growth and development.

The Healthy Steps Specialist works primarily in Pediatrics and collaborates to deliver a new model of care integrating Healthy Steps strategies for families that have been identified as having significant risk factors. The work will be carried out through home visits, office visits, and through accompanying families to key medical and specialty visits. A background in child development, social work, mental health counseling, psychology, early childhood education, or early intervention is an important requirement for this position.

Responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to:

• Conducting office visits, either jointly with the physician/pediatric nurse practitioner, or alone.
• Conducting home visits and accompanying patients to key medical, specialty, and community agency appointments.
• Working closely with the pediatric providers around care coordination, goal setting, counseling, coaching, and education about key aspects of a child’s development.
• Closely tracking progress made in ongoing checkups that look at both child development and family factors.
• Providing anticipatory guidance to parents and other primary caregivers around common concerns, such as early learning, fussiness, sleep, feeding, discipline, toilet training, etc.
• Providing referrals and tracking follow-up, as appropriate, to help families make connections to key resources within the community.
• Facilitating parents’/caregivers’ education groups.
• Working closely with the pediatric team as a resource for developmental and parenting concerns.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:

• Bachelor's degree in nursing, psychology, counseling, or social work required.
• Preference given to licensed and currently registered to practice nursing, psychology, counseling, or social work in New York State.
• Minimum 2 years of experience with parenting, child development, social work, or human service work.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated expertise in child development issues.
• Demonstrated commitment to working with underserved populations in a community setting.
• Strong motivational interviewing skills.
• Ability to work with people of many cultures.
• Ability to work well both in teams and independently.
• Ability to collect and analyze data for program management, evaluation, and reporting purposes.

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Pay Range: $27.15-$35.80

Pay is based on experience, skills, and education. Exempt positions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will be paid within the base salary equivalent of the stated hourly rates. The pay range may also vary within the stated range based on location

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