Job description
Job description:
BeAbove Worldwide Institute Inc. is a nonprofit children’s organization that provides quality Center Based, Home Based and Family childcare for families in the Queens, Brooklyn and Bronx communities. Our schools support all aspects of children’s growth and development in a safe and nurturing environment. BeAbove provides a sound educational foundation for children’s academic growth. Our program provides comprehensive services for children and their families in keeping with our philosophy that the caregiver is the child’s primary teacher.
This is a 12-month position. 40 Hours per week.
COVID-19 VACCINE REQUIRED:
- Conduct weekly 90-minute home visits with each family.
- Create and maintain respectful partnerships with families.
- Travel to family home and deliver health, educational, nutritional and child growth and development information to parents via weekly meetings.
- Provide support in parent and child activities that encourages developmentally appropriate activities for the changing needs of infants and toddlers.
- Help conduct bi-monthly socializations for infants/toddlers and their primary caregivers.
- Develop and utilize lesson plans (using Parents-As-Teacher's curriculum & Creative Curriculum) which reflect both mandated elements and parental and cultural influences, and which promote the social emotional, physical, and cognitive development of Head Start children.
Requirements for Home Visitor Position:
- Must be willing to travel within the Queens area daily/weekly (mostly around Corona) and at times work in an office at our Headquarters location in Richmond Hill.
- Must be 18 years of age and a High School graduate.
- Bilingual in Spanish required.
- Have a minimum of an Infant/Toddler Home-Based Child Development Associate (CDA) or comparable credential, or a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education with at least 12 Infant/Toddler specific credits.
- Experience working with children ages 3 months-2 years old.
- Plan and attend weekly home visits for up to 12 children & attend socialization groups 2x per month.
- Conducting parent interviews and family needs assessments.
- Conducting developmental screening and assessments.
- Providing families with developmentally appropriate activities and information designed to enhance the child's intellectual, social-emotional, motor, and language abilities.
- Assisting with recruiting and enrolling eligible families in the program.
- Providing program parents with guidance on home safety, nutrition, effective discipline, constructive play activities, and other related topics.
- Providing information on community and agency services and referring families to community resources.
- Build respectful, culturally responsive, and trusting relationships with families.
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