Child Development Partner

Pay Rate: $22.52/hour
Hours per week: 40
Weeks per year: 52

Community Services for Children is seeking a Child Development Partner in the Early Head Start Home Visitation Program for pregnant women, infants, toddlers and their families.  CSC’s Head Start/Early Head Start program has been designated as a Program of Excellence. This is a unique opportunity to make a difference in the lives for at risk young children and their families. We are a large, well-established, high performing organization located in the heart of the Lehigh Valley. Selected as a 2015, 2017, 2020 and 2021 Top Workplace, CSC is a leader in early childhood education.

Work Environment:

Newly hired Community Services for Children staff members will receive a $500 net monetary incentive. The candidate will receive the $500 payout upon completion of probation.

 Job Responsibilities

• Deliver weekly comprehensive services to children and families in their homes.
• Provide individualized education on prenatal and child development, parenting and promote a healthy family lifestyle.
• Partner with parents to provide activities, experiences and resources that support healthy births, children ready to learn and stable families.
• Provide bimonthly classroom experiences for children and parents to support positive interactions.
• Promote parents as their child’s first and most important teacher.
• Model and support positive, nurturing parent- child relationships.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required in Early Childhood Education, Social Work, Human Development and Family Studies, Psychology or related field.
• Three years’ experience working with infants and toddlers required.
• Arabic/English bilingual a plus.
• Spanish/English bilingual a plus.
• Valid driver’s license, full time use of a car and the ability to transport families in private vehicle.
• Ability to communicate, organize and maintain records, and use of technology.
• Able to flex work hours to meet the needs of the program including working evenings and occasional Saturdays.

Benefits:

• Full time.
• Low cost/rich benefit plans
• Paid leave for vacation, sick, and personal days.
• 13 paid holidays
• Agency sponsored 401k retirement plan.