Early Head Start Visitor Lake County School District

Compensation and Benefits :
Full-time employee paid salary over 12 months. Excellent health, vision, dental and life insurance available. 10 days of PTO. Salary Range : $34,351 - $45,131 per year ($22.02 - $28.93/hour)

Department:
The Center Early Childhood Programs

Reports to:

Preschool and Early Head Start Director

Our mission is to promote the development of knowledge, skills and self-esteem through research-based early childhood services in a learning environment of respect for children and families throughout our community.

Early Head Start (EHS) program serves infants and toddlers under the age of 3, as well as pregnant women. The EHS program provides comprehensive child development and family support services to eligible families enrolled in the Early Head Start Home Based program. The Early Head Start Home Visitor provides in-home coaching and modeling, as well as group socialization experiences to parents and children which will enhance the parent’s ability to fill the role of primary nurturer of their child.

The home visitor works collaboratively with preschool leadership in all other EHS components (health and nutrition, family services, mental health, special services, parent education and resource/referral) to integrate services into the family setting.

Include the following. Other duties may be assigned

• Conduct 46 weekly 90-minute home visits annually for each of 12 enrolled families with infants, toddlers, and/or pregnant women, providing developmentally appropriate activities, family resources, and ongoing support related to health care, nutrition, food assistance, oral health, and mental health services to promote healthy child growth and development.
• Plan for weekly visits utilizing the home based curriculum and provide support with activities using materials within the home.
• Collaborate with families to develop goals, plans, and strategies to promote current learning, attend to nutritional, health, social emotional, and other individual needs of the child.
• Plan, coordinate, and lead bi-monthly socializations for (22) enrolled infants/toddlers, their primary caregivers and pregnant women for a total of 22 annually.
• Create and maintain respectful partnerships with families, recognizing parents as a child’s first teacher. Provide support (modeling or coaching) in parent and child activities that encourages developmentally appropriate activities for the changing needs of infants and toddlers.
• Collaborate and provide family support with the completion of initial enrollment activities including family partnership agreements, developmental screenings and all other required assessments within the required funding time frames.
• Deliver health, educational, nutritional and child growth and development information to parents via weekly home visits using home visiting curriculum and the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF) and The Center’s School Readiness Goals.
• Maintain accurate written and/or electronic records including: weekly home visit records, curriculum progress, family goals, and community resource needs and connections. Complete child assessments via Teaching Strategies Gold 3 times a year following the assessment calendar for preschool and LCES.
• Assist Preschool Leadership team and the Family and Community Coordinator with the advertisement and recruitment of families and pregnant women to support and maintain full enrollment of the EHS program.
• Work with the Preschool Director to set goals for improvement with the home visiting program, services to families, and quality educational experiences and best practices for children, families and pregnant women enrolled in Early Head Start. Collaborate with supervisor to create a professional development plan that will assist you in meeting your educational goals.
• Collaborate with the District Nurse and Assistant Director to help parents meet health requirements with prenatal visits, well-child exams, immunizations, dental exams, blood lead exams, and vision and hearing screenings, as well as any follow up care that is needed. Assist and support families in location resources and scheduling appointments with community resources that best meets their needs as part of the home visiting process.
• Collaborate with Family and Community Coordinator and Preschool Director as needed to support children and families receiving needed and necessary services including Child Find for evaluation or support to meet health, language, or development needs. Collaborate with Early Intervention service providers as appropriate for children and families receiving early intervention services through an Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP).
• Provide support with newborn visit within two weeks of the birth of the baby and connection to resources for mother and other family members for postpartum health. Support with transition of infant into Early Head Start program as necessary.
• Work with families and…