Bilingual Home Educator, Early Head Start

NeighborImpactBend, Oregon, United StatesOnsite

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Full-timeDescriptionAre you bilingual in Spanish and English and 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!Location: BendCompensation: $28.52 or $30.97/hour, Depending on education (see position requirements)

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 %!), paid vacation accrual, 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 Early Head Start home-based program is designed to empower and support parents as their child’s first and most important teacher and nurturer. In this role, you will deliver early, consistent, and comprehensive child development and family support services to eligible pregnant women, infants, and toddlers. The goal is to build strong, nurturing parent-child relationships and to help parents create rich, high-quality early learning experiences for their children.This role calls for fluency in both spoken and written Spanish and English.

As an Early Head Start Bilingual Home Educator, you will design, organize, and document educational activities that fit each child’s stage of development. The position includes conducting weekly 90-minute home visits to support families in reaching their goals, as well as collaborating with colleagues to coordinate bi-monthly family gatherings. Ideal candidates will demonstrate outstanding communication skills, flexibility, and experience working with diverse or underserved communities. This dynamic position weaves together educational, social, and community-building responsibilities, helping families create nurturing environments and giving children the best possible start.Requirements

Educational Requirements

Level II

Minimum education requirements: 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

Bilingual proficiency in both written and spoken English and Spanish is required
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:

Valid driver’s license

Proof of current auto insurance

Access to reliable transportation

Current Food Handler’s Card

Current enrollment in the Oregon’s Central Background Registry

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

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

Salary Description$28.52 or $30.97/hour, Depending on education

Life at NeighborImpact

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