Home Visiting Supervisor

About the Organization Since 1978, the Denise Louie Education Center has provided high-quality multicultural early learning and family support services to ensure that Seattle kids will be ready to succeed in school and life we believe that children from low-income families deserve to grow up in high-quality learning environments and we strive to close the 'opportunity gap' so that all children can enter kindergarten ready to be successful.

Our MISSION is to promote school and life readiness by providing multi-cultural early learning services to children and families, especially those who need our services the most. We will respect and preserve each child and family's individuality, cultural heritage, and home language. We will promote personal and social responsibility with integrity and love in an environment defined by social justice and peace.

Our VISION is to educate and empower children and families to reach their full potential so they can advocate for themselves, our community and the world.

Description

The Home Visiting Supervisor trains and manages home visiting staff and ensures visiting plans are maintained. This position will make regular visits to client homes and provide assessments of Home Visitors’ performance and client families’ well-being.

Travel to various locations in the King County area is required.

• Provide Home Visitors with training, modeling, and coaching to ensure the delivery of responsive services in line with the Early Head Start (EHS) performance standards and curricula.
• Observe, evaluate, and provide feedback on Home Visitors’ skills through Reflective and Administrative Supervision. Observe consistent home visits with each Home Visitor.
• Work to identify and address barriers preventing children and families from attending home visits and socializations. Collaborate with staff to identify solutions to increase attendance and engagement.
• Monitor and support Home Visitors in maintaining accurate, up-to-date records of home visits, child progress, parent contact, parent goals, planning forms, and data entry into electronic data system.
• Monitor Program Information Report (PIR) using electronic data system and tracking system to ensure health, child development, and family partnership goals are being set and met in a timely fashion.
• Monitor overall program performance and develop plans to identify and address concerns, as well as grow and support team capacity as a whole.
• Collaborate with Child Development, Head Start programs, Home Visitors, and families to ensure a smooth transition for children into and out of the EHS program.
• Collaborate with Child Development, community partners and consultants to facilitate appropriate referrals and connection with Early Intervention, or other community resources, as needed.
• Collaborate with the EHS Support Team, especially the Coach to support the development of the Early Head Start Team, and the professional development of Home Visitors.
• Support planning and facilitation of group socializations with Home Visitors, Health Services, and Family Community Partnerships Coordinators.

• May maintain a small home visiting caseload.
• Oversee Home Visitor staffing, caseload management and scheduling to ensure the program is meeting requirements.
• May serve as the program administrator in the Home Visiting & Health Director’s absence.

Note:

The job duties listed here are not intended to be an exhaustive list. Incumbent may be required to perform other duties in order to meet the needs of DLEC.

• BA in Early Childhood Education, Social Work, Family Studies, or related field; MA preferred.
• Three to five years of supervisory experience managing high-level…