Parent Educator - EHS

To apply via text text the word EHSEd to  Position Compensation 2676 plus excellent benefits Pace offers a Total Rewards Package to its employees 401k Vacation Sick pay
14 Paid Holidays Pet Insurance

FSA Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care Employee Assistance Program EAPAffordable Medical Dental and Vision packages extended to your family as well Supplemental Insurance Plans Opportunity to promote within just to name a fewGENERAL INFORMATION PACE Education provides high quality early childhood education with case management support services from birth to five years of age for economically disadvantaged families In addition to early childhood education the program also provides case management support to assist with health nutrition mental health disabilities and parent empowerment and involvement services This program is funded and operated under Head Start Early Head Start State Preschool guidelines and regulations PACE Education includes Head Start & Early Head Start Center Based Program that operates 16 school sites enrolling children ages 18 months through age 5 at local preschool sites including a Home Based program serving enrolled children ages 0 3 years and pregnant women These services are provided in the metro Los Angeles area through Santa Monica and South Bay communities Gardena Torrance Hawthorne and Lawndale BASIC FUNCTION The EHS Parent Educator provides case management support services and appropriate child development activities to infants toddlers pregnant mothers and their families The primary role of the EHS Parent Educator is to establish a partnership with parents to develop and implement positive early childhood experiences for their children CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Manage a full caseload up to 12 families conducting weekly 15 hour Home Visits with parents and their enrolled children Work with parents to strengthen the familys knowledge of child development including helping parents understand how children grow and learn Work with pregnant mothers and other expectant family members to help support a healthy pregnancy through the birth of their newborn Plan and conduct educational activities with parents to meet the childs intellectual physical emotional and social needs Work with parents to motivate and support to complete weekly home visits up to 85 attendance and participate in recruitment of children as indicated in the ERSEA plan to maintain a full caseload

Provides respectful customer service and collaboration with parents children community representatives members and all PACE staff on a daily basis Manage educational services

Develop and effectively implement an individualized weekly home based educational plan using a research based curriculum that will support and strengthen a positive relationship between parent and child promoting the parent as the childs first teacher Help parents set up an environment that is safe developmentally appropriate and conducive for learning

Provide learning and developmental and screenings for infants and toddlers including DRDP 2015 IT ASQ 3 ASQSE 2 etc for parents to complete and support and follow through with the developmental screening of infants and toddlers motor language social cognitive perceptual and emotional skills Document child observations weekly during home visits and socializations to manage developmental strengths and needs over a period of time across different settings Help parents understand early child development and milestones and include parents in managing and reporting their childs developmental progress Maintain an open friendly and cooperative relationship with each childs family;

encourage parental involvement in the program; promote parent child bonding and nurturing parent child relationships Promote School Readiness Skills based on the agencys current School Readiness Plan Promote feelings of security and trust in infants and toddlers by conveying warmth supportiveness and comfort; establish strong and caring relationships with children Support children with specialized needs by helping promote and implement the childs Individual Family Service Plan IFSP Coordinate…