Caldwell County Home Visitor

This is a professional non-exempt position responsible for planning home-based learning experiences that

focus on promoting high-quality early learning in the home and growth toward goals described in

the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework. Ages served include Prenatal through age 5. It is the responsibility of the home visitor to implement an effective home-based curriculum which builds respectful, culturally responsive and trusting relationships with children and families, including pregnant women, children with

disabilities and dual language learners. This position is directly responsible to the Education Specialist of

the program.

• a. Provide one home visit per week per family for at least 1 ½ hours. Early Head Start requires 46 visits per year and Pre-K Head Start requires 32 visits per year.
• b. Maintain a schedule of weekly home visits including make-up visits created by staff or family.
• c. Maintain an outreach and recruitment process in assigned area which systematically ensures enrollment of eligible children and pregnant women, regardless of race, sex, creed, color, national origin or disabling condition.
• d. Assess the educational needs of children ages birth through five years, including children with disabilities.
• e. Plan home visit jointly with the parent using information from ongoing assessments that individualize learning experiences.
• f. Provide research-based strategies and activities for children who are dual language learners that recognize bilingualism and biliteracy as strengths. Early Head Start will focus on home language and Pre-K will include both languages.
• g. Facilitate a developmentally appropriate research-based curriculum which promotes the home as a learning environment that is safe, nurturing, responsive, and language/communication rich.
• h. Promote the parent’s role as the principal influence in their child’s education and development through a planned program of experiences and activities which support and focus on the parent-child relationship as well as family traditions, culture, values, and beliefs.
• i. Help parents relate to their children and reinforce their positive behavior.
• j. Help enhance parents’ knowledge and understanding of early childhood development by providing information and materials that promote the parent as the primary educator of their children.
• k. Follow up with families to discuss learning experiences provided in the home between each visit, address concerns and inform strategies to promote progress toward school readiness and family.
• l. Provide opportunities for parent participation in home visits, group socializations, Policy Council.
• m. Insure children have the benefit of regular comprehensive health examinations including physical, mental, dental, and health screenings.
• n. Provide families, including pregnant women, with information and access to comprehensive services including nutrition counseling, food assistance, oral health care, mental health services, substance abuse prevention and treatment, and emergency shelter or transitional housing.
• o. Provide pregnant women with prenatal and postpartum information, education, and services.
• p. Identify special health problems of children and their families and help them obtain needed services.
• q. Provide families with health information and access to community health resources and services including public health services and health insurance.
• r. Assist in establishing and maintaining health records.
• s. Collaborate with families in a partnership process that identifies needs, interests, strengths, goals, services, and resources that support family well-being including family safety, health, and economic stability.
• t. Partner with the Family…