Early Head Start Home Visitor Internal Candidates Only

Riverside Community Care, Inc.•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. We are looking for a great candidate that has the following competencies: 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

Requirements

Candidates will need to have access to reliable transportation and be able to pass a criminal background check
Must have a minimum of a home-based CDA credential or comparable credential, or equivalent coursework as part of an associate's or bachelor's degree
Candidates without the required credential, but meeting experience and language preferences must enroll in the program sponsored HVCDA and obtain the credential within 120 days of employment
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

Nice To Haves

A CDA (Child Development Credential) in Home Visiting or Infants and toddlers, Associate's degree or Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education or related Human Services field preferred.
Experience with low income and diverse young children and their families preferred
Preference given to persons who speak Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Nepali, Somali as the position demands

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.
Manage a caseload of 12 families
Prioritize, plan work activities, set goals and objectives, and use time effectively
Work with different computerized data systems to track all services to the families

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
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

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