Program Supervisor-Home Visiting

Brightpoint 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 Stronger Beginnings for Families Home Visiting Program Supervisor is a critical member of the agency’s prevention and family support programs, providing comprehensive, long-term home-visiting services within a strength-based, family-centered model to high risk expectant parents and families with young children. The Program Supervisor 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 supervisor ensures compliance with contract, funder, accreditation, and program model standards. The supervisor may provide backup coverage and/or direct services to program participants.

Candidate qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Social Work or in a related human service field.
• Must complete program model fidelity training within 6 months of hire (Baby TALK, HFA, PAT, etc.) and maintain certification.  
• Must register and become a member of Illinois Gateways to Opportunity registry (www.ilgateways.com) within the first two weeks of employment.
• Minimum of five years’ related work experience in early childhood, prevention services, case management or social work required; experience with family centered, strength-based program models preferred.
• Supervisory or leadership experience preferred, especially experience with reflective supervision.
• Experience in supporting culturally diverse communities/families preferred.
• Experience working with families in crisis preferred.
• Demonstrates knowledge of family systems as well as homelessness, intimate partner violence, dynamics of child abuse and neglect, mental health, parent-child health, and substance abuse.
• Demonstrates knowledge of infant and child development and parent-child attachment
• Ability to drive and access to a personal vehicle required 

Job Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for the implementation of the agency’s personnel policies and practices for staff under their supervision. This includes hiring, orientation and training, performance appraisals, employee leaves, promotions, salary changes, terminations, documentation of all personnel actions and ensuring that staff are held accountable to quality standards of practice as identified in the Brightpoint personnel manual.
• 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.
• Plans and facilitates regular staff meetings.
• Provides regular reflective supervision and individual case consultation to staff according to program model practice.
• Provides training, technical assistance and feedback on the development of lesson/home visit plans, goal planning and individualization activities geared to meet the needs of expectant parents and children birth to 36 months of age and/or up to five years of age conducted by the Home Visitors.
• Provides regular observation and feedback to staff for home visits, group socializations, developmental screenings, family assessments and home and child safety assessments.
• Ensures that safety concerns are immediately addressed and that program participants are successfully referred to needed services

Job details:

• Compensation: Salary: Range is between $50k-$55k offers are commensurate with experience and bilingual candidates may receive additional compensation. The salary range provided represents our current estimate for this role at the time of posting and is subject to change. The final salary will be determined based on a range of factors, including but not limited to, a candidate's relevant experience, education, qualifications, skills, certifications, and alignment with organizational needs. We are dedicated to fair and equitable compensation practices and are committed to fostering a diverse workforce while providing equal opportunities for all candidates.
• 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: Hybrid (1-2 days remote); Home office in Granite City
• Schedule: Full-time, hourly; general business hours with some flexibility required for evening family visits and special projects.
• Student Loan Forgiveness: Brightpoint is an approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).