Learning Specialist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Must possess or working towards a BA in Early Childhood Education or equivalent
• Experience in social services in community settings, with families preferred
• Bilingual Spanish/English or Vietnamese/ English
• Ability to work with diverse workgroups and serve families with diverse economic, social, racial, and cultural backgrounds
• Knowledgeable about local community resources
• Ability to establish and maintain personal and programmatic boundaries while providing supportive services
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to individuals who may not share basic commonality, including value systems and behavior norms
• Demonstrate good writing and organizational skill
• Maintain a professional, confidential work environment
• Knowledge of child development and behavior
• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and multitask
• Serve effectively as a member of a team internally and externally
• Communicate effectively
• Be flexible, proactive, adaptable and able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Be professional, trustworthy, respectful of others, and display a positive attitude
• Knowledge of modern office methods and practices, including filing systems, business, correspondence, presentations and report writing
• Knowledge of the Internet, computer programs, e.g., Microsoft Word, Outlook, Power Point, Excel, etc.
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident
• Clearance of fingerprint background check
• Must have valid TB screening

Nice To Haves

• Experience working previously with Literacy Program or FRCI a plus
• Bilingual language capacity in Spanish/English language a plus

Responsibilities

• Provide home visits as assigned by supervisor
• Facilitate/Observe, model play, reading, and verbal interaction behaviors/activities between guardian/provider and child.
• Outreach within the community and support in the recruitment of program participants through ongoing engagement and collaboration with other staff within the agency as well as external organizations
• Uses effective dual language instructional methods/models according to professional standard practice.
• Understand and model age appropriate expectations, in both targeted languages
• Complete written reports after each home visit and input data into the database/s on time.
• Support parent/provider child interaction, dual language development, early literacy, and social-emotional development of the child.
• Curriculum planning; implement educational activities
• Prepare information to be provided as resources in the community and ensure that this information is culturally, linguistically, and developmentally appropriate and relevant to the family;
• Help parents/providers and caregivers identify gaps, barriers, and/or issues that interfere with children’s healthy development.
• Complete required assessments and collect data as assigned including ASQ and ASQ:SE, CBT and PICCOLO.
• Maintain secure and confidential records and files for each family served. Maintain confidentiality of client information.
• Participate in trainings related to SEEDS and or ParentChild+ curriculum and developmental materials used for working with families.
• Attend Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County trainings, meetings, and events as required.
• With the support of the Supervisor, refer and connect families (through warm handoff and/or the use of the intra-agency referral system or other mode) to community resources and serve as a facilitator in linking participants to social, educational, and health services.
• Follow directions from program supervisor/manager/ or director in completing duties as assigned verbally or in the work plan.
• Understand agency guidelines and policies and procedures and act in alignment with the CCSCC core values of Service, Compassion and Justice for all
• Adhere to FIRST 5 MAA requirements and federal, state, and local requirements to ensure MAA compliance
• Complete all other duties as assigned.