Early Childhood Specialist; Liberty

Job Details:

Job Location:

Collaborative for Children - HOUSTON, TX 77056, Position Type:
Full Time, Education Level: 2 Year Degree, Travel Percentage:
Negligible, Collaborative is Championing Young Futures IN Liberty County!

Family Caseload focus: IN Liberty County

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Will require travel to caseload clients' homes in Liberty County. Related caseload admin performed from specialist's home. Mileage reimbursement eligible. Desired PREFERENCE is for specialist to reside in Liberty County or nearby.

AT LEAST AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE IS REQUIRED. A non-negotiable requirement.

NOT AN ENTRY LEVEL POSITION.

Create a caseload of eligible families IN Liberty County and serve as the primary connector to local resources and partnerships. Provide parental coaching for the improvement of school-readiness outcomes for children ages birth to five years. Assist parents in family homes, community venues, child care centers and other group spaces to better understand their child’s development to improve parenting practices.

A child's earliest years shape every milestone that follows: school success, workforce readiness, and economic opportunity. Collaborative is creating an ecosystem of the highest quality child care in the communities that need it most, so Houston gains a stronger and better skilled future labor force.

Position requires at least an Associate’s degree in early childhood education or related discipline, with at least 3 years of related early childhood service experience. Experience with home visitation and Parents As Teachers (PAT) curriculum is highly beneficial. Knowledge, and experience working with families navigating the Child Protective Services system is also valuable for this position. Candidates with English/Spanish fluency would be wonderful, but not required.

Bilingual conversational fluency is desired because many of the families on the caseload will be non-English speakers.

• Utilize the evidence-based Parents as Teachers (PAT), Conscious Discipline, and Footsteps2
  
  Brilliance and other proven curricula to partner, facilitate, reflect and coach participating families to strengthen preparedness of their children for school and to prevent child abuse and neglect.
• Collaborate with CC teams to deliver supplemental curriculum activities and to facilitate parent and child learning opportunities that support school readiness outcomes for children.
• Oversee, monitor and evaluate the implementation of research-based curricula and frameworks to successfully meet children’s school-readiness outcomes and family support goals.
• Collaborate with each parent to establish goals to enable economic stability with an overall wellness mindset.
• Plan and present the Center of Excellence (COE) program at parent meetings, with social service organizations, and at other selected community and family-oriented events/spaces in order to recruit families with children from birth to five years to participate, including children from child care programs.
• Use measured data to foster continuous improvement implementation plans to increase program effectiveness and support child outcomes.
• Serve as an expert on 21st-century STEAM learning and school readiness for community awareness, parental support extensions, and childcare center committees.
• Support Early Learning Programs and families with facilitation of services related to inclusive environments for all learners.
• Monitor and reduce stressors in family homes through home visitation.
• Incorporate Collab core values into all support services for families
• Ensure families experience a nurturing learning environment where their children can achieve…