Associate Director, Home Visiting in Washington, District of Columbia at Community of Hope

Washington, DC | On-Site | $75K-$85K | Washington Post Top Workplace (8x Winner)

Community of Hope is seeking an Associate Director of Home Visiting to provide leadership and oversight for the Parents as Teachers (PAT) and Healthy Families America (HFA) home visiting programs, ensuring compliance with grant requirements and adherence to PAT and HFA model fidelity standards. Additionally, the Associate Director of Home Visiting will coordinate all program operations and supervise Family Case Managers to support effective service delivery, promote positive parenting practices, strengthen parent skills and confidence, and prepare children for school success. This position is located at our Conway Health & Resource Center in SW, Washington, DC.

Our Approach and Values

We celebrate people’s strengths and acknowledge the impact of trauma on people’s lives.

We embrace diversity, welcome all voices, and treat everyone with respect and compassion.

We lead and advocate for changes to make systems more equitable.

We strive for excellence and value integrity in all that we do.

What You'll Do

• Provides leadership and management of the home visiting program ensuring full implementation of the Parents as Teachers and Healthy Families America models to fidelity and maintains accreditation.
• Develops partnerships and manages referrals to behavioral health and other social services.
• Monitors Child and Family Services Administration referrals and ensures that they are recorded as Unusual Incident Reports. Ensures adequate follow-up on all referrals and reports.
• Reviews all Family Resiliency and Opportunities for Growth (FROG) scale assessments and intake forms. Assigns cases to home visiting coordinators or home visitors to ensure service delivery within two business days of receipt of assessment.
• Ensures that all home visiting staff are properly trained to enter data in required data systems (ex. eCW, DCRS 2.0 and HV Recruitment Portal, FamilyWise, and Visit Tracker) within two (2) working days of available information and data.
• Ensures that all participants are administered required screening tools per grant agreements and model fidelity. Ensures tools are scored and entered into the database within six (6) workdays of the screening being administered.
• Monitors DCRS, Visit Tracker, and FamilyWise databases on a daily basis to ensure that contact notes, screens, and data related to family health is entered appropriately. Provides regular feedback to Family Case Managers on the administrative aspects of their work.
• Provides support to Home Visiting Coordinators to ensure that the required numbers of home visits are conducted monthly and all documentation is completed accurately and timely.
• Collaborates with the Senior Director of Maternal & Child Health and the Development team on the preparation of reports to funders according to contract deadlines. Ensures reports and documentation address targets and measures outcomes for activities. Ensures that home visiting staff are aware of targets and outcomes.
• Completes other tasks as requested by supervisor.

Must-Haves

• B.A. in Human Services related field (social work, early childhood education, family studies, and/or psychology) or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 2 years of supervisory experience.
• At least 2 years of management experience in public health and/or human services field.
• Experience providing or overseeing programs that provide public health case management and education (i.e., reproductive health, smoking cessation, child development, parenting, etc.) to at risk populations preferably in the clients' home setting.
• Ability to conduct home visits.
• Valid driver’s license and vehicle required, as well as proof of auto insurance.
• Demonstrated cultural competence in communicating with underserved, diverse populations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work with computers and electronic health records.
• Knowledge of community resources or the ability to become knowledgeable.
• Ability to establish and maintain trusting relationships with families.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, analytical, problem solving and cross-cultural sensitivity skills.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends and evenings.
• Ability to travel between sites required and/or as needed.
• Proof of required vaccinations is required. This includes, but is not limited to, flu. COH will consider requests for reasonable accommodations for anyone who cannot be vaccinated for a religious or medical reason, subject to applicable law.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience managing programs which require meeting and maintaining national standards for accreditation.

Why You'll Love Working Here! At COH, we prioritize the following well-being and work-life balance-centered benefits:

• 8 x Washington Post 150 Top Workplaces winner.
• 8-hour workdays with paid lunch.
• 3 weeks vacation (additional week after two years), 2 weeks sick leave, + 11.5 paid holidays and one personal floating holiday on an annual basis.
• Annual performance-based raises, up to 5% of your annual pay.
• Tuition reimbursement & loan repayment (NHSC & DCHPLRP), Licensing reimbursement & CEU funding.
• Medical, dental, vision, life & disability insurance + 403(b) retirement.
• Leadership development, internal promotions and career growth opportunities.
• A culture grounded in equity, compassion, and well-being.

About Us

Community of Hope is a mission-driven, innovative, rapidly growing nonprofit, and Federally Qualified Health Center. For over 45 years, we have provided health and housing services, perinatal care coordination, and community support services to make Washington, DC more equitable. Community of Hope also strongly emphasizes maternal and child health, with midwifery practice and the only free-standing birth center in DC. We are honored to be one of DC’s largest providers of housing and homelessness prevention services for families and individuals throughout DC. Through our Family Success Center, our WIC nutrition centers, and our various partnerships, we have reached hundreds and believe that everyone in DC deserves to be healthy, housed, and hopeful. With the help of our amazing staff, we have successfully provided:

• 50,000+ medical visits
• 6,300+ dental visits
• 17,000+ emotional wellness visits
• 1,384 families and 220 individuals with housing/homelessness prevention services

Ready to bring hope and health to our DC community? Apply today! To request a reasonable accommodation to complete an employment application or for general questions about employment with Community of Hope, contact a Recruiting Coordinator. Email: hr@cohdc.org Phone: 202-407-7747. Community of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.