Home Visitor, Early Head Start

Description Position:
Home Visitor, Early Head Start Salary: $42,121 up to $50,434 annually, based upon education and related experience!

Schedule:

Full-Time, Day Shift/Some Evenings

Location:

445 4th Street, Braddock, PA 15104

Devereux/TCV Community Services is hiring for a Full-Time Home Visitor for its Early Head Start Program!

In our Early Head Start Program , we promote early childhood education and building secure attachments between the infant/toddler and family members. Services are provided in the home, office, and various community settings.

As a Home Visitor , you will form relationships with families, their children ages 0-3, and expectant families. You will be responsible for the establishment of partnerships with family members, program staff and external agencies to assess a family’s strengths and needs.

• Visiting families in their homes and establishing working relationships.
• Collaborate with the site team to design and implement strategies that support compliance with the Early Head Start Performance Standards.
• Promote optimal development of enrolled children across the five child development domains.
• Provide appropriate parent education.
• Provide home visits to informal child caregivers to promote relationships between parents, children, and caregivers and to ensure integration of the individual child development plan into the care giving environment.
• Lead infant/toddler, parent, and other groups in socialization activities 2 times per month.
• Complete child development assessment every 4-6 months.
• Maintain a caseload of 11-12 families.

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• Associates Degree in Child Development / Early Childhood or degree in related field required (Bachelor’s preferred)
• Act 33/34 Clearances, Pre-Employment Drug Screen and FBI Adam Walsh clearance
• Valid Driver’s license

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Devereux is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit organizations, providing services, insight and leadership in the evolving field of behavioral healthcare. Founded in 1912, Devereux operates a comprehensive national network of clinical, therapeutic, educational and employment programs that positively impact the lives of 10,000+ children, adults – and their families – every year.

Devereux changes lives – by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional, behavioral or cognitive differences.

With nearly 6,500 employees working in programs across the country, Devereux is a trusted partner for families, schools and communities, serving individuals in the areas of autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, specialty mental health, education and foster care.

At Devereux, Servant Leadership is embedded throughout our culture and every aspect of our organizational framework. Our mission-driven, people-first mindset is at the heart of the compassionate and high-quality programming we provide – every day – for the individuals and families we serve, and other key stakeholders. Devereux offers challenging and exciting work, and our team…