Metropolitan Family Services·Chicago, Illinois
Provide in-home instruction and facilitate socialization groups for parents and children aged 0-3 to enhance parental teaching abilities. Coordinate essential health screenings, immunizations, and nutrition assessments while developing integrated curriculum plans.
We are now hiring for a full-time Parent Child Educator to join our Empowering Families Team!
The average starting salary for this position will fall in the range of $50,000 and $56,000 annually. Where candidates fall in this range will be based on skill and experience level.
$3,000 sign-on bonus ($750 first paycheck, $1,250 after 6 months, $1,000 after 1 year)
The Parent Child Educator will provide in-home instruction as well as a group socialization experience to parents and children to enhance the parents' ability to fill the role of primary teacher of their child..
Responsible for conducting weekly ninety-minute home visits with each client. Client caseload will consist of fourteen families with children ages 0-3.
Responsible for planning and facilitating bi-monthly socialization groups with all clients.
Work alongside the parents to ensure that prenatal, well-child exams, immunizations, health screenings, and nutrition assessments are complete and necessary follow up occurs.
Works in office, client home, and community based settings.
Develops and utilize integrated curriculum plans, which reflect mandated elements and components, parental and cultural influences, and promote the social, emotional, physical and cognitive development.
Metropolitan Family Services puts our people first with a top-of-the-line benefits package. Find out more by clicking here [https://www.metrofamily.org/careers/benefits/]!
Medical Coverage, Guardian Dental Coverage, and VSP Vision Coverage.
Metropolitan Family Services contributions of $2,000 to individual, and $4,000 to family, HSA accounts, pro-rated to your benefits start date.
FREE General Medicine and Behavioral Health Teladoc services provided to all team members.
Ascensus 401K plan services with a 4% employer match, vested at 100% on day one of eligibility.
And so much more! Make sure you click here [https://www.metrofamily.org/careers/benefits/] to see the full suite of benefits offered!
Metropolitan Family Services empowers families to learn, to earn, to heal, to thrive. Part mentor, part motivator, part advocate, since 1857, Metropolitan family Services has been the engine of change that empowers families to reach their greatest potential and positively impact their communities. Metropolitan is Illinois' first comprehensive human services agency and reaches more than 117,000 individuals and families in Chicago, Evanston/Skokie, the southwest suburbs and DuPage County with services promoting education, economic stability, emotional wellness and empowerment.
Market context
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