What are the responsibilities and job description for the EARLY CHILDHOOD PARENT INSTRUCTOR position at Sinai Chicago?
General Summary:
The Parent Instructor provides professional parent instruction and delivery of information to families implementing the required curriculum to parents and children, prenatal to three years old.
Position Purpose:
The Parent Instructor provides professional parent instruction and delivery of information to families implementing the required curriculum to parents and children, prenatal to three years old.
Position Purpose:
- Provide professional parent instruction and delivery of information to families implementing approved curriculum to parents and children.
- Conduct home visits implementing interactive individualized family learning activities and projects to expand child development knowledge, demonstrate meaningful play/learning activities for children, increase parent/guardian/child bonding, positive discipline and communication.
- Recruit new families for the program
- Access family needs and provide developmentally appropriate information, guidance and support to parents.
- Provide the required number of personal home visits to families and children.
- Communicates regularly with parents and program's case manager regarding the development, educational concerns or referrals required for their children and their families.
- Facilitate play groups, parent group meetings.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in early childhood education, child development or a related field required, unless actively enrolled in Bachelor's degree program.
- Two years of early childhood experience.
- Experience working with low-income families and conducting home visit.
- Knowledge of computer operations.
- Fluent in English and Spanish preferred.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to provide presentation and information to large groups of individuals.
- Ability to coordinate multiple projects.
- Excellent ability to work with others across disciplines.
- Understanding and sensitivity to women who pregnant or post-partum.