Non-Traditional Care Outreach Specialist - Home Child Care Network

Non-Traditional Care Outreach Specialist - Home Child Care Network

BASE WAGE $19.66-$21.63 per hour based on education level.

JOB TYPE Full-Time

DESCRIPTION

The Home Child Care Network, part of SAL Community Services, is the Quad Cities area's leading provider of early childhood care and education. We provide a safe, secure and supportive environment centered on how playing can charge the mind of the children we care for.

The Home Child Care Network Non-Traditional Care Outreach Specialist serves as a support for the Home Child Care Network to help create and support connections between current and potential licensed home child care providers offering non-traditional hours care and the Home Child Care Network program. Responsibilities include outreach and recruitment within the community to increase awareness of the program, program eligibility supports, and coordination of billing for services provided for hours of non-traditional care. This means you'll do things like :

• Serves as a recruiter for the Home Child Care Network to help create connection between licensed home child care providers offering non-traditional hours care and the home child care network.
• Visits home providers documenting provider needs, quality of care and regulating compliance.
• Maintains individual records to keep provider files complete, confidential and in compliance such as sign in / out sheets, monthly attendance sheets, records of provider correspondence, monthly home visit reports, quarterly reports based off monthly home visit reports.
• Support state and agency billing processes for non-traditional home child care providers for the State of Illinois and Home Child Care Network.
• Ensure that all non-traditional care state billings are sent in on time and accurately while following company, state, and federal policies.

We are looking for team members who :

Salary, benefits and perks

Our entire compensation package includes paid time off and paid holidays; health, dental, and vision benefits; 401(k) with employer contribution; and pet insurance. A full list of benefits is available on our website.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. A full list of job responsibilities will be provided prior to an interview. This position must obtain required background clearances. Requests for reasonable accommodation as required under applicable law will be considered.

Education and Experience

Required : Associate's Degree from an accredited college or university in one of the following related fields (ECE, Child Development, Child Psychology / Behavioral Sciences, Family Consumer Sciences, Social Work, Elementary Education, Child Welfare, Family Services); OR an Associate's Degree with at least two (2) years' experience in the early care and education field. Preferred : Five or more years experience in early care and education or outreach in community based organizations.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION Mission

SAL Community Services (SAL) strengthens children, families, and individuals to build and enhance thriving communities.

About Us

At SAL Community Services, we provide S upport, A dvocacy, and L earning in our communities-from childhood to adulthood. Our mission is to strengthen children, families, and individuals to build and enhance thriving communities. Founded in 1970, we have a history of listening to the needs of our community and responding. We have grown from an organization focused on providing quality child care to low-income working families to one that meets a wide variety of needs, from early care and education to crisis assistance and stabilization services. Today, SAL has a bi-state 17 county regional footprint from the Quad Cities to Central Illinois area. We advocate with and for the people we support, the communities we serve, and the solutions we champion, and we offer an inclusive, welcoming community for the people we serve-and our employees. Learn more on our website at www.salcommunityservices.org / about-us.

EOE STATEMENT SAL Community Services is an equal opportunity employer and believes in equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. Accordingly, all employment decisions are based on the principles of equal opportunity. These decisions include recruitment, selection, promotion, transfer, discipline, compensation, benefits, training and other personnel actions involving persons in all job titles and shall occur without regard to actual or perceived race, creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, religion (or for requesting an accommodation for a religious belief), sex, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information (as defined in Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)), military status or discharge status, veteran status, qualified disabled veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, transgenderism, marital status, citizenship status, familial status, physical or mental disability (or for requesting an accommodation for a disability), association with a disabled person(s), medical condition (including HIV or AIDS status, cancer related or genetic characteristics) arrest record (unless doing so violates contractual, funding, or licensing requirements), order of protection status, pregnancy (including conditions related to childbirth or breast feeding), homelessness or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

LOCATION Home Child Care Network - Moline

EXEMPT / NON-EXEMPT Non-Exempt

Pay Range : $19.66 - $21.63 per hour

Salary : $20 - $22