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St. Annes Family Services is seeking a Health Educator to join our Early Childhood Education (ECE) team!
About Us: At St. Annes Family Services we strive to build safe nurturing and resilient families for generations to come. We are dedicated to transforming lives and communities and committed to providing unwavering support to families from pregnancy to parenthood and childhood to adulthood. Our work brings about lifechanging transformation.
About the Early Childhood Education (ECE) program:
The ECE program is an Early Head Start and Head Start program that services children ages birth to 5 years of age and their families. Our program supports school readiness by focusing on health mental health nutrition family engagement and social/emotional development. All of our Early Childhood Education services are free to eligible families.
What You Will Do:
The Health Educator supports in the overseeing of medical conditions medical administrations and healthrelated accommodations. This position will review health documentation to make determinations regarding health status of children and provide healthrelated education to parents and staff.
- Support the Health team and collaborate with other teams and parents for ongoing care and individualization of health services to children
- Provide Health education to parents and education staff
- Support the implementation of strategies to best individualize services address healthrelated concerns
- Liaison with medical and dental providers to obtain WellChild Examinations Dental Examinations and followups for medical conditions medical administration and other health related concerns
- Conduct classroom observations and file reviews; Enter and analyze data into Child Plus database; Maintain records and inventory of supplies
- Communicate with Department of Public Health and other agencies when there are contagious outbreaks or other healthrelated concerns
- Support in the completion of Postpartum/Newborn home visits to provide support and educate new parents
- Support in the completion of medical administration consent forms with guardians; Check medication into the classroom
- Alert parents to pending Health Assessment requirements
- Meet with the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) Nutrition consultants for monitoring visits
- Home Visits and traveling to all centers is required as needed
Requirements:
- Associate degree in health or related field required
- Experience working with Head Start or Early Head Start strongly preferred
- Bilingual English and Spanish strongly preferred
- Valid CA Class C Drivers License required
- Valid Auto Insurance required
- Access to a reliable automobile
Additional job details:
- Pay Rate: $23.22 hourly
- Schedule: Monday Thursday 07:30 AM 05:00 PM; Friday 07:30 AM 04:00 PM; alternating Friday OFF
- Nonexempt
- Fulltime
Location:155 N. Occidental Blvd Los Angeles CA 90026
(Flexible with various locations)
St. Annes Family Services offers comprehensive benefits:
- Generous PaidTime Off Policy
- Medical Dental and Vision Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Disability Insurance
- 403(b) Retirement Plan with company match
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Life Insurance
- And more!
St. Annes Family Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
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