A positive future for every child
Do you love to meet new people and want to make a difference in the lives of others?Join Arizona’s largest nonprofit dedicated to early childhood development. Southwest Human Development is seeking Home Visitors to empower and impact families for generations in our Healthy Families Program. This role provides home visiting services to children and their families in Maricopa County. Watch thisShort Video to learn more about the role.Your skills, experience, and passion are needed at one of the nation’s largest nonprofits dedicated to early childhood development.
Join our team and experience a long-term career which brings joy and satisfaction in knowing you make a difference. We offer over 40 programs and services to more than 140,000 children.
Why choose us?
- Make an impact in a child’s life by promoting child health and development
- Be rewarded with a rich benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and wellness plans, 401(k) matching every paycheck, and generous paid time off
- Opportunities for continued professional growth and development
- Supportive and collaborative work environment
The Child Development Manager provides support and oversees child development staff in the planning and implementation of Early Head Start/Head Start and Early Head Start Child Care Partnership Program. This role manages a designated geographic area with specific sites in the context of a management team and oversees high quality services provided by teaching staff to enrolled children. Services include screening, assessment, individualization, child outcomes tracking and coordination of overall comprehensive child development, mental health, disabilities, nutrition, health, and parent and child development.
Job Duties
- Oversees the implementation of and monitors the delivery and quality of department services
- Reviews records and documentation and observes the delivery of high-quality services/ teaching practices.
- Assure that services meet the department and program requirements, are comprehensive, appropriate, and delivered within the established timelines.
- In collaboration with Director and program staff, develops policies and procedures that clearly detail the specific tasks and steps required of all staff to implement program service goals and objectives. (Performance Standards)
- Demonstrates sensitivity to linguistic, cultural, social, economic, individual, and role differences among persons and families served
- Helps design and implement staff training.
- Helps with the development of new programs to meet identified community needs and with the identification of resources to support them.
- Networks with public school/ community agencies to address unmet needs of participating families.
- Provides supervision, which is regular, reflective, and collaborative in nature.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required- Early Childhood Education, Family Studies, or related field
- Minimum of 2 years experience is required, including
- ECE program in lead preschool/kindergarten role
- Supervision Experience
- Knowledge of DAP and Bilingual Education
- Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered
- Ability to speak, write, and read Spanish is preferred
- Certification in CPR/First Aid, Food handlers’ card, and Fingerprint Clearance Card
- Functional knowledge of Daycare Licensing Requirements
- Knowledge of Department of Child Safety reporting mandates
- Valid Arizona Driver’s License
- Registered vehicle with valid auto insurance
SWHD takes the health and safety of our employees and the communities we serve very seriously. We strongly believe vaccination is a critical safety measure to protect each of us and the communities we serve. COVID vaccinations have proven to be highly effective at protecting people from getting COVID-19 or from getting severely ill from it.
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Our core values embody Southwest Human Development’s commitment to services that uplift the lives of children, families and other care providers, and the communities in which they live. These values are intended to guide the professional development, ethical conduct, and skilled practice of all our staff, whatever their specific role within the agency. All staff are valued as making essential contributions to strengthening the foundation that Arizona’s children need for a great start in life.
Learn more about our values and benefits here.Compensation: DOE
