Doula - Part-Time

Job Details

Description

Brightpoint 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 Doula provides inclusive, in-home visits within a strength-based, family-centered support model to young mothers and fathers who would like support services. The Doula will provide outreach services, prenatal education activities, and assist the family in preparing for childbirth through both home visiting and group based services. As the Doula, you will advocate for the participant families by providing emotional support, parental education, labor and delivery guidance and post partum care.

Candidate Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in social work or human service, OR Associates Degree plus completion of Doula certification training, OR Associates Degree plus two years relevant social service experience.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Must become SIU Doula Medicaid Certified within 18 months of hire.
• Able to attend in-person family visits and meetings required.
• Proficient in speaking, reading and writing in English and Spanish preferred.
• Valid drivers license, insurance, and a reliable vehicle required.
  
  

• Establish trusting and nurturing relationships with program participants and their families.
• Maintain regular contact with participants in their home to provide information, education and resources that will prepare the parent and her family for the birth process and postpartum.
• Attend and support the laboring mother and their family or support person(s).
• Assist families in initiating and strengthening the parent-child relationship.
• Improve family support systems by providing information about community networking and advocacy.
• Assist in identifying families in establishing goals and creating a plan for the accomplishment of those goals, including the collaborative development of a birth plan.
• Assess family functioning for safety and ability of family to care for children; determines appropriate interventions.
• Develop and facilitates pre and postnatal education and parent support groups.
• Participate in the on-call system, as required by program, including being present for after hours and weekend births.
  
  

• Compensation: Range starts at $20.19-$22.00/hr; offers are commensurate with experience. Bilingual candidates may receive additional financial compensation.
• Location: Hybrid (On site, community based, remote); Home-based and community-based services provided in the McLean and DeWitt Counties; home office located at our Bloomington office.
• Schedule: Part-time, hourly; general business hours with some flexibility required for evening visits and attending after-hours births (on-call).
• We don’t just hire talent—we grow it: Emerging Leaders will have access to leadership development opportunities and one-on-one mentorship.
• Student Loan Forgiveness: Brightpoint is an approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).