Infant Toddler Specialist-Temporary

Snohomish County, WA; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Snohomish County seeks a temporary full-time Infant Toddler Specialist for the Early Head Start program in the Developmental Disabilities and Early Learning Division. The role focuses on home-based services, partnering with families to promote healthy development and community resource access.

Ideal candidates have ECE education and experience in family services, data collection, collaboration with providers, and reflective, trauma-informed coaching approaches.

Qualifications

• Ideal candidates have knowledge in early learning and family support services and data collection skills.
• Experience collaborating with early learning providers and reflective coaching approaches are valued.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide home-based or center-based infant/toddler services in Early Head Start.
• Support families to access community resources and implement learning experiences.
• Maintain documentation and participate in reflective practices and coordination with Health Coordinator as needed.

Skills

Data collection

Collaboration with ECE providers

Reflective practice

Coaching

Equitable approaches

Trauma-informed care

Education

Associates or Bachelors in ECE or related field

Job description

Join our Human Services Team!

We are hiring one (1) temporary full-time Infant Toddler Specialist in the Early Head Start Program in our Developmental Disabilities and Early Learning Division. Temporary employees may not exceed 1,040 work hours in a 6-month period.

Description

Join our Human Services Team! We are hiring one (1) temporary full-time Infant Toddler Specialist in the Early Head Start Program in our Developmental Disabilities and Early Learning Division. Temporary employees may not exceed 1,040 work hours in a 6-month period.

Position Purpose

The focus of this position is to provide comprehensive child development services for infants and toddlers in partnership with their family. Infant Toddler Specialists provide home-based services that include supporting parents/caregivers to implement learning experiences that promote healthy infant-toddler development and that support families to access community resources for increased stability and well-being.

About You

Ideal candidates have demonstrated knowledge and experience related to early learning and family support services, have demonstrated skills related to data collection and entry, collaboration with other early learning providers, and have experience participating in reflective practices, coaching, equitable approaches, and trauma-informed care. Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

This position requires an Associates, Bachelors, or advanced degree in early childhood education, or an Associate degree or higher in a related field and coursework equivalent to an Associate degree in ECE and two years of experience in early childhood education.

About Human Services

Human Services Department mission is to help all persons meet their basic needs and develop their potential by providing timely, effective human services and building community.

The Human Services Department includes 300 diverse, friendly and dedicated employees who benefit from outstanding benefits and competitive wages. Employees are appreciated and have the opportunity to make a real difference in our community. Snohomish County is thriving and is a great place to live, work, play, and raise a family. We strive to not only provide a meaningful job, but a life-long career at Snohomish County.

Job Offers are contingent on successful completion of reference and background checks. Snohomish County will not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this opportunity. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States

Snohomish County Human Services strides to be an equitable and trauma-informed department. Our department believes every interaction, procedure, and policy provides an opportunity to build a pathway toward a more resilient and restorative Snohomish County.

Please reach out to Joeann Turck at [e-mail] with any questions regarding this job posting.

BASIC FUNCTION

To provide comprehensive child development services for infants and toddlers in partnership with their parents/guardians. Infant/Toddler Specialists work in either a center based program, home based option, or combination option that includes home visits and socialization experiences. The Infant/Toddler Specialist helps develop appropriate early learning experiences in the home for infants and toddlers and provides family services to their parents. This position may provide services to pregnant women with the support from the Health Coordinator.

Job Duties

STATEMENT OF ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES

In a Home Based Program Option

• Develop positive relationships with infants and toddlers and their parents that promote parent-child bonding and nurturing parent-child relationships.
• Visit parents once a week to support the parent as the child's primary teacher and provide support to enhancing the home learning environment.
• Partner with the parent in planning home visits to meet the needs and interests of parent and child;
• Organize two parent/child group (socialization) experiences a month for parents and their child for socialization with other parents and support learning goals.
• Plan the socialization environment to provide learning experiences for infants and toddlers;
• Maintain cleanliness and safety of indoor and outdoor play areas;
• Use program curriculum to support the use of the child's routines and interests to guide activities;
• Ensure the curriculum and activities meet the physical, social/emotional, health, nutritional safety needs and intellectual needs of the children;
• Work with parents to plan activities to extend home socialization.
• Ensure responsibilities in the home based option are met.

Statement Of Other Job Duties

• Conduct screenings and assessments of each child in all developmental areas and make referrals as needed;
• Work with the Mental Health Consultant to ensure appropriate services are provided to children with significant challenging behaviors and their families;
• Maintain ongoing written documentation of observations/assessments of individual children;
• Work with the parents to develop individual learning plans from observations and child assessment;
• Provide curriculum, a learning environment, and learning activities that are culturally sensitive and relevant to the development needs of each child and family;
• Provide family services to parents through a Family Partnership Agreement process to involve assessing parents needs and interests, working with them to form development goals, and work with them to access resources to meet goals;
• Support parent involvement in their child's education and in activities that will increase the parents' self-esteem and skills;
• Work with program staff and community partners to provide services to parents to support their role as parents (including parenting skills training in basic child development) and services to help the families move toward self-sufficiency (including educational and employment services; as appropriate);
• Partner with parents to develop transition plans when children move within the program or at six months before their third birthday to plan for transitions to preschool programs;
• Follow all program policies and procedures including confidentiality policies.

