Father Engagement Specialist – Maternal Child Health

1. Provides family support through intensive home visits for high-risk families to assess and monitor family/father needs based on historical and current information.
2. Establishes a plan with goals, objectives and activities that can be accomplished with support.  
3. Provides professional consultation, educational information on appropriate topics, makes referrals to community resource agencies and specialists, and provides support services to fathers enrolled in the home visiting programs.
4. Implements fatherhood programming, services and referrals for the Healthy Gallatin Home Visitation Program with close collaboration with the Public Health Nurses and Social Workers and serves as a liaison between the home visiting program and the courts.
5. Works with the Maternal Child Health Services Group Manager and Maternal Child Health Nurse Supervisor to develop program evaluation methods for engaging fathers and providing ongoing services.
6. Reviews caseloads, files, statistics and summaries associated with the program to identify success, trends, issues of concern and opportunities to provide improved and/or more comprehensive services to high risk families.
7. Follows up with clients to ensure appropriate services have been obtained, to determine progress in following plans, and to determine if changes are appropriate and necessary.   Implements changes as needed and provide additional education and support.
8. Responds to crises on an as-needed basis by assisting family members in resolving problems and de-escalating critical situations and events.
9. Completes required documentation in an accurate and timely manner for the purpose of keeping current and progressive data related to needs, efforts, progress, outcome, and communication with client. Maintains current records for multiple programs.
10. Represents the Health Department on community task forces, coalitions and collaborations.
11. Develops and conducts presentations on social service and health department programs and resources to a variety of audiences within the community.

1. Enhances community health through participation in a wide variety of local and countywide activities that promote partnerships, collaboration and education associated with effective public health resources and services.
2. Teaches classes and makes public presentations on topics such as fatherhood and parenting.
3. Collaborates with other organizations and agencies to provide comprehensive health services to individual clients, as well to develop population-based services.
4. Participates on community boards and committees as a health care professional.
5. Provides information regarding vaccinations to patient or parent, including vaccines required for school entrance.
6. Keeps accurate records of immunizations or assists in accessing records as needed.
7. Promotes immunizations through public education and social media when needed.

1. Manages and coordinates the activities of the FICMMR team, according to guidelines established by DPHHS.
2. Recruits and maintains multi-disciplinary team membership.
3. Receives reports of fetal, infant or child deaths, and seeks reports from appropriate team members.
4. Facilitates the reviews to gain a complete and accurate understanding of the circumstances leading to the death.  Identify any modifiable risk factors, gaps or barriers the team can address focusing on prevention.
5. Engage and utilize your team (or health department staff) to help select, plan, deliver and evaluate best practice, injury prevention activities or strategies to address preventable deaths.

1. Perform a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor. This includes coordinating special projects and events, system and grant research and analysis, representing the profession and the County at meetings, conferences, and special events, attending continuing education and training as required and accounting of time electronically at the end of the workweek. 
2. If the County Commission proclaims a local emergency due to an actual or threatened disaster such as an earthquake, fire, riot, flood, etc., County employees may be required to provide services during the emergency and for a subsequent period of assessment and recovery.

1. All GCCHD employees are expected to ensure that Gallatin County is protected from disease and other public health threats, and to empower others to live healthier, safer lives. In addition, all GCCHD employees are expected to meet specified competencies in the following areas including the guiding principles, mission, and vision of the most current strategic plan.
2. Continuous Quality Improvement – Actively participates, accepts, and engages in the pursuit of departmental and programmatic improvement in everyday activities as well as quality improvement projects independently and as instructed by supervisor.
3. Inclusion – Effectively interacts with all clients, customers, partners, and co-workers with conscious regard for equality, equity, cultural sensitivity, and respect.
4. Team Building – Works effectively with other employees, maintains a positive attitude and contributes to the overall success of the department.
5. Communication – Communicates openly and honestly. Is willing to share information and ideas. Helps to define goals and objectives. Is cordial in dealing with others.
6. Reliability – Is dependable and completes assignments on time and within established quality standards. Arrives at work on time and is ready to perform their duties.
7. Organization – Manages workload effectively and is able to prioritize assignments appropriately as well as to plan for future demands.
8. Integrity – Is honest and trustworthy in dealing with others and providing value as a public servant.
9. Motivation – Strives for excellence seeks growth as an employee and maintains an interest in continuous improvement.
10. Productivity – Maintains a workload that is at or above acceptable standards for his/her position and delivers work products of good quality.
11. Purpose – Works towards achieving the department’s Mission and Vision through the conscious consideration and utilization of the guiding principles as detailed within the current Strategic Plan.

1. Data Analytics and Assessment Skills
   • 1.1. Describes factors that affect the health of a community (e.g., income, education, laws, environment, climate change, resilience, homelessness, food security, access to healthcare, racial equity, distribution of resources and power, social and community engagement, changing demographics)
   • 1.6. Uses quantitative and qualitative data.
   • 1.8. Assesses community health status.
2. Policy Development and Program Planning Skills
   • 2.2 Implements policies, programs, and services (e.g., within the organization, external to the organization, in collaboration with others)
   • 2.4. Improves policies, programs, services, and organizational performance.
   • 2.6. Engages in organizational strategic planning.
3. Communication Skills
   • 3.2. Communicates with internal and external audiences (e.g., staff, elected officials, students, volunteers, community-based organizations, healthcare professionals, the public)
   • 3.4. Facilitates communication among individuals, groups, and organizations.
4. Health Equity Skills
   • 4.2. Engages in continuous self-reflection about one’s biases (e.g., perceptions, assumptions, stereotypes)
   • 4.3. Recognizes the diversity of individuals and populations.
5. Community Partnership Skills
   • 5.1. Describes conditions, systems, and policies affecting community health and resilience (e.g., social and institutional inequities, determinants of health, structural racism, historical trauma, gender discrimination, power dynamics, natural disasters, poverty, housing, trust, local politics, competition, redlining)
   • 5.4. Collaborates with community members and organizations.
6. Public Health Sciences Skills
   • 6.3. Uses evidence in developing, implementing, evaluating, and improving policies, programs, and services.
7. Management and Finance Skills
   • 7.4. Engages in professional development (e.g., training, mentoring, peer advising, coaching, drills, exercises)
   • 7.10. Applies critical thinking in decision making.
   • 7.11. Engages individuals and teams to achieve program and organizational goals.
   • 7.13. Engages in performance management.
8. Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills
   • 8.2. Implements a vision for a healthy community. 

As a condition of hire, the final candidate will be required to successfully pass a driving and criminal background check. 

For application consideration please be prepared to attach the following required documents:

• Resume

• Cover Letter

• Three (3) work references 

Gallatin County is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment on the basis of merit and qualifications without regard to race, creed, religion, color, or national origin or because of age, physical or mental disability, marital status, or sex when the reasonable demands of the position do not require an age, physical or mental disability, marital status, or sex distinction.