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Early Head Start Home Educator

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The Home Educator provides child development services, social services, health services and parent involvement services to families including home visits, socializations, advocacy and crisis intervention in accordance with federal, state and program guidelines. The Home Educator is also responsible for delivering education support and home based services as defined by Head Start Performance Standards. Services include: planning safe, developmentally appropriate experiences for infants and toddlers in home settings that are appropriate to the needs of each family. The Home Educator develops and implements partnerships with Early Head Start families, including Family Partnership Agreements. Overall, the Early Head Start Home Educator must ensure a safe and healthy environment which supports each child’s development.

Areas of Responsibility: 

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Maintains a caseload of 10-12 EHS home visiting families
  • Establishes trusting, nurturing relationships with children, and their families
  • Works jointly with parents to develop and implement weekly home visit plans based on each child's assessment and identified family needs
  • Maintains and preserves confidential client files
  • Observes, assesses and documents each child's health, skills, behavior, growth and development
  • Provides children and parents with group socialization experiences
  • Serves as an advocate for Head Start families and as a liaison between families, the program, and the large community
  • Integrates other components, i.e. health, nutrition, mental health, parent involvement and special needs into home visit and services provided to pregnant women
  • Assists in identifying children with special needs and makes the necessary referrals
  • Encourages participation in the Head Start Parent Committee meetings as well as parent group and socialization meetings, and other events or trainings
  • Provides transportation, as needed to families to support family participation
  • Participate in regular reflective supervision and staff meetings as required by the program
  • Maintain and document all services in the family files and ensures up to date program files for each child in the caseload
  • Enter participant information and other required program information into the Child Plus system in a timely manner
  • Assist families with children's transition to Pre-K program or other child care programs
  • Provide a developmentally appropriate and nurturing environment for infants and toddlers and document child’s progress, attendance, and other requested information
  • Plan and implement daily lessons using program required curriculum and other resources which maximize each child’s developmental ability
  • Conduct screening and developmental assessments and maintain written records of each child’s development; maintain current and accurate records on each child
  • Exchange information and serve as a member of a trans-disciplinary intervention team
  • Participate in on-going in-service and educational development opportunities provided by the Agency
  • In accordance with our "team" philosophy, the person filling this position may occasionally be required to carry out or assist with other tasks in addition to the duties listed on this job description.
Educational Background: 
BA degree in Child Development or related field, requiring transcripts
Skills/Experience: 
  • BA degree in Child Development or related field, requiring transcripts
  • Six semester units related to infant and toddler development acceptable to meeting licensing requirements with passing grades of “C” or better
  • One (1) to two (2) years’ work experience as a Home Educator or comparable position or in a licensed infant/toddler or preschool center
  • Valid Driver’s License and access to a privately owned vehicle with liability insurance.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Early Child Development knowledge and experience
  • Ability to use the computer to input developmental data
  • Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred
  • Ability to effectively plan, organize and implement educational activities
  • Ability to make decisions on behalf of children and protect their well-being
  • Must be able to manage confidential information
  • All employees, regardless of position, serve as role models for children and adolescents who are served by our agency. Therefore, each employee must at all times be emotionally stable and able to function effectively with children, adolescents and adults who may have mental or behavioral health problems.
  • The staff must be able to demonstrate appropriate daily behavior, appropriate expression of emotions, as well as appropriate role modeling. Hostility, aggression and unnecessary or inappropriate physical actions as well as inappropriate emotional expression are not acceptable.
  • Fingerprint background clearance (DOJ, FBI & Child Abuse Clearance Index), or approved exemption
  • Successful completion of pre-employment physical and PPD risk assessment
  • Class “C” driver’s license, proof of insurance, a safety record acceptable to CAA, and reliable transportation required
Compensation/Benefits: 

Commensurate with experience and education

How to Apply: 

Send cover letter (let us about yourself and why you want to join our team) and resume to [email protected]

Additional Information: 

Full benefits package offered including employer contribution to: Health, Dental, Vision; 401k with employer match; Employee Assistance Program, Professional Development, sick leave, vacation, personal days for anniversary of employment and birthday.

Allies for Every Child actively seeks candidates who reflect the rich diversity of the communities that we serve. We are committed to a work environment that embraces and promotes individuality and inclusion. We believe that diversity and inclusion of varied perspectives, backgrounds, and life experiences is essential to our organization’s effectiveness, and allows us to serve our clients in the respectful, responsive, and understanding way that they deserve. We define diversity in broad terms to include race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, geography, socio-economic status and other unique attributes that make us who we are.

Allies for Every Child has achieved accreditation through the Council on Accreditation (COA). This means our programs, services, administration, and management have been rigorously evaluated and meet best practice standards. Visit www.COAnet.org to learn more about COA Accreditation.

Organization Info

Allies for Every Child (formerly known as Westside Children's Center)

Overview
Headquarters: 
Culver City, CA, United States
Annual Budget : 
$5-10M
Size: 
51-200 employees
Founded: 
1987
About Us
Mission: 

All children need a childhood. We bring together and strengthen families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life.

Programs: 
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Strengthening Families
  • Comprehensive Services
  • Foster Care & Adoptions
Awards & Accolades: 
COA Accredited
Why Work For Us?: 

The heart of our work starts and ends with our staff. They are the ones who make our work real, meaningful, and lasting for so many children and families. We engaged our team in setting our agency values, and their words below speak to who we are and want to be:

  • We are empathetic and compassionate
  • We are respectful, humble, and non-judgmental
  • We are dedicated, hard-working, and persistent in the face of obstacles
  • We are passionate and intrinsically motivated
  • We build meaningful, supportive relationships with families
  • We are committed to the social-emotional development of children and empowering families
  • We restore, so families endure and prevail
  • We inspire trust
  • We are courageous in the fight to bring equality and social justice to families
  • We know that love is the antidote to fear

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
May 22 2019
Active Until: 
Jun 22 2019
Hiring Organization: 
Allies for Every Child (formerly known as Westside Children's Center)
industry: 
Nonprofit