Early Head Start Home Visitor

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary : Provide family / community partnership services for families enrolled in Early Head Start. Monitor compliance in accordance with Head Start performance standards. Recruit and enroll children. Facilitate ethnically responsive approaches to problem solving for children and families. Participate in development of parent education materials and classes. Coach parents to learn and / or develop the skills for effective parenting and develop problem solving skills and skills to improve and reinforce self-sufficiency. Assist other program staff in ensuring that the center exemplifies and maintains a quality child development program. Evening and weekend hours required. Position contingent upon funding. Bilingual candidates encouraged to apply!

Reporting Relationships :

Supervisor : Parent, Family, & Community Engagement Specialist

Direct Reports : None

Other Relationships : Program Director, Education Specialist, & Health Specialist

Essential Job Functions : Family Support and Engagement

• Guide parents in accessing strengths, needs, and goals of families in the establishment of Family Partnership Agreements; follow-up completion of the Agreements.
• Engage effectively with parents, staff, and community members who are educationally, economically, culturally, and racially diverse and / or whose first language may not be English- speaking.
• Recruit and support enrollment for Early Head Start children and families.
• Assist in facilitating child transitions into Early Head Start, from Early Head Start to preschool, classroom to classroom; work with parents and area schools to facilitate transitions from preschool to kindergarten.
• Coordinate and plan parent meetings, parent education classes, parent involvement activities, and Early Head Start socializations in conjunction with the other staff.
• Provide case management to families including providing resources and referrals for families and following up on referrals; ensuring parents have access to resources that extend the child’s learning into the home environment; and encouraging parents in activities that support self-sufficiency.
• Make attendance calls to homes of absent children and enter notes as appropriate; conduct a home visit after three consecutive days of a child’s absence; follow up on attendance and tardiness concerns.
• Assist parents in learning the skills necessary to advocate for their children’s services.
• Conduct home visits according to program requirements.
• Observe and assess children’s developmental progress and assist families in setting school readiness goals for their children.
• Communicate with children / parents, the general public and the community.
• Respond to questions and concerns from parents, licensing representatives, and the community in a timely and professional manner.
• Cooperate with other program staff in coordinating the day-to-day operations of the center to ensure a safe and healthy environment for children and staff and smooth operational functioning of the center.
• May perform other tasks as assigned by the Management Team to meet unusual staffing conditions : those tasks may include but are not limited to, changing classrooms, cooking, or working in the kitchen to prepare or serve meals, clean and put dishes away, riding the Head Start bus.

Essential Job Functions : Operational

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