Home Visitor - Goldendale - Mid-Columbia Children's Council : Job Details

Home Visitor - Goldendale

Mid-Columbia Children's Council

Job Location : Goldendale,WA, USA

Posted on : 2024-12-24T08:35:05Z

Job Description :
DescriptionThe essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
  • Establish and maintain professional relationships with families and children.
  • Conduct home visits with families to deliver health, educational, nutritional and child development/growth information to parents via weekly visits lasting at least 90 minutes.
  • Develop each child's goals and comprehensive individualized plans designed to promote learning.
  • Ensure families are completing prenatal visits, well-child exams, immunizations, health screenings, and nutrition assessments for their children to meet program guidelines, and following up on any concerns.
  • Observe, document, and analyze child assessment data. At prescribed checkpoints complete report to share with parents. Support families to meet their identified goals.
  • Assist families in locating resources and scheduling appointments with the appropriate community resources. Provide families with timely information and referrals as needed.
  • Provide support for parents in deriving child activities that encourage developmentally appropriate activities for the changing interests/needs of the child, designed to enhance cognitive, social/emotional, language, literacy, and physical abilities; encourage parental involvement in all classroom activities and events and in program trainings.
  • Work in collaboration with lead education agencies and parents to refer children with suspected disabilities and in coordinating and implementing services for children with identified disabilities.
  • Provide parents with guidance on home safety, nutrition, positive discipline, constructive play activities and other related topics.
  • Maintain confidential, accurate written and electronic records/database for each child. Submit accurate, timely documentation as required.
  • Monitor and supervise children at all times to ensure safety and appropriateness of activities.
  • Adhere to credentialing requirements by attending regular and special training events, degree/certificate programs or completing comparable studies by arrangement with the program administration and in accordance with a professional development plan.
  • Performing other work-related duties as assigned.
    • Requirements
    • Associates' or Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education OR Associate's or Bachelor's degree with six college courses in child development or early childhood education, focusing on children ages birth to five.
    • Early Head Start must have current Infant/Toddler Child Development Associate (CDA) credential; additional college coursework or training specific to Early Childhood Education strongly preferred.
    • Two years' experience working directly with young infants, toddlers and/or children preferred.
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