Parent Educator - Part Time

Position Compensation: $ 17.50- $25.00 per hour GENERAL INFORMATION: PACE Education provides high quality early childhood education with case management support services from birth to five years of age for economically disadvantaged families. In addition to early childhood education, the program also provides case management support to assist with health, nutrition, mental health, disabilities, and parent empowerment and involvement services. This program is funded and operated under Head Start, Early Head Start, State Preschool guidelines and regulations. PACE Education includes Head Start & Early Head Start Center-Based Program that operates 16 school sites enrolling children ages 18 months through age 5 at local preschool sites, including a Home-Based program serving enrolled children, ages 0-3 years and pregnant women. These services are provided in the metro Los Angeles area through Santa Monica and South Bay communities (Gardena, Torrance, Hawthorne, and Lawndale). BASIC FUNCTION: The EHS Parent Educator provides case management support services and appropriate child development activities to infants, toddlers, pregnant mothers, and their families. The role of the EHS Parent Educator is to form a partnership with parents to develop and implement positive early childhood experiences for their children. CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Manage a full caseload, up to 6 families, conducting weekly 1.5-hour Home Visits with parents and children. Appointments must be scheduled Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. � 5:00 p.m.: Work with parents to strengthen the family�s knowledge of child development, including helping parents understand how children grow and learn. Work with pregnant mothers and other expectant family members to help support a healthy pregnancy through the birth of their newborn. Plan and conduct educational activities with parents to meet the child�s intellectual, physical, emotional, and social needs. Works with parents to motivate and support weekly home visits, up to 85% attendance, and; participates in recruitment of children as indicated in the ERSEA plan to maintain a full caseload. Provides respectful customer service and collaboration with parents, children, community representatives /members, and all PACE staff on a daily basis. Manage educational services: Develop and effectively implement an individualized weekly home-based educational plan using a research-based curriculum that will support and strengthen a positive relationship between parent and child, promoting the parent as the child�s first teacher. Help parents set up an environment that is safe, developmentally appropriate, and conducive for learning. Conduct learning and developmental and screenings for infants and toddlers (including DRDP-2015 IT, ASQ-3, ASQ:SE-2, etc.), and support, and follow through with the developmental screening of infants� and toddlers� motor, language, social, cognitive, perceptual, and emotional skills. Documents child observations weekly during home visits and socializations to manage developmental strengths and needs over a period of time and across different settings. Help parents understand early child development and milestones and include parents in managing and reporting their child�s developmental progress. Maintain an open, friendly, and cooperative relationship with each child�s family; encourage parental involvement in the program; promote parent-child bonding and nurturing parent-child relationships. Promote School Readiness Skills based on the agency�s current School Readiness Plan. Promote feelings of security and trust in infants and toddlers by conveying warmth, supportiveness, and comfort; establish strong and caring relationships with children. Support children with specialized needs by helping promote and implement the child�s Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP). Coordinate services between families and other community agencies. Develop an individual transition plan with families startin…