Careers

$22.03 – 23.86 per hour
2% Bilingual Enhancement

Job Description:

The Health Services Technician completes Child Plus health data entry for Early Head Start and Head Start and provides support for the Senior Manager Health, Nutrition, and Family Services in conjunction with Health Services staff, Family Services staff, and Child Development staff ensuring Performance Standards and/or State Licensing requirements are met. The Health Services Technician is also responsible for monitoring specific Child Plus health reports ensuring the Senior Manager Health, Nutrition, and Family Services receives outcomes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide Health Unit support for the Senior Manager Health, Nutrition, and Family Services in conjunction with Health Services staff, Family Services staff, and Child Development staff.
• Update Child Plus health data entry for Head Start and Early Head Start.
• Completes weekly monitoring of specific Child Plus reports ensuring Performance Standards, EPSDT, Bright Futures schedules are being met and provide to Senior Manager Health, Nutrition, and Family Services and if applicable to other content units.
• Perform OAE Hearing, PlusOptix Vision and Blood Pressure screenings for children with no documentation of completion ensuring the Head Start Performance Standard 45-day timeline is met.
• Track all aspects of Health data for accuracy and compliance.
• Work in conjunction with Family Advocates and Home Visitors as well as medical providers for Head Start Performance Standards missing health information.
• Work with RN consultants to ensure data entry efficacy.
• Provide support to Senior Manager Health, Nutrition, and Family Services with Health trainings.
• Preferred bilingual language translation capabilities.
• Perform additional duties assigned.
• Operates within the KidZCommunity vision/mission/values.
• Operates from the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
• Understands and operates using Equity Practices.
• Follows the Head Start Performance Standards.
• Follows the personnel policies & procedures.
• Follows Performance Standard and State Licensing requirements for health and safety.
• Follows KidZCommunity policies and procedures related to health, dental care, mental health, safety and sanitation.

The Health Services Technician is directly supervised by the Senior Manager Health, Nutrition, and Family Services.

Experience:

One year experience with health or teaching.

Education and Permit:

Completion of formal education in Health and Human Service or informal education sufficient for the performance of job duties.

Continuing Education:

Training as required

$37.03 – $47.66 per hour
2% Bilingual Enhancement

Job Description:

The Human Resources Specialist will be responsible to handle, oversee, and manage various Human Resources (HR) functions and duties that encompass and include: talent acquisition, recruiting, staffing, employee and labor relations, employee engagement and retention, performance management and appraisal systems, timekeeping records, agency health care benefits, leaves of absences, health and safety, worker’s compensation, investigations, salary comparability studies, succession planning, State and Federal Employment Labor Laws, regulations, compliance and risk management, etc. This role will require varying levels of complexity and the ability to handle extremely time-sensitive projects, programs, policies, reports, HRIS implementation, monitoring, evaluations, and confidential information. Develop and administer safety plans, programs, practices, and committees.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Operates within the KidZCommunity vision/mission/values.
• Operates from the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
• Operates within the Federal, State, Local, County Employment Labor Law Regulations and Ordinances.
• Understands and operates using Equity Practices.
• Follows the Head Start Performance Standards.
• Follows the Personnel Policies and Procedures Employee Handbook (PPH). 

Employee Relations:

• Provides assistance and support to employees with various personnel-related requests.
• Refers employees regarding their rights under State and Federal employment labor law regulations, ordinances, and explaining/interpreting personnel-related agency policies and procedures to the Director Human Resources.

Committees:

• Attend Personnel Committee, Policy Council, or Board of Director Meetings on behalf of Director Human Resources to deliver reports and policy revisions upon request, availability, and prior approval.
• In conjunction with the Executive Director, plans, prepares, and compiles data into a report or presentation for bimonthly Personnel Committee held on Tuesdays and monthly Policy Council Committee meetings held on the 2^nd Thursdays.
• Coordinates training and presentations for Policy Council Committee meetings.
• Facilitates the organization and implementation of the Policy Council.
• Facilitates the training of Policy Council parents in the State and Federal legislation process according to the Head Performance Standards and Program Governance.
• Participates with Policy Council parents on the State and Federal level advocating for legislation.

