United Family Child Care Network
Family Child Care Education Specialist
Responsibilities:
- Manage a caseload of affiliated family child care providers and conduct home/program visits
- Be part of a team in assessing quality of affiliated family child care programs
- Develop consistent, stable and supportive relationships with affiliated family child care providers
- Work closely with UFCCN Educational Director on all aspects of curriculum development, implementation, coaching and program improvement
- Be part of a team in supporting developmentally appropriate practice for mixed age groups in affiliated family child care programs
- Support providers with developing and implementing individualized family/child plans to address children’s social-emotional development needs
- Coordinate parent/family involvement with family workers for workshops and information sessions
- Design and deliver workshops and information sessions for families
- Support family workers to refer appropriate services to families/children based on developmental needs of children
- Assist with the recruitment of potential family child care providers
- Maintain documentation on FCC programs and enrolled children as required by Department of Education and UFCCN
- Other duties as requested by Network and Educational Directors to fulfill job responsibilities
Qualifications:
- BA/BS in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education or related field required
- Knowledge of child development birth to three required
- Two to three years of experience working in an early childhood center-based or family childcare setting required
- Knowledgeable in Microsoft Office, Word and Excel
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
- Must meet all applicable federal, state and city requirements to work with children in an early childhood setting
- Must have a valid Driver License and car
Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $47,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Schedule:
Application Question(s):
- Valid Driver's License and car
Education:
License/Certification:
- Driver's License and car (Required)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: In person