Home Base Supervisor South Bay

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Volunteers of America is a non-profit human services organization committed to serving people in need, strengthening families, and building communities. VOALA provides a variety of social services to Los Angeles area communities such as Head Start programs, Upward Bound college prep programs, veterans’ services, homeless shelters, low-income housing program as well as drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Learn more la.org .

$30.68 - $32.29 PER HOUR

VOALA offers competitive medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

Through our Head Start and Early Head Start programs, we work with children (infant – 5 years old) and their families to provide the skills, confidence and stable home life necessary for a smooth transition into kindergarten and beyond. Head Start positions are generally Monday through Friday.

The Home Base Supervisor works to ensure that the Home Base Program is operated in a way that exemplifies the VOALA Zero to Five goals of providing children and families with a strength-based approach and educational experiences that help them grow cognitively, socially, emotionally and physically.

• Conduct home visits with home visitors and provides feedback to staff for purposes of their professional development in program-defined competency areas and job description responsibilities.
• Stay current with federal, state, and local laws and regulations including:
  New initiatives, policy clarifications, Office of Head Start (OHS) frameworks, and all special education laws (IDEA, PL 94-142, PL 99-459) and civil rights laws (Section 504 and Americans with Disabilities Act), Caring for our children Safety regulations, Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) Regulations
• Engage in the promotion of staff development and continuous learning through training, in-service training, observation, and coaching.
• Exercise considerable professional judgement and autonomy in decision-making with respect to the general operations of the various child development programs.
• Participates in recruitment and selection of Education staff. Makes home base assignments and conducts periodic personnel evaluations as required by Volunteers of America Personnel Policies and Division Operational Procedures.
• Review and evaluates the Education Area activities to ensure compliance with Volunteers of America of Los Angeles and Head Start Performance standards.
• Recommends the purchase of instructional materials, play equipment, and teaching aids that are developmentally appropriate.
• Attends all meetings required by the funding source and agency management; prepares and submits required reports promptly and accurately.
• Participates in the recruitment, proper placement and transition of Special needs children and their families into the program. Maintain and monitors federal compliance with Disabilities Performance Standards.
• Reviews and analyzes assessments data and development action plans for improvement, reports, records and directives and confers with Education Manager to obtain data required for planning activities of education, status, of work and problems encountered.
• Conduct trainings
• Other duties as assigned.

• Services for this position must be provided on-site. As a result, the position requires incumbents to report to work on-site each day of active employment
• Supervises staff to ensure the quality of their lesson plans and maintain compliance with required home visits
• Conducts home visits with assigned Home Visitors, providing feedback to staff for purposes of their professional growth and development
• Promotes staff development and continuous learning through scheduled training, in-service training, observation and coaching
• Reviews and analyzes client assessment data and works cooperatively with education managers to develop action plans
• Prepares and submits required reports on a timely…