HEAD START HIPPY HOME VISITOR

NOTICE OF VACANCY

POSITION:

HEAD START HIPPY HOME VISITOR

LOCATION:

As assigned by the Program Coordinator or Grant Manager

POSITION SUMMARY:

The HIPPY Head Start Home Visitor is responsible for initiating and maintaining weekly home visits with families participating in the Home Base option of the Head Start Program. They will provide case management for families of three-year old children. This will include conducting and monitoring developmental screens; working with families to establish Individual Family Support Plans; providing Parent-Child activities; and collecting and imputing data for each family. This activity will occur primarily within the family's home and be intensive (each visit should last for at least ninety minutes). The HIPPY Head Start Home Visitor will role play new activities, report on each family's progress, and discuss any problems encountered in home visits. The HIPPY Head Start Home Visitor may also facilitate parenting support groups to encourage the development of additional support systems, as well as increase the knowledge base of families within the community.

REPORTS TO:

Program Coordinator

KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES, AND SKILLS: (These are pre-employment knowledge, abilities, and skills that apply to the Essential Job Functions.) At the time of employment, the candidate must have:

• Two years of college, with preference given to applicant with Bachelor's
• Maturity and experience in successfully working with children (3-5 years of age) and their
• Knowledge of normal child growth and development as well as parent-child
• Ability to plan and organize group meetings and special
• Ability to motivate parents and the ability to learn and practice HIPPY
• Ability to establish and maintain personal/programmatic boundaries, while providing supportive
• Ability to demonstrate and assist families with setting up learning stations in a home environment
• Knowledge of community
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to relate to individuals who may not share basic commonality, including value system and behavior
• Experience working in culturally diverse communities and
• Ability to understand and communicate effectively using both verbal and written
• Good writing and organizational skills
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as Calvert County Public Schools (CCPS) may find appropriate and acceptable.
• Demonstrate success in accomplishing tasks akin to those responsibilities listed

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Maintain regular family contact as required by individual levels and assigned by the Program Coordinator and/or
• Demonstrate and assist families in setting up learning stations in the home
• Role play new activities with the
• Administers the ASQ and Brigance Screening for each child in the
• Initiates referral to the Infant Toddler Program when developmental delays are observed or
• Assess and report family progress.
• Report problems encountered during home
• Maintain a dependable, punctual work schedule appropriate to the needs of the HIPPY/Head Start/CCPS
• Work within the program guidelines to meet the needs of families and of the program, which can include late afternoon appointments. Evening or weekend appointments need to be approved by the program
• Comply with all HIPPY/Head Start and CCPS Policies and
• Attend and participate in staff meetings and training as
• Thinks, concentrates, and positively interacts with
• Comes to work promptly every day.
• Works flexible hours as
• Works under stress and meets all deadlines.

OTHER DUTIES:

Performs related work as required or assigned by the Program Coordinator or Grant Manager.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Work requires light physical effort.

UNUSUAL DEMANDS:

May be subject to a flexible work schedule.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

EVALUATION: Performance will be evaluated in accordance with the policy on evaluation as established by the Calvert County Public Schools.

FLSA STATUS: Exempt.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF POSITION:

Eleven (11) month position; $21.10 per hour; employment is contingent upon continued grant funding and need.

References must be directly related to educational experience and must include immediate supervisor.

State law requires that anyone hired after October 1, 1986, who will have contact with school children, must be fingerprinted and submit to a criminal background investigation. Federal law requires that a new employee must complete the Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) in person before beginning employment. Employment is conditional upon successful completion of a drug screen. Current employees of the Calvert County Public Schools are exempt from these requirements.

House Bill 486 - Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention Statement

Pursuant to Section 6-113.2 of the Education Article, Annotated Code of Maryland - House Bill 486 - Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention all applicants are required to report all former employers in which you may have had direct contact with minors. The applicant must submit the contact information of the current employer, all former school employers, and all former employers not school related. Applicants should also include contact information for organizations in which you have volunteered, coached, mentor, tutored or otherwise had direct contact with minors.

Nondiscrimination Statement

Calvert County Public Schools?does not discriminate?on the basis of?race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth programs.?

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Calvert County Public Schools?does not refuse enrollment of a prospective student, expel a current student, or withhold privileges from a current student, or prospective student, or the parent or guardian of a current or prospective student because of an individual's race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or?disability.?

Calvert County Public Schools?does not discipline, invoke a penalty against, or take any other retaliatory action against a student or parent or guardian of a student who files a complaint alleging that the program or school discriminated against the student, regardless of the outcome of the complaint.?

The following?persons?have been?designated?to handle inquiries?regarding?the non-discrimination policies:?

• Director of Student Services???????????
• Director?of Human Resources?

443-550-8000?

For further information on notice of non-discrimination, visit the Office?for?Civil Rights Complaint Assessment System at:??https://ocrcas.ed.gov?or call 1-800-421-3481.?