What are the responsibilities and job description for the Home Visitor position at The Children’s Center?
About Us:
The Children's Center, a non-profit agency, is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of young children, one family at a time. Our mission is to nurture and educate children and their families. We provide opportunities for education, parenting support and resources to families in our communities.
The Children's Center Head Start/Early Head Start is a federally funded program that provides no cost services to qualifying families who reside in the community. Comprehensive services are provided to pregnant women and their partners and children from birth to 5. Child development, health and family services are provided through a variety of program options designed to meet the needs of low-income and at-risk families.
About the Job:
The Children’s Center is looking for highly motivated individuals to join our home visiting team! Our home visiting program provides high-quality comprehensive home-based learning experiences which support the home visiting curriculum and promote children's progress across the standards described in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five.
Our Home Visitors...
- Implement our home visiting curriculum
- Advocate for children and families
- Establish trusting relationships with families and believe the parent is the child's best teacher
- Conducts monthly and weekly home visits
- Plan activities that focus on the promotion of secure parent-child relationships and help parents take advantage of the learning experiences available to young children throughout day-to-day routines
We are most interested in applicants who…
- Have 1-3 years of experience working in a Head Start program or working with families in a social work environment
- Have CPR/First Aid training
- Flexibility with work hours and scheduling
- Positive attitude and strong work ethic
Qualifications:
- 1-3 years of experience in a Head Start program or working in a social work or family services environment
- A current national Home Visitor CDA Credential issued by the Council for Professional Recognition
- A comparable certificate or credential that meets or exceeds the national home visitor's CDA requirements
- An associate, bachelor, or advanced degree that has equivalent coursework
- Must demonstrate competency to plan and implement home-based learning experiences that ensure effective implementation of the home visiting curriculum and promote children's progress across the standards described in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework, including children with disabilities and dual language learners.
- Valid Driver's License
**The national home visitor's CDA credential that is issued by the Council for Professional Recognition fully meets the requirement. Other CDA credentials partially meet the HSPPS requirements.
Benefits:
- 14 paid holidays
- Up to 13 paid vacation days
- 401K
- Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision.
Love working with children? Then this is the job for you!
Come help us nurture children and families!!!
Equal Opportunity Employer: Disability/Veteran, Drug Free Workplace
The Children’s Center is an equal opportunity provider and employer. We recruit, employ, train and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Offers of employment are contingent on successful background checks, drug screen, and tuberculosis screen.
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