Home Base Educator -Waynesburg

Blueprints•Waynesburg, PA

About The Position

Join our Team! Provide high-quality educational services to pregnant woman, children aged 0-5 and their families in a home-based setting. You will work closely with parents and guardians through weekly visits to develop a plan that will enhance the child's development, encourage parent-child bonding, and promote family self-sufficiency. You will be responsible for recruitment, conducting screenings and ongoing assessments, organizing and facilitating group socialization activities, and providing parent education and support.

Requirements

Associates or Bachelor’s Degree preferred from an accredited college or university in Human Services or related field or a minimum of a CDA in home visiting or comparable credential with a minimum of two years of previous supervised work experience with young children and/or parents.

Responsibilities

Provide weekly home visits for families using the Parents As Teachers Curriculum.
Offer opportunities for families to connect with one another through group socializations & community outings.
Link families to community resources and programs to achieve their individual goals.
Support the delivery of comprehensive services for families of children prenatal to age five.
Foster parent & family engagement in home visits, group socializations, and community outings.
Encourage & support parent participation in home base parent committees and policy council.
Conduct screenings and ongoing assessment in partnership with families to support the developmental growth and school readiness of young children and the individual goals of the parent & family.
Foster meaningful, reciprocal relationships between parents and children in a manner that is both culturally receptive and responsive.
Provide opportunities for parents to learn about expectant parenting and prenatal health, the developing role of young parents (for adolescent parents), and/or about their roles as new mothers and fathers.
Engage with parents as equal partners in learning about their child while acknowledging parents’ premier role as their child’s first teacher.
Share information with parents about activities and everyday interactions with children that promote school readiness as outlined by the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework.
Maximize outcomes for families through the implementation of research-based models & practices including Blueprints Whole Family Approach & Family Centered Coaching; the Head Start PFCE Framework (Parent, Family, & Community Engagement); and the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework.
Support outreach and recruitment efforts to enroll children & families in the Early Head Start (prenatal-age 3) and/or Head Start (ages 3-5) home base program.
Maintain Parents As Teachers (prenatal – age 5) parent educator certification.
Implement the Federal Head Start Program Performance Standards and other applicable regulations.
Participate in required meetings and training opportunities which may involve out-of-town travel.
Responsible for obtaining and forwarding documentation for Non-Federal Share/In-Kind to Blueprints administration.
Regular and reliable attendance is essential.