Early Head Start Home Visitor (CDA Credential)

Company: BeIDT Health
Location: Mentor
Posted on: August 2, 2022

Job Description:

(Only QUALIFIED Healthcare Professionals accepted) Mental Health/Social Services - Flexible Full-time Position (M-F) (evenings-weekends as determined by programmatic and client specific needs)

The Early Head Start Home Visitor offers education and support services to low-income and at-risk pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers within the clients home or in community settings. This position is responsible for providing individualized educational services in compliance with the Head Start Program Performance Standards while utilizing a child development curriculum as well as contributing to program planning and improvement activities. This unlicensed provider will engage as a member of a collaborative team. With a Trauma Informed approach, this position will be a representative for the organization and how we offer integrated services for recovery and mental health.

Essential Duties

Provide trauma informed, educational services to clients and their family system. 65% of your time with direct client care.

Provide accurate, concise, and concurrent documentation according to program procedures and policies. Including, but not limited to home visit plans, documentation of services rendered, and a variety of child and family screenings-assessments. It takes 25% of your time.

Seek and secure professional development consistent with licensure and credential requirements for personal and organizational growth. It requires 5% of your work time.

Another 5% of your work time on Participate in supervision and team meetings, work groups, task forces, or other general efforts that add value to the success of the organization and programming.

Provide crisis intervention-support as needed

Perform outreach- recruitment activities within the community

Support additional early childhood prevention programming as needed

Experience

One years experience working in Early Childhood Education (birth to age three); home-based and-or Head Start-Early Head Start experience

One years experience working with at-risk families including diverse cultural backgrounds

Education

CDA credential or equivalent

Licensure-Certifications

State of Ohio Chemical DependencyPrevention Credential: RA, OCPSA, OCPS, OCPC (RA application to be completed within 90 days of hire)

QMHS-QBHS (within 90 days of hire)

Must have an acceptable driving record (4 points or less) and carry automobile insurance with minimum liability limits of $100,000-$300,000 and property damage of $50,000

BLS-First aid (as applicable, company provided)

Communicable Disease (employer provided)

Child Abuse-Neglect Recognition (employer provided)

Drug Screen, TB Test, Background (required)

Comments Visitor must have ability to frequently use hands-fingers to type on computer keyboard and operate general office equipment such as; phone, copier Ability to frequently sit in a stationary position for extended periods of time at desk and on floors in home Ability to frequently drive daily and travel locally to conduct home visits Ability to occasionally ascend-descend stairs as necessary Ability to occasionally lift 10-30 pounds

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