Bilingual Early Childhood Specialist; Liberty

Position: Bilingual Early Childhood Specialist (Liberty County)
Description Collaborative is Championing Young Futures IN Liberty County!

BILINGUAL EARLY CHILHOOD SPECIALIST (LIBERTY COUNTY)
Family Caseload focus : IN Liberty County HYBRID:
Will require travel to caseload clients' homes in Liberty County. Related caseload admin performed from specialist's home. Mileage reimbursement eligible. PREFERENCE is for specialist to reside in Liberty County or nearby.

MUST HAVE BILINGUAL ENGLISH/SPANISH ORAL AND WRITTEN FLUENCY. Candidates without English/Spanish fluency will not be considered. Bilingual requirement is a must-have because many of the families on the assigned caseload are non-English speakers.

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

NOT AN ENTRY LEVEL POSITION.

POSITION SUMMARY:

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.

THE CHALLENGE AND THE OPPORTUNITY :

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.

Are YOU ready to help more young children enter kindergarten curious, confident, and ready to learn? If you have bilingual English/Spanish oral and written fluency, at least an Associate’s degree in early childhood education or related discipline, with at least 3 years of related early childhood service experience and knowledge, and some experience working with families navigating the Child Protective Services system, we encourage you to apply!

SPECIAL NOTE : YOU must FULLY complete and acknowledge/sign off on the application to be officially considered for this opportunity. UNDER the “Authorization” section, there is an Acknowledgement. There are 8 paragraphs. Below these are 2 boxes. BE SURE to place a checkmark in the 2 nd one that states, “I hereby acknowledge that I have read the above disclosure statement and understand it.”

This concludes the application! When you do this, a system generated email will let you know we received the completed application. If no email, the application was not finalized. PLEASE revisit the application to complete the Acknowledgement.

Qualifications When you join our Family Engagement team, some of the essential work and responsibilities you will handle include:

Provide Core Curricula + Professional Resources + Goal setting home visitation services

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 and 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…