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 Healthy Families Home Visitor 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. As a Home Visitor, you will assess the strengths and needs of children and families, partner with parents to establish family and child development goals, and support families in expanding their support systems.

Core Responsibilities:

Meet regularly with expectant parents and families with young children (birth – 5) in their homes to complete assessments, develop goals, and provide services aligned with the strengths and needs of the child and family. Provide observations of parent-child interactions, including assessing for effective communication and empathic responses, and engage parents in reflective dialogue on the developing parent-child relationship. Assist parents in forming community connections aligned with service goals, including referral and linkage with providers of early intervention, mental health, health care, and other supportive services. Develop and maintain collaborative partnerships with key community providers. May sometime assist with facilitating parent support groups.

Candidate qualifications:

Associate’s Degree in Social Work, Child Development, or a closely related field. At least one year of experience working with families with children under the age of 5 (required). Adept at communicating effectively – both in writing and verbally. (The ability to communicate effectively in both English and Spanish highly desirable.) Knowledge of child development and parent-child relationships, and the ability to relate to families from a strengths-based, family-centered service model, even in an apparently chaotic family environment. Ability to attend in-person and virtual family visits and meetings in DeKalb County, IL, and you have a valid driver's license, insurance, and a reliable vehicle..

Job details:

Compensation: Range starts at $19/hr; 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: Hybrid (remote/in office); provide in-person, home- and community-based services in DeKalb County, with the opportunity to work from our DeKalb office or your preferred remote location between meetings and events. 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).

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.