Early Childhood Educator (TFRC Teacher)

Are you interested in being part of positive changes in Children and Family Services? 

Founded in 1975 with locations across California, Aspiranet is a trusted neighbor, partner and care provider that exists to help families thrive. With personalized care, Aspiranet offers a unique blend of services including foster family support, residential care, adoption services, and services for foster youth transitioning to adulthood, mental health services, intensive home-based care, and community-based family resources. We celebrate our values of respect, integrity, courage and hope through our work, and most importantly, our people.

Aspiranet staff gain inspiration from human connection and understand that success is the product of teamwork. We seek champions for our mission and those committed to excellence.

Your Future Team

Aspiranet’s Family and Community Services provide home, visiting, center-based and school-based services to children and families in their communities and offers assistance that is client-centered, trauma-informed, and reflective of best practice standards in the field.  Our services are designed to strengthen families and communities while preventing child maltreatment.  When you join our multidisciplinary team, you become part of a passionate group determined to impact lives and empower youth.

Your Impact

The Early Child Educator (Teacher) develops and delivers curriculum to parents and their children ages 0-5 through classroom instruction, workshops, events, and activities at our Resource Center. This position provides new parents with the opportunity to learn about parenting their young children and helping them build social supports, empowering them to become part of a strong parent community.

Your Skills And Duties

• Develops and provides parent, caregiver and provider education focused on enhancing parenting practices and behaviors
• Conducts assessments for children prenatal to five (5) using approved child development screenings.
• Provides developmentally and age-appropriate activities that support active learning and promotes progress in all developmental areas to meet physical, social/emotional, and cognitive development and early literacy.
• Teaches and delivers parent-child classes and support groups to parents with children ages prenatal to five (5) years using approved curriculum both in-person and virtually as required.
• Coordinates and assists with hosting events and workshops that promote optimal child and youth development and strengthen families.
• Establishes event agendas and assists with center calendar development.
• Monitors attendance, participates in evaluation of services, and supports center registration.
• Serves as a member of an integrated team of teacher, outreach and child watch staff.
• Supports projects, initiatives, and/or specific program functions.
• Completes weekly, monthly documentation and data on classes delivered.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.
  
  

Education And Work Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or related degree or working towards an Associate’s Degree with at least 12 units of Early Childhood Education completed.
• Three (3) years of experience in family support preferred.
• Experience related to center-based services and/or home visitation services preferred.
• Meets all state required conditions of employment as set forth by Community Care Licensing for a Licensed Community Care facility, i.e., Fingerprint and Child Abuse Index clearance, TB/Health Physical, valid CDL, and clean driving record.
  
  

Physical Demands

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet and, at all times is within safe OSHA standards.

Communication

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, verbally and in writing, with clients comprised of parents and children, staff, and partners; make presentations and lead classes.
• Ability to listen actively and clearly to intake and comprehend the needs of clients, follow instructions, or to collaborate effectively with partners.
• Ability to see clearly to operate a vehicle, read instructions, write documentation and reports, and conduct visual assessments of client and sites.
• Ability to comprehend, follow, and clearly convey information to others.
  
  

Physical Activities

• Ability to work on premise in the office and/or client’s home environment.
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, and climb stairs.
• Ability to stand and make presentations and deliver training to a live audience.
• Ability to operate a telephone, cell phone, copier, computer and other office equipment as required.
• Ability to handle or manipulate objects, materials, tools, and operate controls.
• Ability to reach for stacked products, store and retrieve file boxes on high shelves.
• Ability to push, pull, lift and/or carry as much as 40 lbs.
• Ability to have the ability and skill to drive a vehicle.
• Ability to remain in a stationary position and work on a computer for up to 20 hours per week.
  
  

Benefits

Flexible Time Off

• 13 paid holidays along with 10 vacation and 10 sick days
  
  

Comprehensive Healthcare

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• A 100% fully employer paid (premium) medical and dental benefit plan
• TelaDoc employer paid telehealth program
  
  

Flexible Spending Accounts

• Medical and dependent care plans
  
  

Retirement Savings

• 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching
  
  

Income Protection

• Life, AD&D, and disability insurance
• Accident, critical illness, and hospital gap plan
  
  

Training and Advancement

• Ongoing training & development opportunities
• Advancement opportunities
  
  

Employee assistance program

• Free confidential crisis line 24/7 (365 days a year)
• Six (6) face-to-face or telephonic sessions per issue
  
  

Other Perks

• Commuter program and mileage reimbursement
• Employee recognition and discount programs
  
  

EEO

Aspiranet is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of diversity. We believe a diverse workforce within a culture of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) increases creativity, innovation, problem-solving, and teamwork for the youth and families that we serve and the organization as a whole. Aspiranet strives to provide our employees a workplace that is welcoming, inclusive of differing world views, cultures, and lived experiences.