Minimum Qualifications

A degree in early childhood education (ECE) or an A.A. degree or higher in a related field and coursework equivalent to an A.A. degree in ECE and two years' experience in early childhood education.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT

• Proof of physical exam, including a TB skin test. For those who have tested positive, a statement from a doctor or a chest x-ray must be provided;
• Proof of CPR and Pediatric First Aid certification is required or obtained within 60 days of hire;
• Obtain a Food Handler's permit within 60 days of hiring;
• Completion of the Criminal History Background Check, agency criminal history declaration form, and fingerprinting;
• Access to a personal vehicle with insurance coverage
• Must have a valid Washington State Driver's License, unrestricted except as to vision;
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds.

Additional Information

Knowledge And Abilities

Knowledge of:

• family services and working with low-income families
• infant/toddler development and early childhood education practices for children birth to three
• natural and formal child assessment methods
• reflective practice techniques
• group leadership and facilitation processes
• computer operation

Ability To

• develop positive relationships with parents that supports nurturing parent/child bonding and attachment
• use good written and oral communication skills and basic computer skills
• bilingual in English and Spanish is highly preferred
• accept personal responsibility for the quantity and timeliness of work
• adapt easily to changing program needs, conditions, and work responsibilities
• plan and manage time effectively and coordinate activities, services, and schedules to ensure smooth and efficient operation of work
• demonstrate an ongoing commitment to learning and self-improvement
• earn the trust, respect and confidence of staff, children, and community partners by consistent honesty, forthrightness with professionalism in all interactions
• contribute to any environment that embraces diversity and uses diverse perspectives to enhance the attainment of organizational goals

SUPERVISION

This employee reports to the Early Childhood Education Supervisor. Work is performed with considerable independence and is reviewed for quality, adequacy of professional judgement and compliance with established goals and policies through conferences, case records narratives, reports and appraisal of results obtained.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Work is performed in the usual office environment, in client's homes and in a variety of community settings.

Snohomish County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Accommodations for individuals with disabilities are provided upon request.

EEO policy and ADA notice

County Benefits

Visit www.snohomishcountywa.gov/Benefits to learn more about the following benefits.

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Retirement
• Basic Group Term Life Insurance/ Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Commuting Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Partners for Health Employee Wellness Program
• Leave & Holidays

Voluntary Benefits

• Deferred Compensation 457(b)
• Supplemental Group Term Life Insurance
• Additional Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (AD&D)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Supplemental Individual Insurance Policies

Healthcare Premiums

• Regular full-time employees: If you work 35 or more hours per week, you will pay these monthly premiums for medical insurance. The County pays the monthly premiums for vision, dental, and basic life insurance.
• Regular part-time employees: If you work between 20 and 34 hours per week, you will pay pro-rated monthly premiums for medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. The County's contribution toward the premium for an employee in a regular part‑time appointment will be pro-rated in an amount equal to the F.T.E. percentage the employee is assigned.

Note: Temporary employees, seasonal employees and paid interns may be eligible for medical insurance benefits. Review the County's ACA Employer Shared Responsibility Guide to learn more.

01

Following are a series of supplemental questions to assess your job-related experience and qualifications. Please note that as part of the screening process, your responses will be reviewed in conjunction with your general on-line application. The employment history and education detailed in your general on-line application must validate/support your responses to the supplemental questions. If your responses cannot be validated, you will not proceed to the next step of the review selection process, A resume must be submitted, but it will not substitute for the general on-line application or supplemental questions; responses such as "see resume" or "see application" will not be considered. Do you agree to answer each question truthfully and that your responses can be supported by your general on-line application/work history and by your references?

• Yes
• No

02

Do you possess or can you obtain prior to employment, a Washington State Driver's License, unrestricted except as to vision?

• Yes
• No

03

Which of the following describes your education status?

• Associate degree in Early Learning
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Early Learning
• Associate degree or higher in a related field AND coursework equivalent to Associate Degree in ECE

04

How many years of experience do you have working in the field of early learning? Application should reflect work experience in the early learning field.

• One or two years of experience
• Three to five years of experience
• Five or more years of experience

05

How many years of experience do you have providing home visiting/home-based early learning services? Application should reflect work experience providing home visiting/home-based early learning services.

• One year of experience
• Two to four years of experience
• Four or more years of experience

06

Describe the experience you have observing children and documenting their learning. What curriculum and assessment systems do you have experience with and for how many years?

07

Describe your strategies to build relationships with children and families?

08

Please describe your experience working directly with infants and toddlers and include the type of early learning setting.

09

Please indicate your understanding of the role of the home visitor in Early Head Start.

• Required Question