Home Visiting Regional Model Consultant - Northern Michigan

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Title: Home Visiting Regional Model Consultant - Northern Michigan

$63,000 - $85,000 / Posted Thru: 1-23-25

Location: Remote/Virtual - Must Live and Work in Michigan

In-Person Meetings Required - Some Travel Required

Purpose: This position will provide consultation, technical assistance, and contract monitoring, per Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS) requirements, to local evidence-based home visiting programs in primarily Northwest Michigan, funded through the Home Visiting Section. This position will help to ensure contract expectations are met through the provision of high-quality home visiting services to eligible pregnant people and families with children. This position will also act as a support for programs to assist with program implementation as it pertains to contract requirements. The Home Visiting Model Consultant will work with the Michigan Home Visiting Section (HVS) within MDHHS, serving as an integral member of the state team, regarding specific prevention-focused home visiting models for pregnant people and families with young children. This position will also work collaboratively with state and local partners to support a comprehensive home visiting system.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide consultation and technical assistance to local grantees implementing home visiting programs in their communities.
• Establish contract language for local implementing programs.
• Work collaboratively with HVS fiscal staff to ensure appropriate sub-recipient monitoring of LIA.
• Support the LIAs through meetings with individual programs, programs in specific communities or regions, or by model, as needed, but no less than monthly.
• Prepare and utilize all HVS sub-recipient monitoring documents, with HVS fiscal staff as appropriate, to complete required sub-recipient monitoring activities.
• Work with HVS program staff to analyze and develop procedures to integrate evidence-based home visiting into the broader Early Childhood and Home Visiting Systems.
• Collaborate with key MDHHS and Michigan Public Health Institute staff to evaluate program measures, monitor the effectiveness of interventions, and support Continuous Quality Improvement efforts.
• Participate in conversations with the National model representatives to ensure a strong a collaborative relationship.
• Participate in grant development/writing as needed, conference planning, and other MHVI activities as identified by the manager.
• Participate on national and state advisories as requested or invited.
• Contribute to the overall planning and implementation of the state's Home Visiting system.
• Participate in HVS Implementation Plan Review meetings as part of grantee monitoring.
• Align activities with the HVS FFPSA Consultant and Substance Use Coordinator to support implementation of the FFPSA State Plan
• Participate in section, division, bureau, and department level activities that support personal development and growth in knowledge on racism, diversity, health inequities, and health disparities.
• Understand current section, division, and department activities to reduce health disparities and increase overall diversity in the workforce.
• Support inclusion of representative parent voice as an equity strategy in all state and local grantee activities.
• Take annual training on Implicit bias and health equity topics.
• Develop policies and procedures for grantees to support health equity practices including annual health equity work plan objectives in alignment with other HVS staff.
• Maintain a positive, credible, professional, and interpersonal relationship with all state and local partners and represent the best interest of MDHHS/MPHI at all times.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements:

Education: Master's degree in nursing, public health, or a related field.

Experience: Three years professional experience in maternal and/or child health preferred. Three years professional experience in consultation of statewide initiatives preferred. Two years of professional experience in prevention-focused home visiting preferred. Experience providing leadership to other professionals via consultation, training, supervision, or administration is preferred.

Important Skills and Characteristics:

• Experience with program monitoring and consultation.
• Knowledge of program planning, development, implementation, and evaluation.
• Techniques of individual and group collaboration.
• Knowledge of prevention-focused home visiting programs for pregnant people and families with young children.
• Ability to provide leadership to other home visiting professionals.
• Ability to gather feedback from stakeholders and identify training needs.
• Support access to training, and plan and conduct meetings.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements: Hybrid work environment. Remote work is standard. Involves viewing a standard screen a minimum of 75% of the time. Attendance at in-person Department meetings is required. Requires travel to designated communities across Michigan. Valid vehicle operator's license needed. May be required to travel to national meetings relevant to the implementation of the project and/or state sponsored activities supporting the project.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WORK OF OTHERS: No assigned responsibility.

IMPACT ON PROJECTS, SERVICES AND OPERATIONS: This position will have a direct impact on the quality implementation of evidence-based home visiting programs implemented primarily in Northern Michigan, ultimately improving outcomes for families with high-risk, as well as impacting implementation of home visiting statewide.

REQUIRED COMMUNICATION

Contact Person/Group Frequency Purpose

Supervisor Daily/Weekly Updates/Supervision

Local Implementing Agencies At least Monthly Contract monitoring

HVS Team Weekly Scheduled meetings

HVS Analyst Daily/Weekly Fiscal monitoring

FFPSA/Substance Use Coords. Daily/Weekly Grantee Support

National Model Consultant As Needed Coordination/training

MDHHS staff As needed Coordination

"For purposes of employment standards, this classification is "Exempt" from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act."

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