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The DuPage Regional Office of Education is seeking a Doula who will promote healthy pregnancies, breastfeeding, and healthy parent-infant attachment. To establish a trusting relationship with participants and provide culturally sensitive prenatal, labor and postpartum support.
Salary is $52,000 – $55,000 annually. Benefits provided by DuPage County: Employees Benefit Information | DuPage Co, IL
Job Description/Responsibilities:

• Provide physical and emotional support during the woman’s third trimester, labor, and postpartum period (up to 3 months).
• Maintain regular contact and support with participating families.
• Build trusting relationships that offer strength-based services to families.
• Help participants advocate for themselves.
• Organize and facilitate prenatal education services and prenatal groups.
• Work collaboratively with home visitors to ensure quality services continue after the birth of the baby.
• Assist parents with infant feeding and basic infant care postpartum.
• Recruit and enroll families into Doula and home visiting programs.
• Be accessible to families 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as needed for labor support; on call for attendance at Labor and Delivery.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including some evenings and weekends to meet the needs of the families.
• Maintain accurate daily schedule of activities in google calendar.
• Utilize the PAT curriculum and other relevant curriculums to share research-based information with families.
• Participate in at least 2 hours of reflective supervision monthly.
• Participate in at least 2 hours of staff meetings monthly.