EHS Parent Child Educator

Description

Home visitor for Infants/toddlers and their families providing age appropriate curriculum and assistance to promote school readiness.

Duties and Responsibilities

Each employee is expected to strive for excellence in the performance of their tasks in an efficient manner, exercising good judgment with a dedication in fulfilling the mission of the agency and service to others. You are expected to keep informed of community issues, regulations, new research, and trends related to your field of work. Each employee is expected to assist with fund development. Integration of agency programs and services places you in a position of cooperatively: seeking advice from other employees; sharing of program information; and assisting in other work units when needed. All employees must be conscious of and develop habits in: reducing waste, eliminating duplication of services, improving productivity and cost effectiveness. Employee will be adhering to these duties and responsibilities, but not limited to.

In the performance of your job, the following specific policies, procedures and regulations should be adhered to:

Head Start Program Performance Standards

KCEOC Child Development Policies and Procedures

KCEOC Personnel Policies and Procedures

KCEOC Financial Policies and Procedures

KCEOC Travel Policies and Procedures

The duties of the Parent/ Child Educator include, but are not limited to:

• Acquire knowledge of and implement accordingly the Head Start Program Performance Standards.

• Work cooperatively with other Child Development staff in the planning, integration, and implementation of EHS/HS program services for children 0 to 5 years of age.

• Become competent in the use of designated computer programs, and use properly in the operations of the Child Development Program.

• Responsible for compiling designated reports in a timely manner.

• Participate in the annual program self-assessment process.

• Gain a working knowledge of all programs operated by KCEOC for the purpose of providing information, making referrals and the delivery of integrated services to clients.

• Preserve the privacy of all children and families enrolled in KCEOC’s Child Development Program by maintaining the confidentiality and security of all family information.

• Responsible for generating an appropriate amount of non-federal share (in-kind) that is reasonable and necessary for the operation of the Child Development Program.

• Responsible for obtaining the annual required number of Child Development training hours per local, state and federal regulations through KCEOC’s Pre-service Training.

In addition, the duties of the Parent/ Child Educator include, but are not limited to:

• Have an understanding of the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework.

• Recognize that in the Home Base program, the parent is the primary factor in the child’s development and the home is the central facility.

• Promote school readiness for all children.

• Responsible for provision of services to infants, toddlers, and pregnant mothers in a home-based setting; responsible for implementing a planned home curriculum for developmentally appropriate activities with infant/toddlers.

• Observe the children and enter anecdotal notes and developmental assessment information into the computerized assessment program in a timely manner. Meet all deadlines regarding developmental assessment input.

• Develop individualized weekly lesson plans; and other appropriate education activities that include the parent being involved; encourage the parent and offer suggestions for child development activities during the week when you are not there, following up with discussion during your home visits; maintain an age appropriate learning environment in the home.

• Be responsive to the children and families with special needs and any disabling conditions. Have flexible work schedules, in order to work around the families needs.

• Participate and offer suggestions in conferences, meetings, training and recruitment activities. Work cooperatively with all staff, parents and volunteers; be responsive to the challenge of providing integrated comprehensive services.

• Assist parents in understanding the transitional process from Early Head Start into another child development program. Be responsible for transitional activities and coordination of Transition meeting.

• The Parent/Child Educator will carry a caseload of up to 12 families with a minimum of one visit each week for instruction.

• Provide 24 socialization experiences per program year, ensuring that age appropriate environments are utilized; providing for the transportation of children and parents to the event.

• Responsible for the recruitment, application, screening, and enrollment of Early Head Start children; responsible for maintaining a waiting list in assigned geographic areas; responsive to identifying any problems relating to recruitment and enrollment, parent concerns, etc; communicate any problems or barriers to effective performance to the Home Based Specialist.

• Responsible for assisting families in the completion of a family partnership agreement including strengths, goals, and needs assessment for each enrolled family in assigned caseload and identifying areas of need and working with management staff in ways that needs may be addressed, implementing a plan of action to assist each family.

• Responsible for assisting in the coordination and conducting of medical screenings of Early Head Start children and arranging for appropriate follow up for any identified health related problem; follow up activities include, but are not limited to; making appointments with doctors, specialists, or dentists and transporting children and their parents to appointments.

• Responsible for ensuring home based parent meetings are held and assisting the parents in conducting the meetings; communicating to the Parent Education Specialist parent minutes and concerns, scheduling parent trainings.

• Maintain certification by recognized source such as the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross in CPR and First Aid and Safety.

• Gain a working knowledge of community and regional resources for the purpose of identifying supportive social, health, educational, emergency and disability services available to the Early Head Start parents and children; communicate any new resource identified to the Home Based Specialist and fellow staff.

• Assist families in utilizing available health care, encourage families to obtain appropriate medical and dental screenings of Early Head Start children and arranging for appropriate follow up for any identified health related problem; follow up activities include, but are not limited to: assisting parents in making appointments with doctors, specialists, or dentists and assist parents and children in securing transportation to appointments.

• Encourage parents to learn about their child’s development and participate in screenings and visits to medical professionals; maintaining documentation of all parent contacts and follow up activities with the family.

• Prioritizing activities in a manner that reflects effective case management of clients, eliminating unnecessary travel or duplicated travel time/ costs.

• Coordinate health related activities with the Health/Mental Health Manager by seeking advice/ guidance, being knowledgeable of any established contracts for services and the payment requirements and billing.

• Responsible for obtaining the annual number of required Child Development training hours per local, state and federal requirements. The opportunity to obtain these training hours will be provided through KCEOC’s Child Development Pre-service Training.

• Responsible for maintaining individual, comprehensive charts for every enrolled family in caseload. Ensuring all required documentation is maintained at all times.

• Responsible for scheduling a newborn visit within two weeks after the birth to ensure the well-being of both the mother and child. Conducting a Post-Partum Depression Screening on all new mothers.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: CDA or a comparable credential, or credential or certificatin in social work, human services, family services, counseling or a related field, or equivalent coursework as part of an associate’s or bachelor’s degree; able to demonstrate competency to plan and implement home-based learning experiences; work experience

Additional Requirements: Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, local travel, occasional out of town travel.

Salary : $14 - $15