Home Visiting Training Specialist

The Education Secretariat is committed to equity and valuing the unique and diverse characteristics and experiences of every member of its workforce. We encourage an authentic workplace where colleagues show up as their full selves where collaboration innovation and connections are key to realizing our mission that all children youth and families thrive socially academically and economically. We seek teammates who are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone is valued and engaged. We encourage you to apply and identify your strengths in these areas.

The Childrens Trust prevents child abuse and neglect by addressing root causes and strengthening the systems that support families programs policies communities and the workforce. As a public-private organization the Childrens Trust is in a unique position to bring the day-to-day experiences of families and the family support workforce to life ensuring policy is data-informed and grounded in the real experiences of families. The Childrens Trust works across sectors and communities to share learnings and resources and to turn bold ideas into action so every family can thrive. Learn more at .

Childrens Trust is seeking a Home Visiting Training Specialist! This position will contribute to the development delivery and continuous improvement of training content for the home visiting workforce as part of the Childrens Trust Training Institute. This role leads curriculum development facilitates training across multiple modalities and provides content expertise and support to internal staff and contracted trainers.

The Home Visiting Training Specialist ensures that training content and delivery frameworks align with evidence-based home visiting models and applicable state federal and accreditation requirements. Training is delivered statewide to support child abuse and neglect prevention efforts and is offered through in-person virtual hybrid conference-based and learning management system platforms.

The candidate will work a hybrid schedule with a mix of remote in the field and in-office work at the Childrens Trust office in Boston.

The Home Visiting Training Specialist will perform the following job duties and responsibilities:

Training delivery and Facilitation

Facilitate training to support statewide child abuse and neglect prevention efforts in a variety of modalities (virtual in-person hybrid/asynchronous and/or recorded) on various home visiting and Healthy Families Massachusetts specific topics. This includes becoming trained as needed to deliver model-specific content including but not limited to Foundations for Family Support Core Training Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) evidence-informed home visiting curricula validated parentchild interaction tools and others.

Assess the diverse needs of learners considering learning differences and utilize varied methods of training instruction and delivery to accommodate including delivering training in languages other than English when possible

Stay current on the latest research on adult learning training design and delivery as well as content and integrate learnings to continually improve training modules

Create learning environments that encourage active participation and foster deep learner engagement

Facilitate sessions to support the expansion of reflective practice endorsements and credentials for home visiting professionals

Curriculum development & Resource Management

Develop home visiting training curricula that is responsive to the needs in the field and meets national model and/or federal requirements

Lead the development of model neutral broadly applicable competencies for home visiting staff and oversee the content delivery and organization of training content and materials based in these competencies

Develop training objectives competencies and measures

Tailor materials to ensure they are relevant accessible and effective by considering the needs of the audience learning objectives insights from program collaboration current events etc.

Manage training materials ensuring tools and technologies are up to date and prepared for each session.

Systematically and regularly update curriculum and materials based on trends in the field updated research needs of the learners etc.

Lead the development of resources and materials to support learners with integration of training into practice after training is complete in collaboration with the Director of Training Content and other Training Institute staff as applicable

Provide content expertise for staff and stakeholders by staying current on the latest research and trends in the field of home visiting

Develop and implement multilevel training to develop skills necessary for new required practices

Manages the compliance of HFM training content aligned to the HFA state affiliate accreditation model

Ensure training content and delivery framework is in adherence with Healthy Families Massachusetts Program Policy

Ensure training content and delivery framework is in adherence with Healthy Families America accreditation requirements.

Ensure training content and delivery framework is in adherence with the Massachusetts Home Visiting Initiative requirements.

Develop summaries of required training elements for use during accreditation

Training Content Quality Assurance

Provide consultation and content guidance for internal staff and training consultants

Support training evaluation and implement a variety of methods that evaluate the effectiveness of training

Provide in-person and virtual trainer support through initiatives such as train-the trainer community training programs and engagement with contracted trainers and Childrens Trust staff on training content

Assess Learner Understanding

Establish and implement assessments to measure training effectiveness solicit learner feedback and gain insights into audience demand for additional training

Reflect on training and incorporate data/feedback from participants to add/improve future training sessions facilitation skills etc.

Analyze collected data draw conclusions present findings and provide recommendations for continuous improvement that may impact Home Visiting programs and Training Institute objectives measures and overall quality

Support agency wide training evaluation efforts

Collaborate with stakeholders

Plan and collaborate with the Healthy Families Massachusetts Quality Assurance Team Program Teams and the Massachusetts Home Visiting Initiative training team to support program implementation through training and other technical assistance as needed

Gather feedback and information from internal staff and external partners including training think tanks to ensure training is responsive and connected to needs in the field

Share data/feedback from learners information about training issues and/or training requirement changes to stakeholders to stay aligned responsive and maintain ongoing program improvements and quality assurance

Support the process to transfer and monitor content/courses to a Learning Management System (LMS) and integrate data collected via LMS

Work closely with the Director of Training Content and the Director of Training Services to develop the annual Training Institute training calendar for required training

Provide feedback to management staff to aid in expansion efforts and strategic goal planning

Provide insight into training issues and potential effects on program implementation to ensure all issues are considered in program training and conference planning

Participate in the development and review of program-related policies and strategies as they relate to training content and delivery

Represent the Childrens Trust on advisory councils and workgroups as assigned

Content lead on planning and executing training components of the annual Celebration Day event collaborating with CT event lead staff

Develops and Facilitates Communities of Practice

Leads the development and facilitation of role-specific networking opportunities for learners following their training for ongoing support with practice reflection and implementation

Provides ongoing professional development skills refresher opportunities for learners

Observes analyzes and makes recommendations on training implementation in the field

Performs other duties as assigned

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications:

Experience in evidence informed home visiting

Knowledge of child abuse and neglect prevention and/or family support

Experience delivering training to participants with a diverse range of experience and education

Ability to develop training curriculum and materials

Knowledge of adult learning principles

Experience in family support practice

Strengths-based mindset and approach to working with families

Ability to establish positive relationships with diverse stakeholders and staff

Ability to champion diversity equity inclusion and belonging

Strong oral and written communication skills

Strong attention to detail and multi-tasking skills

Ability to prepare and analyze charts graphs and tables

Knowledge of the methods of general report writing

Ability to understand explain apply and follow laws rules regulations policies procedures specifications standards and guidelines

Ability to gather analyze and determine the applicability of data to draw conclusions and make appropriate recommendations

Ability to maintain accurate records

Professionalism

Customer service skills

Preferred Qualifications:

Association for Infant Mental Health Endorsement preferred

Learning Management System (LMS) and/or instructional design experience preferred

Bilingual in Spanish preferred

Training certification in evidence informed home visiting training curricula including but not limited to Facilitating Attuned Interaction (FAN) Healthy Families Americas Foundations for Family Support Core training and/or other foundational training for evidence-informed home visiting models preferred

License Certification and/or other requirements

Possession of a current and valid Massachusetts Class 3 Motor Vehicle Operators License

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