EHS Floater

Job Details

Job Location: Kids On The Move Inc - Orem, UT

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range: $29,000.00 - $30,000.00 Salary

Description

The Early Head Start (EHS) Floater must be able to engage parents in sustained positive, age-appropriate play interactions during home visits with their children and/or work with the children in our classrooms. An EHS Floater must have a good understanding of typical development in children ages birth-to-3 years in all areas of development, including gross and fine motor, cognitive, social-emotional, self-help, sensory and state regulation, receptive and expressive communication, general health and nutrition. This is a salaried position earning $29,000 - $31,000 annually based on experience and education. This position offers 30 days off during the calendar year and reduced cost daycare at our childcare center for all employees.

JOB FUNCTIONS:

1.Responsibilities May Include:

• Ensuring complete and accurate evaluation and assessment of child developmental status

• Promoting healthy family functioning and self-sufficiency through strength-based relationships and goal setting

• Guiding the family in the Family Partnership process to ensure that services:

• Addresses both child and family concerns

• Address health including nutrition, immunizations and well child exams

• Focuses on the issues that the parents consider most important

• Helps parents gain knowledge, skill, and confidence in observing, understanding, and promoting their child's development

• Helps families identify and carry out goals and strategies to enhance their child's and family's development

• Ensuring that the child and family are linked to community resources as needed

• Receive and respond appropriately to voice messages, e-mails, faxes, and mail.

• Update team members on child and family status through voice-mail, e-mail, team meetings, and other appropriate modes of communication including Directive Supervision.

• Keep a personal work calendar, informing supervisor of any change of schedule.

• Accurately input hours worked on the electronic timecard program.

• Participate in the program self-assessment and quality improvement process.

• Daily document all services to families and attempts to provide services.

• Promote parent/male involvement in program activities and governance

• Other tasks as assigned.

2.School Readiness and Family Engagement:

• Support the School Readiness Plan

• Support attendance by ensuring proper procedures is followed on and during

• Home Visits

• Support the achievement of in-kind goals as established

• Participate in Family Engagement Activities

3.EHS Classroom:

• Work with children and parents with varying backgrounds and special needs in our EHS classrooms

• Implement Early Head Start services according to the Center Based Policy and

• Procedures and all Head Start Performance Standards.

• Provide quality, developmentally appropriate, responsive infant/toddler care and communicate positively with their parents.

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood or a closely related field

• Two plus years' experience in an early childhood setting

• CDA with infant/toddler credentials

• Effective oral and written communication in English

• Working knowledge of computers and professional office software and equipment

• Bi-lingual English/Spanish

• Ability to pass an FBI background check upon hire every 5 years

• Ability to pass a TB test upon hire

• CPR and First Aid Certification within 90 days of hire

WORK SCHEDULE:

• This is a full-time position, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, times subject to change due to breaks.

NOTES:

• KOTM complies with all provisions of the EEO and ADA laws. KOTM is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment practices based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, age, family status, military status, disabling condition, or other protected class.

• KOTM is an at-will agency.

• This job description is not to be construed as a guarantee of employment.

• KOTM will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities when it is necessary for the performance of the essential functions of a job. Should you need assistance in completing the application or at any other stage of the hiring process, or during employment, please notify us immediately. Your request and/or need for accommodation will be kept confidential and only shared with individuals with a business need to know of the request.

• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

• All job descriptions are subject to change at the discretion of the Program Director in collaboration with the Human Resource Director.

• Official hire requires Policy Council approval.

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