Program Supervisor - Doula

Description

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 Program Supervisor for the Doula program provides leadership to a team Doulas and other staff to ensure that strength based, family centered doula services meet the needs of high-risk expectant parents and families with children birth to 12 months.

The Program Supervisor for the Doula program also ensures compliance with contract, funder, accreditation, and program model standards.

Candidate qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Social Work, or in a related human service field required.
• Hold DONA certification preferred OR complete DONA (Doulas of North America) training within six months of hire required.
• Complete program model training within six months of hire (EHS, Baby TALK, HFA, PAT, etc.) required.
• Register and become a member of Illinois Gateways to Opportunity registry within the first two weeks of employment required.
• 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.

Valid driver's license, insurance, and a reliable vehicle required.

Job details :

• Compensation : Range starts at $52,600, offers are commensurate with experience.
• 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 : Rockford site
• Schedule : Hybrid (on-site / remote), general business hours with some flexibility required for special projects and evening / weekend recruitment 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.

Click here to review our agency’s Blueprint for Impact.

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.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)