Children’s Education Specialist

Presbyterian Childrens Homes and Services • Corsicana, TX

10d • $50,000 - $53,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Children’s Education Specialist supports the management and facilitation of parent groups in Navarro, Limestone, Freestone, and Hill counties, with special emphasis on Navarro County. The role provides strength-based, attachment-focused supervision to children to promote healthy development and learned skills through interaction. It also helps prevent child abuse and neglect through trauma-informed supervision and evidence-based interactions, and collaborates with the Parent Groups Coordinator and other Growing Together staff to support parent education groups, parent support groups, community events, and early childhood trainings.

The position reports directly to the Early Childhood Supervisor and works 40 hours per week. Work takes place primarily in the Growing Together office or other community spaces where children are supervised. Reliable transportation is necessary to travel between home, work, and community events. Evening and weekend hours are required as needed to accommodate clients and community events. Community-event duties may require stooping, bending, standing, and lifting over 25 pounds.

Requirements

• Some experience working with children in a childcare setting or similar setting.
• Ability to learn and implement evidence-based interventions.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s degree or some college experience in early childhood education or a related field is required.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with children and their families.
• Strong emotional regulation skills, patience, flexibility in scheduling, and ability to relate to and interact in healthy ways with young children and their families.
• Highly motivated and able to work as a self-starter.
• Valid driver’s license and a risk-free driving record that can be maintained.
• Willingness to undergo initial and periodic child abuse/neglect, criminal history, sexual offender, and child care/elder care disqualification-list screenings.
• Must submit fingerprints for state and FBI review if requested.
• Must complete a pre-employment drug screen and physical, with results showing no evidence of communicable disease.
• Flexibility in work hours, including some evenings and weekends, to meet the needs of working families.
• Ability to stoop, bend, stand, and lift over 25 pounds when assisting with community events.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of experience working with children and their families is preferred.
• Preferred experience supervising other staff or childcare providers.

Responsibilities

• Stay knowledgeable about local needs and available services for children ages 0–5 and their parents.
• Provide trauma-informed, attachment-focused supervision to children of all ages as needed for groups and community events.
• Use evidence-based interactions that teach children necessary skills and promote healthy child development.
• Practice a family-centered, strength-focused, and goal-driven approach using the PCHAS Way.
• Support coalition events and activities alongside the Program Director, Supervisor, and Parenting Group Specialist.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues and community organizations as needed.
• Provide reflective supervision to a team of Youth Care Providers.
• Coordinate Youth Care Providers’ schedules across Growing Together locations and approve their timesheets.
• Help train Youth Care Providers in parenting curricula and childcare techniques through curriculum and modeling.
• Model Youth Care Provider duties, including traveling to the Corsicana Office and the two Family Resource Centers as needed.
• Maintain group documentation in CSWIS, Paylocity, and PEIRS as needed.
• Help plan and assist with quarterly Childcare Teacher Trainings and twice-yearly trainings for local childcare centers on caregiver topics such as behavior and attachment.
• Assist with the Parenting Education Groups and Parent Cafes budget and advise the Program Director about group budget needs.
• Support the development of developmental groups when needed, such as Happy Baby Hour and Wiggles & Giggles.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Flexible work schedules
• Paid time off
• Medical insurance options
• Dental insurance options
• Vision insurance options
• Voluntary life insurance options
• Paid holidays
• Retirement plan with an agency match after one year of service and 1,000 hours worked; the agency matches 200% up to 3%

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level