Occupation Profile

Home Visitor

Home Visitor

Home Visitors are dedicated professionals who collaborate with families and children through a strengths-based, multi-generational approach, offering their services free of charge and on a voluntary approach. They work closely with families in private homes, providing education and setting goals related to child development, positive parenting, and child health and well-being.

"Children are our future, and we need to invest in them and meet their needs educationally and emotionally."

Erin WehmeierHome Visiting Supervisor
Description

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Qualifications

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Career Field

Home Visiting
Home visiting is a prenatal, infant, and early childhood health and development approach in which the design assumes home visits with parents as the primary method for delivering a service or intervention, and through which an ongoing relationship is developed with enrolled families over time. The Career Compass Pre-Assessment is recommended to identify needed competencies and inform professional development planning.

 

Interest Areas

Work with Families
Work with Children
Work in Support Roles

 

What Qualification Level is Needed?

Home Visitor I
Home Visitor II
Home Visitor III

 

Typical Work Settings

  • Private Homes

 

Minimum Qualifications (at least one requirement)

Home Visitor I

  • Current Child Development Associate Credential (CDA) (Preschool, I/T, FCC, or HV)
  • 9 college credit hours in early childhood education, child/human development, early childhood special education, social work, family studies, or nursing disciplines
  • National Family Support Professional Certificate
  • Missouri Home Visiting Credential (TBD)

Home Visitor II

  • Associate degree in early childhood education, child/human development, early childhood special education, social work, family studies, or nursing disciplines
  • Associate degree (or higher) with 18 college credit hours in early childhood education, child/human development, early childhood special education, social work, family studies, or nursing disciplines
  • 60 college credits with 24 college credit hours in early childhood education, child/human development, early childhood special education, social work, family studies, or nursing disciplines

Home Visitor III

  • Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, child/human development, early childhood special education, social work, family studies, or nursing disciplines
  • Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in any field with 36 college credit hours in early childhood education, child/human development, early childhood special education, social work, family studies, or nursing disciplines

 

What does it take to be successful in this field?

To be successful as a Home Visitor, one needs to be empathetic, patient, and an excellent communicator, able to build rapport with diverse families. It requires being organized, resourceful, and adaptable to address varying family needs and dynamics. Additionally, being nonjudgmental and culturally sensitive fosters trust and collaboration.