Head Start Counselor Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Description

Are you passionate about supporting families and fostering early childhood development? If you have excellent communication skills, adaptability, and experience working with diverse communities, we want you to help us create positive family environments and promote healthy child growth. Come to work for one of Oregon's 100 Best Non-Profits where all your insurance premiums are 100% paid, even during furlough periods! 

Locations: Bend

Compensation: $28.20-30.66/hour- Depending on education, (plus 0.50 if Bilingual Spanish/English), Union represented

Hours: Regular full-time 40 hours/week, subject to normal school year furloughs (furloughs are approximately a total of 6 weeks per year)

Benefits: 100% premium paid Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance, Agency paid Retirement plan (up to 6 %!), almost 2 weeks of paid vacation accrued within first year, plus 14 paid Holidays annually and a separate sick leave accrual.

NeighborImpact's Early Head Start Overview

NeighborImpact's Early Head Start program provides comprehensive early childhood education and family support services to families with children from birth to age three, as well as pregnant women. Early Head Start aims to foster school readiness and social competence, ensuring children and families receive the necessary resources and support during the critical early years.

Overview of Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The purpose of Early Head Start home-based program is to encourage and support parents as their child's primary teacher and nurturer. This position will provide early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services to eligible pregnant women, infants, and toddlers to promote secure parent-child relationships and help parents provide high-quality early learning experiences. 

This role involves crafting, organizing, and documenting suitable educational activities tailored to children's developmental stages. It includes conducting weekly 90-minute home visits to monitor and achieve family objectives. Additionally, the job entails working with colleagues to coordinate bi-monthly gatherings for families. Candidates must possess outstanding communication abilities, adaptability, and experience in engaging with diverse, frequently underserved communities. This multifaceted position integrates educational, social, and community involvement elements to support positive family environments and child growth.

Requirements

Educational Requirements

Level II

• Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education, or Family Development or related field required
• Required within 18 months of hire: 120 training hours, or 11 college credit hours, in social work, human services, family services, counseling or a related field. 

Level III

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Early Childhood Education, Family Development or related field required
• Required within 18 months of hire: 120 training hours, or 11 college credit hours, in social work, human services, family services, counseling or a related field. 

Other Requirements

• Availability for some evening and weekend hours required
• Must have an initial health examination, and a periodic re-examination (as recommended by health care provider) so as to assure that employees do not because of communicable diseases, pose a significant risk to the health or safety of others, that cannot be eliminated or reduced by reasonable accommodation. 
• Required prior to date of hire and thorough employment:

o Valid driver's license

o Proof of current auto insurance 

o Access to reliable transportation 

o Current Food Handler's Card

o Current enrollment in the Oregon Child Care Licensing Division Central Background Registry (CBR)

• Above certifications must be kept current to remain employed
• Within 60 days of hire, Pediatric CPR/First Aid certification is required

Preferred

• Bilingual proficiency in both written and spoken English and Spanish preferred
• Experience in Early Childhood, social services, health or family support programs providing parent education and support preferred
• Experience planning developmentally appropriate activities for infants and toddlers preferred
• Education or experience in working with adults in a helping and teaching preferred
• Head Start or Early Head Start experience preferred
• Head Start or Early Head Start parent or past parent preferred