Program Supervisor - Home Visiting (Bilingual)

Brightpoint (formerly known as Children’s Home & Aid) invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children and families thrive in strong communities. As a leader in the human services sector for 140 years, we aim to advance the well-being of children by investing in families and strengthening communities through data-informed, collaborative, and preventative solutions.

The Home Visiting Program Supervisor (Bilingual) is responsible for the oversight and supervision of a team of Home Visitors to ensure that strength-based, family centered home visiting services meet the needs of high-risk expectant parents and families with children birth to 36 months and/or birth through 5 years of age. The Home Visiting Supervisor ensures compliance with contract, funder, accreditation, and program model standards, and may provide backup coverage and/or direct services to program participants. This position reports to the assigned Program Manager or Director.

Core Responsibilities:

• Supervise and evaluate program staff and the performance of their duties on a regular basis.
• Provide individual case consultation and supervision.
• May attend in-person initial home visits with program staff and conduct safety assessments.
• Ensure safety concerns are immediately addressed and that program participants are successfully referred for needed services.
• Work closely with funders, such as the Department of Children and Family Services, Illinois State Board of Education, Department of Justice, Department of Human Services and/or the Department of Public Health and others, to ensure all licensing regulations, performance standards and reporting are being met.
• Participate in the development and implementation of program budgets.
• Engage in community outreach to promote services and ensure successful collaboration with community partners.
• Maintains and monitors Home Visitor documentation (professional development activities, home visit documentation, tracking sheets, activity/lesson plans, etc.) and shares with the management team as required.
• Provides training, technical assistance and feedback on the development of lesson/home visit plans, goal planning for home visitors.
• May have responsibility for providing home visits to assigned program participants.

Candidate qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, Social Work, or related field required.
• 5 years of related work experience in early childhood, prevention services, case management, social work or related experience required.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Must complete program model fidelity training within 6 months of hire and maintain certification. (Baby TALK, HFA, PAF, etc.)
• Knowledge of infant mental health, trauma-informed practice, and early childhood development required.
• Ability to attend in-person meetings and events as needed, including a valid driver's license, insurance, and a reliable vehicle.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) communication skills required.

Job details:

• Compensation: Range starts at $54,500/year; offers are commensurate with experience. Bilingual (English/Spanish) candidates may receive additional compensation.
• Benefits: Medical/dental/vision insurance, 3+ weeks paid time off in the first year including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day (PTO increases with tenure); 11 paid holidays, supplemental insurance options, 401(k) with match (more benefits details here).
• Location: This is an office-based position located in Chicago, IL with opportunities to work from home 1-2 days per week. This position also requires occasional in-person attendance at community meetings, home visits, or program events.
• Schedule: Full-time, salaried; general business hours with some flexibility for special projects and events.
• Student Loan Forgiveness: Brightpoint is an approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).

Where you work matters.

We believe that by building diverse and inclusive teams of passionate advocates for youth and families, we can continue to show up for Illinois families, putting those families at the center of every decision, and strengthening the communities where we all work, play, and live together. (More about who we are here.)

We invite you to become an active member of a team that supports, inspires, and challenges each other, and grow your career in an organization that celebrates emerging leaders and provides development and learning opportunities aligned with your individual goals and aspirations. If you are looking for an opportunity to do meaningful work, including raising your unique and authentic voice to disrupt the systemic inequality impacting children and families, we encourage you to apply today.  

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Brightpoint is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. All employment activities are conducted in an equal and equitable fashion. The Agency prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, parental status, veteran status, source of income, and any other legally protected category in the recruitment, selection, hiring, determination of salary level and benefits, promotion, demotion, layoff, termination, and other terms and conditions of employment.