Head Start Home Visitor

Family & Children's Place/Greater Louisville Head Startis looking to hire a full-time HOME VISITOR to provide family services to eligible parents, infants, toddlers and their families through a series of weekly home visits and scheduled socialization activities. Do you want a job that provides meaningful work? Are you looking to build a career in family services? Would you like to join a nonprofit that cares about others and gives back to its community? If so, please read on!

This family services/educator position earns a competitive wage of $18.32/hour or more depending on education and experience. A retention bonus of $300 paid in increments through the first year. If you have language skills, such as Spanish, you receive a language quarterly stipend of $1000 as well. We also offer great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, a 403(B) plan, paid time off (PTO), vacation time, paid sick time, up to 10 paid holidays, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, and schedule flexibility. Employees get to choose which days they use for their paid holidays! Additionally, this position receives training covered by the FCP, mileage reimbursement, and a cell phone. If this sounds like the right opportunity in social work for you, apply today to join our nonprofit!

ABOUT FAMILY & CHILDREN'S PLACE

Family & Children's Place is an equal opportunity nonprofit organization that strives to keep families intact, and provide children and family members the emotional support necessary to maintain family stability. Since 1883, we have served as a critical presence in Louisville and southern Indiana providing help to our most vulnerable citizens - children, whose lives we've often saved from abuse and neglect. We are here because we believe in this city, and we believe in the promise and power of working together to make life richer. Our goal is to meet the needs of our society, to support children and families as they work through the challenges they face, to defend those in need, and above all, to contribute to the health of the areas of southern Indiana and Louisville that we serve.

Our continued success depends on the recruitment, selection, and retention of qualified and motivated personnel. We search for employees who are looking to make a career out of caring and are willing to commit to providing the highest quality of service to our clients. Our employees are as passionate about the work they do as we are, which is why we strive to foster a supportive work culture that gives them the space to build successful careers.

ABOUT HEAD START

Head Start programs prepare America's most vulnerable young children to succeed in school and in life beyond school. To achieve this, Head Start programs deliver services to children and families in core areas of early learning, health, and family well-being while engaging parents as partners every step of the way.

Head Start encompasses Head Start preschool programs, which primarily serve 3- and 4-year-old children, and Early Head Start programs for infants, toddlers, and pregnant women. Head Start services are delivered nationwide through 1,600 agencies which tailor the federal program to the local needs of families in their service area.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A HOME VISITOR

This position will provide early, continuous, intensive and comprehensive child development and family support services to eligible parents, infants, toddlers and their families through a series of weekly home visits and scheduled socialization activities. Each EHS Home Visitor will design, plan and carry out developmentally appropriate experiences that meet all component areas of Head Start, school readiness goals as well as the individual needs of the child.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR AN EARLY HEAD START HOME VISITOR

Child Development Associate's degree or a Bachelor's degree in related studies

Spanish or other non-English language proficiency is preferred but not required

Do you have excellent verbal and written communication skills? Are you highly organized and attentive to detail? Can you effectively prioritize tasks while demonstrating good time management? Are you able to maintain a friendly and professional attitude? Do you enjoy helping people? If so, you might just be perfect for this family services position with our nonprofit!

WORK SCHEDULE FOR A HOME VISITOR

This full-time family services/educator position works a flexible schedule that is usually based on parent availability. There may be some weekend and evening hours due to client needs but this position mostly consists of normal daytime hours. Also, our Home Visitors can work from home to prepare for visits and set their own schedule for those visits!

READY TO JOIN OUR TEAM?

We understand your time is valuable, so we have a very quick and easy application process. If you feel that you have the right training in psychology for this job with our nonprofit, please fill out our initial mobile-friendly application. We look forward to meeting you!