Home Base Teacher

Pinal Gila Community Child Services•Casa Grande, AZ

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Home Base Teacher is responsible to engage in a collaborative partnership, joining the family in their system that is rooted in cultural practices, beliefs, and individual experiences. Delivering comprehensive services including implementation of curriculum, child assessment, family advocacy, that includes all content area in accordance with Pinal Gila Community Child Services (PGCCS) and Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS). The Home Base Teacher will ultimately be evaluated on a combination of skills, dispositions, and behaviors, some of which are related to the specific service area of this position and others that represent general expectations of all our agency employees.

Requirements

Minimum of a Home visitation CDA or an AA degree in social work or related field required.
One year working in; Early Care & Education, Social Services, Education, Home Visitation, or Health Care.
Advanced Beginner to intermediate computer skills, internet and e-mail.
Maintain Arizona Driver's License, proof of insurance, fingerprint card, Social Security card, CPR and First Aid, Food handlers Card, and provide a vehicle for program business, as needed.
Health Questionnaire is required at hire and will be updated every 3 years.
Meet all agencies, state and federal required immunizations or have an approved exemption on file.
Employee must be able to read, write, and understand English.

Nice To Haves

BA degree preferred.
Preferred experience working with local community resources, diverse cultures, & adults.
Bilingual English/Spanish skills highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Delivers direct services to families with children 0-5 and expectant families within home base.
Becoming knowledgeable of and remain current with Head Start Program Performance Standards in relation to home-based services to families.
Partner with all content areas: Education, Health, Nutrition, Disability, Family and community partners supporting implementation of high-quality services to families within the home base option.
Promotes healthy parent-child relationship by recognizing parenting develops within relationships between their own families and other supporters. The parent is the expert on his/her children.
Build on parents' strengths, partnering by listening to what parents have to share and normalizing parenting process that is built on trial and error, utilizing the Touchpoint approach.
Plan and implement home-based learning experiences that ensure effective implementation of the home visiting curriculum and promote children's progress across the standards described in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five, including for children with disabilities and dual language learners, as appropriate, and to build respectful, culturally responsive, and trusting relationships with families.
Works with parents to develop and implement an educational program that includes ongoing assessment, development of individual education plans including IEP/IFSP goals as applicable.
Facilitate opportunities for parents to build relationships with other parents by providing formal socialization and individualized opportunities for enrolled and wait listed families and their children to connect.
Become knowledge of community partners to meet the needs of enrolled families providing referrals with appropriate follow up.
Recruit, families for all PGCCS options including maintaining a waiting list.
Participates in the site team to provide coordinated parent events, LPC, team activities, and community events.
Attends in-house training opportunities and works towards meeting agency education expectations.
Tracks inventory and maintains all supplies and materials.
Ensure integrity of services through regular data entry, reporting, and maintaining files to always ensure completeness and accuracy.
Demonstrate ability to follow direction, work independently and as part of a team, manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and adjust to agency priorities.
Maintains confidentiality regarding families, staff, & community partners.
Represents the agency in a professional manner.
Proficient in utilizing various virtual platforms to facilitate seamless communication and collaboration.