Home Visitor - Montcalm County

Eightcap Inc•Greenville, MI

8d•$19 - $23•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Home Visitor, you are responsible for ensuring required services are delivered to enrolled children, pregnant women, and their families by way of building trusting relationships that create a safe, positive environment for children and families to grow and develop skills related to self-sufficiency and school readiness. As a Home Visitor you are required to work both independently and as part of a team. You must possess the capability to problem solve, handle crisis and work with diverse populations in a non-biased manner.

Requirements

Home-Based Child Development Associates (CDA) Credential; OR an associate or bachelor's degree in early childhood education, child development, or a child-related field (i.e. elementary education, child guidance/counseling, child psychology, family studies or social work) with equivalent coursework.
Ability to communicate effectively and positively and work collaboratively with others including staff, families, agency representatives, service providers and community organizations in a non-judgmental way.
Understanding of mandated reporting requirements, including the ability to recognize, document, and report suspected child abuse or neglect in accordance with state law and program procedures.
Must successfully complete all required state and federal background clearances.

Nice To Haves

To be eligible for HS 04 an employee must have a bachelor’s degree in a field related to the position or an associate degree in a field related to the position plus five years of experience as an Early Head Start Home Visitor.

Responsibilities

Partner: Work with families to cooperatively plan 90-minute, weekly home visits, providing comprehensive services to children, pregnant women and families, including developing individual child goals, family goals and planning socialization.
Professionalism: Comply with program confidentiality policies concerning personally identifiable information about children, families, and other staff members and must maintain professional boundaries with enrolled children and families at all times.
Implement: Implement curriculum, supplements, screenings, and ongoing assessments with fidelity.
Educate: Respectfully educate families on child development and the significance of routine care as it relates to medical care, dental health, mental health, nutritional health and school readiness.
Monitor: Create systems that allow for accurate tracking and follow up regarding the provision of services to families, including accurate and timely data entry into various data systems so that others needing information can access when needed.
Evaluate: Review data related to child outcomes, school readiness benchmarks, as well as child and family goals, assessing progress.
Collaboration: Develop relationships with community partners as a means for linking families to services as well to recruit eligible participants for the 0-5 Head Start Program.
Reporting: Maintain accurate records as assigned as well as reporting all suspected child abuse and neglect.
Professional Development: Actively participate in professional development to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations.
Perform Other Duties as Assigned.