What are the responsibilities and job description for the Parent Educator position at Family Focus?
Job Title: Parent Educator
Location: Family Focus - Evanston
Supervisor: PI Program Supervisor
Family Focus is your partner in building strong families across the Chicago Metropolitan area! We're here to support families and their children including emergency assistance, child welfare services, family support services, educational programs, and more. Our goal? To help our communities thrive and reach their full potential! With 11 centers already up and running, we're eager to expand our reach and make an even bigger impact. That's why we're on the lookout for passionate individuals who share our vision to join our team as we grow and serve more families. Are you ready to make a difference? We want you to be a part of our journey!
The Parent Educator aims to promote health family functioning, and enhance the development of every young children with home visits, parent education, and case management. The Parent Educator will provide case management services to participants including but not limited to assessment of need, service, planning, home visits, reassessments, linkages and referrals to public and private services and programs, information dissemination, advocacy, mental health assessment, and service plan follow-up planning. The role will also coordinate parent education components of program.
The ideal candidate will have the following education and experience:
Expected Salary: Not to exceed $46,800/year.
This is a full-time exempt position.
Family Focus is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Keywords: Early Childhood Education, Home visiting, PAT curriculum, Advocacy.
Location: Family Focus - Evanston
Supervisor: PI Program Supervisor
Family Focus is your partner in building strong families across the Chicago Metropolitan area! We're here to support families and their children including emergency assistance, child welfare services, family support services, educational programs, and more. Our goal? To help our communities thrive and reach their full potential! With 11 centers already up and running, we're eager to expand our reach and make an even bigger impact. That's why we're on the lookout for passionate individuals who share our vision to join our team as we grow and serve more families. Are you ready to make a difference? We want you to be a part of our journey!
The Parent Educator aims to promote health family functioning, and enhance the development of every young children with home visits, parent education, and case management. The Parent Educator will provide case management services to participants including but not limited to assessment of need, service, planning, home visits, reassessments, linkages and referrals to public and private services and programs, information dissemination, advocacy, mental health assessment, and service plan follow-up planning. The role will also coordinate parent education components of program.
The ideal candidate will have the following education and experience:
- Minimum of a Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) in Human Services, Early Childhood Education, or a related field.
- Experience in child development, early childhood education, social work, or related field.
- Experience conducting developmental screening, home-based and center-based services, referrals and advocacy.
- Kwnoledge of PAT curriculum guidelines.
- Experience assisting in recruiting eligible families for home visiting program and maintain caseload.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
- Knowledge and understanding of community.
- Requires extensive local travel and some evening and weekend hours
- Must have access to reliable and efficient transportation that will allow for the completion of caseload responsibility (Drivers' License and Car Insurance).
Expected Salary: Not to exceed $46,800/year.
This is a full-time exempt position.
Family Focus is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Keywords: Early Childhood Education, Home visiting, PAT curriculum, Advocacy.
Salary : $46,800
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