Parent Educator (Waukegan)

Kids-Above-All; Waukegan (IL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and benefits

Paid vacation and agency holidays

Agency laptop and cellphone provided

Job summary

Kids Above All is seeking a Parent Educator to serve the Lake County/Waukegan area. This full-time role requires a bilingual candidate and involves meeting with families in their homes, delivering educational activities and developmental information, and assessing child development to create effective service plans.

You will provide resources to families, conduct screenings and referrals, and support goal achievement through the Parents As Teachers curriculum.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, early childhood education, sociology or related field is preferred; associate degree or HS diploma accepted.
• 0–2 years of applicable experience.
• Experience with family support, prenatal health care, or early childhood preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Highly organized, flexible, and able to handle multiple priorities; strong time management.
• Ability to function well in a team environment.
• Demonstrates project management, organizational, analytical and presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and effective communications skills (verbal, written, documentation, listening).
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Proven ability to build professional relationships.
• Demonstrated problem-solving techniques.

Responsibilities

• Meet with families in homes and develop service plans and provide resources.
• Conduct home visits and assess child development; provide screenings and referrals.
• Guide families toward realistic service goals and plan implementation.
• Deliver child/parent activities using Parents As Teachers curriculum.
• Ensure medical needs of children in the program are assessed.
• Manage a caseload of 15–18 families with bi-weekly home visits.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Documentation skills

Time management

Teamwork

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Confidentiality

Education

Bachelor’s degree in psychology, early childhood education, Sociology, or related field

Associate degree and High School Diploma accepted

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Career Opportunities with Kids Above All

Kids Above All is seeking a Parent Educator for our Lake County/Waukegan areas office. This is a full-time position. Bilingual Required!

Job Details

Meet with families in their homes to provide educational activities and developmental information that includes the on-going assessment of their child's development. Develop and implement service plans that meet the needs of the children and the family and provide resources and information to assist families in reaching their goals as outlined in the service plan.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops service plan with the clients within specified timeframes


• Provides child development screenings and referrals as needed


• Assesses the needs of the children and parents and provides resources and referrals


• Provides child/parent activities utilizing the Parents As Teachers curriculum


• Ensures that all children in the program have their medical needs assessed


• Empowers parent toward the achievement of service goals


• Works with families to develop realistic and appropriate service goals


• Ensures that assigned caseload receives bi-weekly home visits


• Performs other related duties as assigned


• Responsible for a caseload of 15-18 families

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, early childhood education, Sociology, or related field preferred. Associate degree and High School Diploma accepted.


• 0-2 years of applicable experience.


• Experience with family support, prenatal health care, or early childhood preferred


• Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office


• Highly organized, flexible, and can handle multiple priorities/projects well; Good time-management skills


• Ability to function well in a team environment


• Ability to demonstrate project management, organizational, analytical, and presentation skills


• Excellent interpersonal and effective communications skills (verbal, written, effective documentation, listening)


• Ability to ensure confidentiality


• Demonstrated ability to build professional relationships


• Demonstrated problem-solving techniques

Must have a valid driver's license, daily access to an insured automobile, good driving record and willingness to travel. This position requires Parent Educators to drive to the homes of their clients.

Why Kids Above All?

At Kids Above All we value our employee’s work/life balance. With flexible schedules, paid time off and 14 paid holidays, Kids Above All is a place where you can grow professionally and have a healthy work/life balance.

• Competitive pay and benefits


• Paid Vacation time and 14 paid agency holidays


• Medical, dental, vision, 401k, voluntary short-term disability, voluntary AFLAC coverage and Agency paid life insurance (Kids Above All pays 80% of the cost for employee medical coverage)


• Agency laptop and Cell phone provided


• Ongoing training


• Opportunities for growth and advancement

Kids Above All recognizes, respects, promotes and celebrates the value of cultural diversity and will ensure that each client’s ethnic or cultural customs, practices, and beliefs, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, disability, and/or community differences will be respected by agency staff.

Kids Above All is committed to supporting military service members and veterans and their families through employment opportunities.