September
1, 2011
WORKING
TITLE: Home
Visitor
POSITION
#: TCC-182
CENTER: Suffolk
SALARY
RANGE: $16,662-$27,595
DEADLINE:
Open Until Filled
DUTIES
AND
RESPONSIBLITIES: The
Early Head
Start Home Visitor assists families in identifying family resources and
needs. Works with families and children
on a weekly basis and encourages the family’s achievement of
self-sufficiency.
Facilitates parent education and socialization groups. Maintains
confidentiality of family records and information. Participates in all
appropriate training and meetings. Promotes parent attendance at parent
meetings, transporting them when necessary. Integrates all Early Head
Start
components during home visits. Works with parents to develop weekly
home visit
and weekly activity plans based on each child’s assessment and
identified
family needs. Assists parents in developing and fostering healthy
self-concepts
for themselves, and assists parents in becoming the primary family
educators.
Fosters the belief in parents that they are their child’s first teacher
and
reinforces this concept with practical suggestions for its development.
Assists
in coordinating community services such as family planning, food
stamps,
employment, health services, vocational rehabilitation, psychological
services,
etc. Provides crisis management when needed. Assists with situations
such as
homelessness, need of food, disconnection of utilities, etc. Assists
parents in
developing ways of using household resources in educational activities
with
their children. Conducts health checks on each home visit. Conducts
developmental screenings and intake visits for new referrals as
assigned. Certifies
eligibility of all families through application process. Assesses
family’s
concerns, priorities, and resources during screening and intake visit.
Ensures
completion of Family Partnership Agreement (FPA).Monitors progress of
goals in
FPA. Assists pregnant women to access comprehensive prenatal and
postpartum
care. Provides education to pregnant women on fetal development, labor
and
delivery, postpartum recovery and the benefits of breast feeding.
QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIRED: Family
Advocate
Child Development Associate, Associate’s in Early Childhood Education
or
related field. Previous experience providing direct services to young
children
and low-income families. Knowledge and experience in child development
and
early childhood education. Knowledge of
community resources. Experience linking families with appropriate
agencies and
services.
QUALIFICATIONS
PREFERRED:
Bachelor
of Science degree in Adult Education, Early Childhood Education, Home
Economics, Human Development, or a related field. Experience working
with Head
Start or Early Head Start.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Interested
individuals should complete the Children’s Center Application for
Employment. The application may
be delivered to The Children’s Center or mailed to: The Children’s Center, ATTN: Human
Resources,
The
Children’s Center is an EO employer.