JOB SUMMARY:  

Perinatal Navigators independently manage a caseload of clients, providing culturally relevant, client-centered services during pregnancy, postpartum and early childhood, with a focus on communities working to overcome systemic barriers to maternal and infant health, including African-American,refugee, and/or asylum seeking families. Perinatal Navigator outreach, enroll, and provide health education related to pregnancy, childbirth, and infant care, primarily via 1-on-1 visits with families in their home or other locations. Perinatal Navigators interact with other local programs staff and external partner agencies, exchanging information to ensure optimal health outcomes for clients while ensuring HIPAA compliance. Ideal candidates have experience with childbirth education, doula work, lactation and/or parenting education. Candidates should bring lived experience and/or deep cultural understanding of at least one of the communities served, as this is essential for building trust and delivering effective support. Perinatal Navigators will work under direction of the Healthy Start Project Director and will work primarily with families throughout San Diego or Riverside Counties, and some work from home responsibilities.San Diego based candidates should expect to be present at the Murphy Canyon office at least once a week for this full time role.

Responsibility Area: Outreach, Enrollment, & Networking

• Conduct outreach, enroll, and provide case management to 50 pregnant persons and their families each year, with an emphasis on communities working to overcome systemic barriers to maternal and infant health, including African American and refugee/asylum seeking families (such as Somali, Haitian, Swahili, Dari/Pashto, or French-speaking households)
• Participate in collaborative meetings with community partners, acting as a positive representative for the program and agency

Responsibility Area: Perinatal Health Education

• Provide semi-technical, culturally relevant and language appropriate visits to program participants relating to healthy pregnancies, childbirth, breastfeeding, and infant care. Most visits occur in the home of the client, with others being virtual or in community settings.
• Empower women and families by building resilience and reducing stress during pregnancy through healthy behavior promotion to reduce prematurity, infant/maternal mortality and low birth weight outcomes.
• Prepare and present educational information and material in a culturally-relevant and language appropriate manner
• Identify clients in need of additional services (medical, social and economic and mental health), make appropriate referrals to community agencies, and document follow-up contact

Responsibility Area: Data Collection and Entry

• Collect and maintain project data to document each families’ strengths, needs, and outcomes
• Data entry into a Salesforce based database, within 1 week of when it was collected
• Data cleaning in collaboration with the Project Director to ensure accurate reporting
• Ensure HIPAA compliance for all project related data

Other:

• Support project organized community events, health education and support group activities
• Participate in agency, project, and partner activities and meetings
• Maintain continuing education as appropriate. Perinatal Navigators will be supported to achieve certification in childbirth, parent, and/or lactation education
• Perform all other duties as deemed necessary by the Supervisor or Project Director

SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Must be available to work occasional evenings and one Saturday each month.
• Must be available to work overtime during peak periods.
• Be present in the office at least once per week to support team collaboration and project needs.
• Must have reliable transportation for weekly travel to clients around San Diego or Riverside County.
• Promote a culture of excellence, inclusion, learning, support, diversity and innovation

• Must have cultural experiences comparable to the populations served, along with knowledge of and respect for the values and beliefs of African-American, refugee and/or asylum seeking women and communities
• Possess knowledge of women's health, including prenatal and post-partum concerns;
• this may include lived experience (such as experiencing pregnancy, birth, lactation, etc) and/or professional expertise in topics of mental health, childbirth, infant behavior and development, and local community and social service resources.
• Specialized training in childbirth, doula, postpartum doula, or lactation education is a plus; at least 2 of these trainings will be provided within the first year of employment
• Experience with the following are a plus: home visiting, case management, Community Health Worker, benefits eligibility including Medi-Cal.
• Able to work independently and also as a team-player
• Detail-oriented with strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

• Undergraduate degree in a related field or specialized knowledge of their work discipline and four years of related work experience. Fluent in English (read, write, speak) is required, second languages are a plus.
• A minimum of 2 years’ professional experience in health, psychology, child development, or social work field is required
• Proficiency in computers and use of MS Word and Excel required.
• A passion for the mission and values of Global Communities
• Must be available for occasional travel within California and US.