Bilingual Home Visitor
Bilingual Home Visitor
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$ 53000 - 55000
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Job Description
Start Early (formerly known as the Ounce) is an energized future-focused organization committed to providing quality early learning and care across the country.
Our desire to close the opportunity gap and build more equitable early learning experiences for our youngest learners guides everything we do. As a leader in early learning and care we scale our deep expertise across program policy and research through partnerships across the country.
We are recruiting individuals who want to join us in this mission and share a commitment to our core values of appreciation & respect empowerment diversity excellence learning and communication. Become part of our rewarding mission-driven culture. We want our employees to feel empowered motivated energized and passionate about the work they do.
The Bilingual Home Visitor is responsible for providing comprehensive case management services to enhance the physical social emotional and intellectual development of participating children and families in Head Start / Early Head Start home-based program. Arrange and provide a variety of educational experiences for parents and children to reduce isolation integrating them into the larger community expanding social networks and improving parenting skills. Ensures compliance with Head Start / Early Head Start guidelines and regulations.
Responsibilities:
- Serves as an advocate for Head Start families and as a liaison between families and the program. Make referrals to the appropriate services and conduct follow-up to assure delivery of needed assistance.
- Provide in-home information and support to parents and children to enhance the parents ability to fill the role of primary nurturer for their child.
- Work jointly with parents to develop and implement 90-minute weekly hoe visit plans based on each childs assessment and identified family needs that offers a variety of stimulating creative engaging learning experiences for parents and children that are developmentally appropriate.
- Engage and encourage parents to participate in program activities such as parent-child activities during home visits socialization parent meetings and other training events as appropriate.
- Observe assess and document each childs health skills behavior growth and development. Participates in case management screenings and staffings.
- Maintain documentation of all services in the individual family files and ensure up to date program files for each family and child. Maintains and preserves a confidential family file.
- Participates in on-going training and staff development provided by Start Early other consultants workshops and conferences. Attend regularly scheduled staff meetings education meetings social service and health meetings.
- Implements procedures for recruitment and actively recruit for the program. Attend recruitment events.
- Assists in identifying children with special needs and supports the process of necessary referrals.
- Integrates other components i.e. health nutrition mental health parent involvement and special needs/individualization into the home visit.
- Works collaboratively to provide children with group socialization experiences in conjunction with peer Home Visiting team.
Qualifications:
- A Visitor CDA is required at Hire or within 1-year of hire.
- Fluent in both English and Spanish is required (Must be able to read write and speak Spanish proficiently).
- Minimum of one to three years of experience working in early childhood/family support or home visiting program.
- Knowledge of theories and principles of healthy child growth and development.
- Experience in creating comprehensive developmental activities for parents and children program development and assessing the quality of services.
- Working knowledge of community resources family welfare and government assistance programs.
- Communicate effectively and function well with families children staff and various professional community groups.
- Analytical and problem solving skills.
- Ability to establish supportive meaningful relationships with pregnant women families and their infants.
- Knowledge of principles and practices of infant and child development and family practice.
- Ability to use reflective supervision.
- Ability to work within a team.
- Knowledge of community resources and the capacity to develop community cooperation to ensure that pregnant women receive comprehensive services.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Basic knowledge of the computer software and functions commonly used in general business settings.
- Effectively establish and maintain relationships with colleagues/clients and gain their trust and respect.
- Comfort and experiences in handling risk and uncertainty to move work forward.
Salary:
- $53000.00 - $55000.00
Our generous benefit plan includes:
Comprehensive Health Plans Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion Holistic Wellness Program Professional Development Program 401k Contribution Paid Volunteer Days 6 months paid parental leave and much more.
Start Early is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to our core values by creating an inclusive environment for all staff.
Employment Type
Full Time
