Play and Grow Facilitator Bilingual

Play & Grow Facilitator – Bilingual English/Spanish

Pay Rate: $28.00 per hour Exempt Classification:
Non-Exempt FTE: 0.00 (on-call)

Reports to:

Thriving Children & Families Pillar Supervisor

United General District 304 (District 304) is a public hospital district in Skagit County, Washington with a goal of building healthier communities across six pillars of health and wellbeing:
Active Living, Community & Professional Education, Engaged Youth & Communities, Healthy Eating, Thriving Children & Families, and Stewarding Assets & Opportunities. Located in scenic Sedro-Woolley, the gateway to the North Cascades, District 304 is a dynamic organization with an extensive history of connecting people and communities with best-practice health promotion and prevention programming. Our programs and staff seek to uphold our core values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, equity, and excellence.

Job Overview:

Facilitate (in Spanish) a weekly one-hour caregiver/child drop-in playgroup. Play & Grow is designed for parents/caregivers and their children (either babies or toddlers). These groups will include songs, playtime with baby/toddler, and discussions on development, feeding, sleep, and other related topics.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Professional work habits (punctual, responsive, organized, attention to details)
• Strong group facilitation skills
• Ability to work with diverse participants
• Experience working with parents/caregivers and children ages birth through 5
• Exhibit an enthusiasm for family support programs and the ability to engage with participants
• Ability to be flexible with individuals and activities
• Willingness to prepare before the session in order to lead effectively
• Assist with room set up and clean up
• Willingness to fill out any requested reports and collect participant data

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Experience with and knowledge of early childhood development and/or parenting education and support.
• Successfully pass a Washington State Patrol Background Screening (or similar agency)
• Fluent in Spanish

Work Conditions:

• General office environment, school settings and community functions.
• Depending on the schedule of the group, weekends or evenings may be required

Required Physical Abilities:

• Must be able to reach, push and pull with arms and hands.
• May be required to lift up to 25 pounds on occasion.

Please visit our website for a general application form. You can locate the form by clicking on the "Join Our Team" link under the "Contact Us" tab on our main webpage. Return your application to:

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