Child Development Partner

Want to make a difference? Join our team!

Community Services for Childrenis adding to our Early Head Start Home Visitation Program team. We are seeking a Child Development Partner to help us make a difference in the lives of at-risk families. This position provides individualized support for pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and their families. Join us and be a part of CSC’s Head Start/Early Head Start program that has been designated a Program of Excellence.

Work Environment: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. We work together to prepare young children and their families to succeed in learning – and life! Our culture encourages a growth mindset and promotes work/life balance - offering generous paid time off packages and comprehensive benefits.

Newly hired staff members will receive a $500 net monetary incentive upon completion of probation.

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 of experience working with infants and toddlers required.
• Bilingual Arabic/English or Spanish/English 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 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