Family Development Specialist - Home Based EHS

About the role

The Centers provide health, family, and workforce services at 11 locations throughout Greater Cleveland, creating life-changing solutions for people to lead healthier and more successful lives. We strive to be a service-oriented workplace that pioneers and co-creates solutions while fostering belonging in a community where our team members thrive.

Responsibilities

• Provide home visits to families eligible for Early Head Start and Head Start (0-5) through the Smart Start Home Visiting Program.
• Screening, Observation, Assessment, and Curriculum Planning
• Visit families once per week for 90 minutes per visit
• Ensure parent/guardian participation with child
• Cover at least three components during each visit, and all components over the course of a month
• Administer screening and assessments along with keeping accurate children’s records
• Collaborate with parents to prepare and implement weekly lesson plans
• Conduct Parent/Teacher conferences at least twice per year to review the child’s assessment and screening information in a safe and healthy environment
• Collaborate with families transitioning to other program options and kindergarten
• Collaborate with families on completing the Family Assessments as outlined in the Head Start Performance Standards
• Collaborate with families on obtaining immunization records, well child checks, dental visits and follow-ups to comply with Head Start Performance Standards
• Group Socialization
• Plan and implement group experiences twice a month for families
• Plan and implement field trips for the families
• Provide an environment that is safe and healthy
• Agency and Community Collaboration
• Plan with the component Managers and Supervisor for providing all the Head Start component services to the families
• Participate in agency recruitment activities throughout the school year, i.e. open enrollment, special events in order to maintain funded enrollment for the Early Learning Program
• Work cooperatively with community resource agencies, connecting families as appropriate to meet their individual needs
• Caseload Management
• Recruit and maintain maximum caseload of 12 children throughout the entire year
• Maintain an active waiting list
• Administrative
• Participate in probationary and annual staff evaluations completing self-evaluations and goal setting
• Assist with agency recruitment activities throughout the school year i.e., open enrollment, special events
• Attend and participate in staff meetings and agency in-services
• Other Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Social Services or related
• Experience in child development and early childhood education
• Completion of Growing Great Kids Curriculum Training required after hire
• Certification in First Aide, communicable disease and child abuse recognition required after hire
• Valid Driver’s License, with proof of valid insurance required
• No record of child abuse or moral turpitude as determined by background check based on fingerprints
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) a plus