Bilingual Early Head Start Home Visitor

Riverside Community Care • Somerville, MA

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About The Position

Exciting opportunity to join Riverside Community Care as a Home Visitor! The Early Head Start Home Visitor works one-on-one with low-income families from diverse ethnic backgrounds to provide in-home and some on-site educational services to support families with infants or toddlers, or pregnant women.

The Early Head Start Home Visitor through weekly home visits and socialization groups (“baby and me” parent group) partners with pregnant women and families with children birth to three years of age to enhance their healthy growth and development. We assist families in receiving comprehensive services in the areas of health, nutrition, early childhood and parenting education, social services, nutritional services and problem-solving support so families can meet personal goals for them and their children.

Requirements

• Has a commitment to working with low-income and immigrant families and pregnant women
• Has knowledge of community resources or how to access community and social services
• Interested in establishing a caring and supportive relationship with the persons we service
• Is familiar with child development and/or social services delivery systems
• Can manage a caseload of 12 families, prioritize, plan work activities, set goals and objectives, and use time effectively
• Has the ability to work with different computerized data systems to track all services to the families

Responsibilities

• Provide in-home and some on-site educational services to support families with infants or toddlers, or pregnant women.
• Partner with pregnant women and families with children birth to three years of age to enhance their healthy growth and development.
• Assist families in receiving comprehensive services in the areas of health, nutrition, early childhood and parenting education, social services, nutritional services and problem-solving support so families can meet personal goals for them and their children.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
• Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
• Eleven paid holidays
• Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
• Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
• Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
• Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
• Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees