PRIMARY PURPOSE: Serve as primary case manager for Early Head Start (EHS) families enrolled in the home-based option, which includes expectant mothers and families with children ages 0-3. Delivery of high quality child and family services as defined by the Head Start Performance Standards, State Licensing Rules, program work plans, program goals, and other funding rules and regulations. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Reason position exists is to perform these functions): •Create, build and maintain respectful, culturally responsive, and trusting relationships with families. •Plan and implement home-based learning experiences that ensure effective implementation of the home visiting curriculum and promote children’s progress, including for children with disability and dual language. •Conduct weekly home visits, lasting minimum of 1.5 hours in length, to assigned families. •Support parents as primary educators of and advocates for their child, helping strengthen the parent child relationship, and supporting families toward the fulfillment of their child’s potential for intellectual, social, emotional, and physiological growth. •Provide structure and support for developmentally appropriate parent and child home visit activities that meets the changing needs of infants and toddlers. •Provide parents with guidance on home safety, nutrition, child development, effective discipline, constructive play activities and other related topics. •Conduct developmental screenings and assessments as required. •Assist families in arranging and accessing required health exams and screenings. •Complete Family Information Survey, Family Partnership Agreement, and other required documentation to support parents through need identification and goal setting process. •Share community resources and their utilization with parents as needed, providing continued support during referral process. •Plan and facilitate two Family Group Times per month, with the overarching goal of supporting parents and children in making peer connections and supporting developmental needs. During this time staff will be required to: o Maintain an orderly and physically/emotionally safe environment. o Provide an atmosphere that promotes and reinforces parent involvement in the classroom focusing on both children and parents. oEnsure that appropriate snacks and meals are provided to children during group socializationactivities following USDA nutrition requirements for the ages of children served. •Individualize to meet the needs of each child and family served, demonstrating cultural competence in all aspects. •Follow bi-lingual guidance in the staff notebook. Record keeping: o Conduct enrollment procedures utilizing the Parent Program Guide. o Complete home visit follow-up electronic and written documentation on ChildPlus Database, Teaching Strategies Gold, Child Verification File, and others as required. o Maintain records, as defined in the Work Plan, in a timely and efficient manner. •Participate in recruitment and outreach activities as needed. •Beyond minimum home visits, may provide crisis intervention/ follow-up utilizing work plan guideline and crisis intervention policy. •Child Abuse Reporting Policy & Prevention (on-going) o To see that each family receives information on agency policy & prevention guidelines. o Follow agency procedures as mandated child abuse reporter. QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS •Home-based CDA credential, or comparable credential, or AA/AS in ECE or AA/AS with equivalentcoursework required •BA/BS in Early Childhood Education or BA/BS with coursework which meets Head Start performancestandards preferred •Paid experience working with infants and toddlers preferred •One-year experience working with low income families preferred OTHER REQUIREMENTS •Must be enrolled in the Oregon Department of Education-Child Care Division Central BackgroundRegistry at time of hire and update it as required. •Pediatric First Aid/CPR Certification within 30 days of hire and update it as required. •Oregon Food Handler’s card or ServSafe® Food Safety Certification within 30 days of hire and updateit as required. •Health Appraisal within 30 days of hire and update it as required. Please visit our website for the full job description.
