12 Months; 40 Hours a week

Job Goal:

To plan, coordinate and implement a quality education, health and social services program that will assist families in identifying and reinforcing experiences which can occur in the home and in the classroom

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provide home base services to those families enrolled in the Home Base program

  • Home visit each enrolled family once per week for at least 1 ½ hours
  • Provide two socialization experiences to enrolled family monthly
  • Follow all performance standards in regards to providing home base services
  • Ensure various attempts (at least 3) to make a home visit contact in cases where the parent wasunable to meet at the predetermined time
  • Develop, with the parent, individualized plans for each home visit
  • Coordinate home activities incorporating family interests and goals
  • Complete a walkability check with each family
  • Encourage parents to become “teacher” on home visits
• Assist in the planning and coordinating of the Education/Disabilities Component
  • Establish an environment which will stimulate a desire for learning, independence and self‐esteemboth parents and children, both indoor and outdoor.
  • Develop daily plans and individual activity plans one week in advance and document in the Daily PlanBook
  • Along with the parents, assess each child’s developmental needs and develop individual goals according to their individual interests, abilities, individual traits and development. Ensure that goals are carried out through home and classroom activities
  • Conduct Parent/Staff conferences two times per year, with input from Component Directors and team members
  • Encourage parents to participate in curriculum planning and program development
  • Ensure that classroom activities are developmentally appropriate and carried out according to HeadStart/Early Head Start and program philosophy, policies and procedures
  • Plan with parents and team members to ensure that daily personal hygiene of the children is met(i.e., feeding, diapering, toileting, tooth brushing and hand washing)
  • Ensure that the planning and involvement of children occurs in the preparation of nutritious snacksand clean‐up of eating area
  • Provide for the constant supervision of all children
  • Maintain, with team members and parents, an approach to guidance within the framework of HeadStart/Early Head Start policy to ensure that children are taught, disciplined, and supervised in aconsistent manner
  • Act as the primary contact person for communicating with appropriate staff, families, volunteers, and assistant teacher (where appropriate) in matters relating to Head Start/Early Head Start children, at the center level
  • With team members and parents, plan and inform all appropriate people of field trip and other activities
• Maintain an adequate social services referral system for coordinating the resolution of family needs and goals.
  • Make home visits with each family for the completion of the Family Partnership agreement and follow up on goals established
  • Assist families in developing resources for resolving emergent social service needs and follow up with families on the appropriateness of the resources
  • Refer families to appropriate agencies and follow up on referrals
  • Develop and maintain working relationships with community resources/partners by making on‐sitevisits
  • Orient and provide information to staff and parents regarding social services and communityresources
  • Establish and maintain communication lines with local schools and social services agencies
  • Represent Head Start at local community meetings as designated by supervisor
• Assist in the implementation of an agency wide Parent Involvement Program
  • Work with center teams to encourage parents to be involved in all components and programs of theagency
  • Promote prevention and family strengthening activities (picnics, leadership training, parenting classes, sewing classes, quilting classes, etc.) with center staff and parents
  • Ensure that volunteers are always supervised and never left alone with a child
  • Be available as a resource person for Parent Center training upon request
  • Provide assistance to center teams for involving parents in all components and programs of the agency
  • Provide assistance to center teams for involving males/fathers in the agency programs Assist Volunteer Coordinator in implementing Men’s support group, and other activities promoting Male/Father involvement in local area
  • Identify and recruit parents to participate in Community Leadership Training and other Communityactivities
  • Assist in the coordination of the agency‐wide Wellness Day and promote activity with all parents.Work with families to problem solve around barriers to participation
  • Assist in the implementation of the agency’s volunteer/career ladder program
• Assist the Health Services Director in the Health Services component
  • Help families establish an ongoing relationship with health and dental care providers
  • Ensure that all medical and dental screens and appropriate follow‐up and/or referrals are completed,including initial education with parents with first screening and each 6 month follow up there after with HS families regarding Lift the Lip exams
  • Ensure that the nutrition assessments are completed and appropriate follow‐up and/or referrals are completed to include discussing WIC/Nutrition goals with classroom staff and following up with parents
  • Encourage parents to complete required immunizations for their children and keep CIS/Immunization Record up to date with all changes routed to Data Entry Clerk
  • Participate in staffing to share information concerning health issues
  • Review ChildPlus Health Tracking record for accuracy, making changes and submitting them to Data Entry Specialist monthly
• Work with the Family Advocate in coordinating and implementing a parent education and support program for agency families
  • Survey families for topics of interest and provide information to Family Advocate
  • Encourage parents to attend parent education programs available through UMHS and other community agencies
  • Assist families in resolving barriers to attending parent education programs
• Be able to handle emergency situations as designated by program policies and procedures
• Assist in completion of the Program Information Report (PIR)

Mandatory Vaccination:

• To protect the health and safety of our employees and families, and pursuant to the Governor's Order, all employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment by October 18, 2021. If you are unable to comply with this policy due to pregnancy, disability, or because of a sincerely held religious belief, we will ask for written verification.

Education Requirements:

• BA in Social Services, Social Work, Sociology or related field preferred; Associates’ Degree with experience required.
• Enroll in the Oregon Registry Online (ORO) to receive a Step Certificate

Experience and Skills Requirements:

• One year experience in social work preferred.
• Experience providing services that are family-centered and strength-based.
• Experience and willingness to providing services to culturally diverse communities/families. Demonstrates a commitment to working well with parents, babies, and staff of culturally diverse backgrounds
• Experience in coordination and implementation of parent support/education groups
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, to include computer skills and electronic communications
• Knowledgeable of resources in local community
• Demonstrates initiative and resourcefulness in work activities
• Ability to relate tactfully, confidently, sensitively, and non-judgmentally with parents, staff, and community partners
• Ability to establish trusting relationships
• Demonstrate skill and proficiency in outreach and retention; ability to build quick and continued rapport with parents
• Attend agency sponsored Families As Partners training
• Current CPR, First Aid and Food Handler’s cards
• Adequate means of transportation
• Previous Head Start or early childhood experience (preferred)
• Community service experience (preferred)
• Ability to coordinate and/or conduct training sessions (preferred)
• Multi-cultural experience (preferred)