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 Early Start Home Visitor meets with expectant parents and families with young children in Winnebago County, providing strength-based, family-centered services, comprehensive assessments, and parent support groups and education. As a Home Visitor, you will develop safe and trusting relationships with expectant and new parents, helping them to expand their support networks and maximize access to needed services while providing support and expertise as they successfully navigate the parenting journey. The Home Visitor will also complete home visits with expectant parents, advocate for clients' access to community resources, provide strength-based and family-centered parent education and assess for safety. 

Candidate qualifications:

Associate's Degree in a human services field required; Bachelor's Degree preferred. One year of experience working with families with children under the age of 5 required. Certification in appropriate program model or commitment to obtain certification within 90 days of hire required.  Valid driver's license, insurance, and reliable vehicle required. 

Job details: 

Compensation: Range starts at $19/hour. Offers are commensurate with experience and bilingual candidates may receive additional financial 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: Hybrid (office-based/remote). This is not a fully remote position, but there are opportunities to work from home. Must be available to provide home- and community-based services, in-person, to program participants in Winnebago County of Central Illinois, and work from the home office in Rockford, IL at least 2-3 times per week for in-person engagements with the team and supervisor. Case notes and other administrative tasks can be completed from home if desired.  Schedule: Full-time, hourly. Monday - Friday, general business hours with some flexibility to provide evening availability as needed to accommodate client schedules. 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.