Early Head Start Home Visitor Starpoint

Fremont Economic Development Corp.; Colorado; On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Personal Time Off

Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

Employer-paid short-term disability

Group term life and AD&D insurance

Employee Assistance Program

401k matching

Job summary

Fremont Economic Development Corp. in Colorado is seeking an Early Head Start Home Visitor to serve as the primary case manager for families enrolled in the home-based option.

You will build open, friendly relationships with families and support pregnant women and partners while promoting healthy parent-child bonds. You will help families improve health, nutrition, and child development knowledge and guide parents in problem-solving and accessing community resources.

Qualifications

• CDA certification or ability to complete CDA within six months of hire.
• Associate Degree in Early Childhood or Human Services with 15 E.C. credits; or Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary case manager for EHS families in the home-based option.
• Maintain open, friendly, cooperative relationships with participant families.
• Provide support to pregnant women and their partners; promote positive parent-child relationships.
• Strengthen families’ knowledge of health, nutrition, and child development.
• Support parents in problem-solving and accessing community resources.

Skills

Family engagement

Communication

Relationship-building

Problem-solving

Education

CDA certification

Associate Degree in Early Childhood or Human Services

Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood or Human Services

Job description

Are you interested in supporting families who have children under the age of 3? You can make a difference for a family using approaches that will help their family thrive.

The Early Head Start (EHS) Home Visitor serves as the primary case manager for EHS families enrolled in the home-based option. The Home Visitor is responsible for maintaining an open, friendly, and cooperative relationship with participant families; providing support to pregnant women and their partners; and promoting positive parent-child relationships. Additionally, EHS Home Visitors assist in strengthening the families’ knowledge of health, nutrition, and child development, and support parents in problem-solving and awareness of community resources.

Requirements

Education and Experience

Child Development Associates Certificate (CDA) or the ability to complete a CDA within six months of hire and one year of early childhood experience in a licensed childcare classroom setting or home visitor program with children birth to five years of age OR Associate Degree in Early Childhood or Human Services field with 15 early childhood semester credits. A Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood or Human Services is a preferred degree.

Experience

• One-year of experience with infants and toddlers is preferred.
• One-year experience working with low-resourced families is preferred
• Home visitation experience preferred.

Or, three or more years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Benefits

• Employees receive Paid Personal Time Off.
• Full-time employees receive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance benefits at a minimal cost to the employee; 100% employer-paid short-term disability, group term life, and AD/D insurance.
• Employees and their immediate family members are offered access to our, 100% employer-paid Employee Assistance Program.
• Matching 401k.

**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.