Home Educator

Allies for Every Child; Kansas; On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Allies for Every Child is seeking an Home Educator to deliver comprehensive home-based services under the Head Start program in Kansas. The role focuses on infant and toddler development, family engagement, and collaboration with the MDT to plan developmentally appropriate activities.

The Home Educator will manage a caseload of 12 families, conduct weekly home visits, document progress, and coordinate referrals as needed while maintaining confidential files and supporting transitions to

Responsibilities

• Maintains a caseload of 12 EHS families and/or expecting families
• Completes weekly 90-minute home visits with families
• Establishes trusting, nurturing relationships with children and families
• Works with parents to develop weekly home visit plans based on assessments
• Maintains confidential client files
• Observes and documents each child’s health, skills, behavior, growth and development
• Provides group socialization experiences for children and parents
• Advocates for Head Start families and liaises with families, program and community
• Integrates health, nutrition, mental health, parent involvement and special needs into services
• Identifies children with special needs and makes referrals
• Encourages participation in Head Start Parent Committee meetings and other events
• Provides transportation to support family participation
• Participates in reflective supervision and staff meetings
• Maintains service records in family files and updates program files
• Enters participant information into the Child Plus system timely
• Assists families with transitions to Pre-K or other childcare programs
• Provides a developmentally appropriate and nurturing environment for infants and toddlers and documents progress
• Plans and implements daily lessons using required curriculum and other resources
• Conducts screenings and developmental assessments and maintains records

Job description

The Home Educator provides child development services, social services, health services and parent involvement services to families including home visits, socializations, advocacy and crisis intervention in accordance with federal, state and program guidelines. The Home Educator is also responsible for delivering education support and home-based services as defined by Head Start Performance Standards. Services include planning and developmentally appropriate experiences for infants and toddlers in home settings that are appropriate to the needs of each family. The Home Educator develops and implements partnerships with Early Head Start families. Overall, the Early Head Start Home Educator must ensure a safe and healthy environment which supports each child’s development.

Home Educator

• Maintains a caseload of 12 EHS families and/ or expecting families
• Complete weekly 90-minute home visits with families and/or expecting families
• Establishes trusting, nurturing relationships with children, and their families
• Works jointly with parents to develop and implement weekly home visit plans based on each child’s assessment and identified family needs
• Maintains and preserves confidential client files
• Observes, assesses and documents each child’s health, skills, behavior, growth and development
• Provides children and parents with group socialization experiences
• Serves as an advocate for Head Start families and as a liaison between families, the program, and the large community
• Integrates other components, i.e. health, nutrition, mental health, parent involvement and special needs into home visit and services provided to pregnant women
• Assists in identifying children with special needs and makes the necessary referrals
• Encourages participation in the Head Start Parent Committee meetings as well as parent group and socialization meetings, and other events or trainings
• Provides transportation, as needed to families to support family participation
• Participate in regular reflective supervision and staff meetings as required by the program
• Maintain and document all services in the family files and ensures up to date program files for each child in the caseload
• Enter participant information and other required program information into the Child Plus system in a timely manner
• Assist families with children’s transition to Pre-K program or other childcare programs
• Provide a developmentally appropriate and nurturing environment for infants and toddlers and document child’s progress, attendance, and other requested information
• Plan and implement daily lessons using program required curriculum and other resources which maximize each child’s developmental ability
• Conduct screening and developmental assessments and maintain written records of each child’s development; maintain current and accurate records on each child

Other

• Exchange information and serve as a member of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT)