Home Visitor Early Head Start Bilingual Required

OUR MISSION: MWVCAA invests in people and their futures to reduce the impacts of poverty

OUR VISION: All people are respected for their infinite worth and supported to envision and reach a positive future

Working at MWVCAA means becoming part of a mission-driven community dedicated to equity dignity and opportunity for all. We offer competitive pay a rich company culture that values diversity and an array of benefits - but we consider the best benefit here to be the reward of helping those in our community live better lives. Come find meaningful work and bring your skills as Early Head Start Home Visitor.

Join our Early Head Start team! The Home Visitor collaborates with families regarding their childs growth and development through regular communication and weekly home visits. The Home Visitor works with parents during their childs prenatal stage of development or who have infant/toddlers to plan and promote childrens growth in the areas of social-emotional physical cognitive and language development. This position ensures that growth is supported in an age-appropriate manner during socializations and other activities. This team offers a lot of growth opportunities and professional development through hands-on experience. We have many employees who have started their career as a Home Visitor that have decided to move into management positions. In this role you will be supporting a free preschool program.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• High school diploma GED; and
• Two years of experience in early childhood programs; and
  • Home Visitor 1: Infant Toddler Child Development Associate Credential/Infant Toddler Certificate
  • Home Visitor 2: Associates degree in Early Childhood Education.
  • Home Visitor 3: Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education with a minimum of 18 course credit hours in Child Development or Early Childhood Education.
  • Bilingual English-Spanish is required. To qualify as bilingual staff must pass a bilingual exam demonstrating fluent speaking reading and writing in English and Spanish. Required bilingual staff will receive a pay differential based on language test results.

CERTIFICATES LICENSES REGISTRATIONS

• Driver qualifications required for this position. Driver license auto insurance and satisfactory drive record for the past 3 years are required.
• CPR/First Aid Certification or the ability to obtain within 60 days of hire.
• Food Handlers Card or the ability to obtain within 30 days of hire.
• Successful registration with the Central Background Registry of the Child Care Division.
• Candidate must pass pre-employment physical examination renewable every two years.
• Candidate must pass pre-employment and random drug/alcohol screenings.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Head Start ChildPlus experience desirable.
• Intermediate computer proficiencies with MS Office Teams Outlook Zoom and databases.
• Ability to follow through on instructions both written and oral meet deadlines and perform basic math as needed.
• Utilizes effective communication and presentation skills with individuals or groups.

Office/paperwork

• Effectively uses database systems for collecting and tracking child and family data.
• Completes Child Outcomes data.
• Submits weekly lesson plans that support each childs identified goals.

WHAT YOU WILL DO TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee will also perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Occasionally lift up to 25 pounds.
• Frequent/Occasional driving for drive required positions

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Mostly indoor classroom environment

WHAT WE WILL DO TO SUPPORT YOU

• 401k with matching after 1 year vested within 2 years
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life insurance
• Health Vision and Dental Insurance
• AFLAC coverage
• Pet insurance through MetLife
• For some positions employees may be eligible for companysponsored continuing education

MWVCAA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation gender expression age veterans and people with disabilities or any other protected category. We welcome all people to join us in achieving our Mission. If you require any assistance in the application process or reasonable accommodations to perform the essential duties of the position please notify a member of our team at .

If you need ADA accommodations to apply for MWVCAA job openings please contact Human Resources at or call to ask for a HR Team Member.

Child Care Division Central Background Registration and pre-employment drug screening is required.