Head of Home Care jobs in Texas

Early Head Start Home Visitor

• Child Care Associates
• Tarrant County, TX FULL_TIME
• Child Care Associates is an Equal Opportunity Employer (Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans). To read more about this, view the EEO is the Law poster and this EEO is the Law Poster Supplement
  

  
  

  
  

  EARLY HEAD START HOME VISITOR

  
  

  
  

  Job Code:

  2023-TARRANT -003

  
  

  Location:

  Tarrant County, TX

  
  

  FT/PT Status:

  Regular Full Time

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  Position Information:

  
  

  WE'VE GOT BENEFITS!
  Paid Bi-weekly
  Employee Only Health Benefits-$30/month
  Free Employee Only Life & Dental Insurance
  Discounted Child Care
  403B Retirement-Employer Contribution at 1 year
  Tuition Assistance Program for Classroom Staff
  Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) & Holidays
  Paid Parental Leave at 1 Year
  
  Position Requirements:
  
CDA in Home Visiting and/or Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education required with experience in a social services or family development capacity.

Minimum of one-year experience in child care or in social services working with children and/or limited income and multi-cultural families.

Computer proficiency required.

Ability to communicate and relate to many diverse families of limited income.

Insured and reliable vehicle for transportation with a valid Texas driver’s license. Must meet CCA’s driver eligibility requirements.

Must be able to pass a pre-employment and/or periodic physical examination, annual TB skin test, and complete background check every 24 months.

Preferred Competencies and Abilities:

Bilingual abilities preferred.

BA degree in Early Childhood Education or related field

Physical Requirements:

The physical requirements for this position are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Must be able to frequently walk, stand and sit for extended time periods.

Repetitive use of hands; reaching and turning;

Ability to lift up to 30 pounds; light lifting of supplies and materials;

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Must be able to twist, turn, kneel, bend and stoop.

Must be able to monitor children’s safety in activities when needed

Responsibilities:

The Home Base program promotes shared responsibility with parents for children’s early learning and development, and implement family engagement strategies that are designed to foster parental confidence and skills in promoting children’s learning and development.

Responsibilities:

The Home Visitor will provide and coordinate services and activities with families and communities that foster strength, healthy living, and overall well-being. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Lead and coordinate efforts to recruit families to enroll in the Home Based Program.

Ensure that Head Start Program Performance Standards are met with respect to eligibility, selection, recruitment, enrollment, and attendance.

Ensure enrollment is met and maintained.

Partners with families to identify child and family needs, and provide resources and referrals to meet those needs. Ensure families have the opportunity to share personal information in an environment in which they feel safe.

Works with families and children one-on-one on a weekly basis in their homes for at least 90 minutes. Expectant family services are individualized based on family need desire, and family partnership agreement. No less than 46 home visits per calendar year.

Ensures that all families are provided group socialization experiences regularly with a minimum of 22 socializations offered per year to families.

Assist with and ensure that mothers maintain access to prenatal, postnatal and newborn health care.

Ensure parents meet 45/90 day requirements by providing resources needed to complete developmental, behavioral, prenatal, well child exams, immunizations, health screenings and nutritional screenings as well as any follow up appointments.

Implement research based curriculum supporting individualized lesson plans, ongoing developmental assessments, monthly/weekly observations, parent educator conferences, and comprehensive online portfolio (Child Plus Software).

Generates in-kind contributions and actively recruits for the Early Head Start program.

Responsible for providing monthly/weekly records for Early Head Start Home Base Specialist: time sheets, mileage records, Home Based Visit Plans, family service forms, parent designated records on an on-going basis, social services log, socialization logs/plans, forms, in-kind, volunteer sheet, etc.

Attend staff meetings and training as required by supervisor.

Facilitate referrals from other agencies to the Early Head Start Program.