Early Childhood/Family Educator

What You'll Do:

The EHS home-based option is a method of service delivery that capitalizes on the home as the young child's primary learning environment. This position is responsible for planning and implementing a child development and family support program in the home-based setting. The Early Head Start Home Visitor (Home Visitor) must demonstrate relationship-based practices when working with children and their families. The Home Visitor works with peers to facilitate the group socialization experience (parent-child playgroup) at the Early Head Start center. Programming also involves providing parenting education and connecting families to health and social services including providing early intervention service coordination where assigned. Plan and implement an early education curriculum (birth to three) in the home and center setting while placing an emphasis on the parent-child relationship; Provide a prenatal curriculum to pregnant women including accessing prenatal care from a health care provider; Conduct screening and ongoing assessment of children and demonstrate the ability to use this information to plan the curriculum to be responsive and to support each child's pattern for development and learning. Activities in all developmental domains should be outcome based and purposeful; Promote child and family literacy to include offering literacy and language experiences in the home and at the center; Support the families' ability to use the home and everyday routines as the child's primary learning environment; Conduct weekly 90-minute home visits to young children and their families; Provide a healthy and safe environment at the EHS center that encourages play, exploration and learning; Demonstrate basic safety and handling techniques (universal precautions), emergency procedures, and prevention of communicable and infectious diseases; and assume general responsibility for overall maintenance of the program site; Provide child development and parenting information to families; Monitor and educate parents with regard to children's health status, including medical follow-up, physical health, dental health, mental health, and nutritional intake. Maintain confidentiality and code of ethics at all times.

What We'll Love About You:

Minimum of home-based CDA credential or comparable credential, or equivalent coursework as part of an associate's or bachelor's degree and one year experience in childcare or early childhood setting or working with families with young children is required. Associates Degree in Child Development, Early Childhood Education or related field. Bachelors Degree in Child Development, Early Childhood Education or related field is preferred. Employees in this position must possess reliable transportation, a valid Michigan driver license, and CPR and First Aid Certificates. A Family Service Worker, CDA, Parents as Teachers Educator, or PITC credential is preferred and may be required once hired. Reliable transportation and a valid Michigan driver license are required.

What You'll Love About Us:

To keep you healthy: Medical/Rx, Vision & Dental insurance plan at no cost for employee with a small cost-share family coverage option. To help prepare you for the future: 401(k) retirement , Life & Disability Insurance.

For Work/Life balance:

numerous holidays, generous vacation time and sick days.

Student Loans:

Employment with NEMCSA may qualify you for student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Ready To Apply? Only applications through our Career portal at www.nemcsa.org will be accepted. Applications will be accepted Until Filled. Educational documentation is required at the interview. Questions can be emailed to recruiter@nemcsa.org - No resumes please.

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A Few Words From Legal:

The chosen applicant will be required to submit fingerprints for a State of Michigan Background Check to determine eligibility for employment. You must possess an acceptable form of identification prior to attending your fingerprinting appointment.

Preferred ID types include:

Unexpired State issued driver's license; identification card with photo issued by a Federal or Michigan Government Agency. Failure to submit fingerprints will result in an ineligibility for hire within this program. Upon request auxiliary aids and services will be made available to individuals with disabilities. Michigan Relay Center "Voice and TTY/TDD" 1-800-649-3777. An EOE.

Notice:

NEMCSA participates in E-Verify. For more information, please view our eVerify disclaimer at www.nemcsa.org/careers.

Mission of the agency:

Enhancing quality of life by empowering individuals and strengthening communities. Application Question(s): Do you have a Family Service Worker Credential or are you willing to obtain the FSW certification within 18 months of hire? Do you have at least an Associates Degree in Child Development, Early Childhood Education, or related field? Do you have reliable transportation and a valid drivers license? Do you believe we should provide quality programs and services to strengthen and enhance the self-sufficiency of individuals, families & communities, focusing on those experiencing economic hardship? Do you believe we should treat everyone with dignity and respect, strive to achieve excellence in our work and our service, value diversity, honor individual differences and be accountable? Have you ever been convicted, as an adult of: an act of immoral conduct, contributing to the delinquency of a child, or, a felony of moral turpitude? If yes, date of charge and description: Have you been convicted of a crime, excluding routine traffic offenses? If yes, date of charge and description: Are there any criminal charges pending against you currently? If yes, date of charge and description: Have you ever been convicted of abuse or neglect of children/adults? If yes, date of charge and description: Have you previously worked at NEMCSA?

Work Location:

In person