Position: Home Visitor
Classification: HS 01-04 ($18.83 - $19.68 - $20.89 - *$22.09)
*To be eligible for HS 04 you must have a bachelor’s degree in a field related to your position OR an associate degree in a field related to your position and five years of experience as an Early Head Start Home Visitor.
Hours: 40 per week
Work Weeks: 52/year
Supervisor: Education Coordinator
Positions Supervised: None
Mission Statement
EightCAP, Inc., improves our community by collaborating with private, government, and community organizations to deliver programs that alleviate the causes of poverty and its effects, allowing individuals to become self-sufficient.
Role Overview
As a Home Visitor, you are responsible for ensuring required services are delivered to enrolled children, pregnant women, and their families by way of building trusting relationship that create a safe, positive environment for children and families to grow and develop skills related to self-sufficiency and school readiness. As a Home Visitor you are required to work both independently and as part of a team. You must possess the capability to problem solve, handle crisis and work with diverse populations in a non-biased manner.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner: Work with families to cooperatively plan 90-minute, weekly home visits, providing comprehensive services to children, pregnant women and families, including developing individual child goals, family goals and planning socialization.
- Professionalism: Comply with program confidentiality policies concerning personally identifiable information about children, families, and other staff members and must maintain professional boundaries with enrolled children and families at all times.
- Implement: Implement curriculum, supplements, screenings, and ongoing assessments with fidelity.
- Educate: Respectfully educate families on child development and the significance of routine care as it relates to medical care, dental health, mental health, nutritional health and school readiness.
- Monitor: Create systems that allow for accurate tracking and follow up regarding the provision of services to families, including accurate and timely data entry into various data systems so that others needing information can access when needed.
- Evaluate: Review data related to child outcomes, school readiness benchmarks, as well as child and family goals, assessing progress.
- Collaboration: Develop relationships with community partners as a means for linking families to services as well to recruit eligible participants for the 0-5 Head Start Program.
- Reporting: Maintain accurate records as assigned as well as reporting all suspected child abuse and neglect.
- Professional Development: Actively participate in professional development to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations.
- Perform Other Duties as Assigned.
Our CORE Values at Work
- Accountability: The Home Visitor maintains accurate and up-to-date records for each family they work with, including notes on visits, progress on goals, and any referrals or services provided. Proper documentation ensures accountability to both families and the Head Start program.
- Communication: During home visits, the Home Visitor shows interest in the family’s environment by engaging with children and adults in a non-intrusive, respectful manner.
- Compassion: The Home Visitor respects and honors the family’s cultural values, traditions, and beliefs. They understand that different families may have unique practices and approaches to child-rearing, and they adapt their support in ways that are culturally respectful.
- Empowerment: The Home Visitor may guide parents on how to engage with their children effectively, how to support their child’s learning at home, and how to promote positive behavior. By teaching parents these skills, the Home Visitor empowers them to take an active role in their child’s education.
Qualifications
- Home-Based Child Development Associates (CDA) Credential; OR an associate or bachelor's degree in early childhood education, child development, or a child-related field (i.e. elementary education, child guidance/counseling, child psychology, family studies or social work) with equivalent coursework.
- Ability to communicate effectively and positively and work collaboratively with others including staff, families, agency representatives, service providers and community organizations in a non-judgmental way.
- Ability to plan and follow through.
- A criminal records background check, including fingerprint checks.?
- A valid Michigan driver’s license with a satisfactory driving record.?
Benefits
Benefits include health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, medical flex, and a 401k with a 5% employer match on your one-year anniversary.?
EightCAP, Inc. is an equal Employment Opportunity Agency.? Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