Legal and Research:

• Tracking, adding, editing completed courses, training and certifications in OnePoint HCM. Prepare and submit Child Development Teaching Permits to Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
• Provide support to the Director Human Resources regarding changes in the federal, state and local labor/employment law issues.

• Assist the Director of Human Resources with agency policies, procedures and employment practices.
• Comply with federal, state, and local laws.
• Conduct research on legal employment and labor law paper-based, computer-based, online systems, and attend workshops, conferences, or seminars to keep up to date on State, Federal, Local employment labor law ordinances, and human resources management issues. 

On Boarding / HR New Staff Orientation:

• Preparing, scheduling, and delivering an overview for new staff or on-going as needed.
• Creating and Updating New Staff / On-going Training Templates / Plans (Working with the Unit Managers).
• Tracking and Updating Changes in Office 365 SharePoint / Planner.
• Working with supervisors and managers to meet timelines for completion of training plans and maintain in HR.

Administration:

• Oversee, manage, implement, monitor, evaluate, and ensure compliance with agency health care benefits including Cal-Cobra and Federal Cobra qualifying events and regulations.
• Handle employee benefit enrollments in EASE and One America 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan.
• Handle and support employee benefit eligibility inquiries.
• Oversee, manage, implement, monitor, evaluate, and ensure compliance with the OnePoint HCM Learning Management System. Act as the liaison administrator.
• Setup and update changes to the back end of One Point HCM for all HR processes and procedures to ensure data integrity and meet policy or state and federal regulation requirements. Report Generation and System Implementation.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records in an integrated computer-based and paper-based information system.
• Oversee, manage, monitor, evaluate, and support staff that request a leave of absence that is not all inclusive (FMLA, CFRA, ADAA, FEHA, PDL, Worker’s Compensation, California Paid Sick Leave) and unpaid or paid off time-off requests (EDD DI or EDD PFL) on behalf of the Senior Manager or Director of Human Resources as needed.
• Manage and ensure the education, training, and certification requirements for all staff meet the HS Performance Standards and Title 22 Licensing regulations.
• Ensures the compilation of annual Program Information Report (PIR) data and delivery as required in OnePoint HCM and Child Plus.Net.
• Review time-off requests by staff to ensure that they meet agency policies and procedures.
• Manage, administer, and track all staff performance evaluations in OnePoint HCM.
• Develop and review performance management appraisal and evaluation systems.
• Add and edit job competencies, pay grades, and job positions in OnePoint HCM.
• Report Generation / System Implementation.
• Back up support to managing, handling, and processing licensing regulations. Build strong relationships with LPA’s, community partners, school districts, etc.
• Assist with researching and preparing salary comparability data as requested.
• Oversees the preparation of correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other forms of communication as required by management.

Safety:

• Prepare and deliver quarterly safety and worker’s compensation reports to Personnel Committee (January, May, July, September, and November).
• Creates, facilitates and directs the Safety Advisory Committee and the Emergency Preparedness Committee.
• Manage Workers Compensation claims and all associated communications.
• Ensure OSHA and Cal/OSHA compliance.
• Ensure the maintenance of the Cal/OSHA Form 300 and Cal/OSHA Form 300 Appendix A for all centers and ensure postings as required.
• Oversee the creation, delivery, and implementation of employee safety incentive plan.

• Monitors and reports plan effectiveness to Leadership Management and Senior Manager or Director of Human Resources.
• Research employee inquiries or complaints regarding sexual harassment, harassment, safety, or health brought to Human Resources Attention. Communicate and work with the Senior Manager or Director of Human Resources.
• Conduct in-depth investigations and report findings and make recommendations to the Director Human Resources and Executive Director.
• Provide on-going training as needed for IIPP, HIP, Safety Incentive, Hazard Communication, and Emergency Preparedness Plans.
• Design improvement plans to reduce risk and liability claims.

The Human Resources Specialist is directly supervised by the Director Human Resources.

Experience:

Three (3) years of general administrative experience sufficient to demonstrate knowledge of Human Resources with an emphasis on personnel requirements.

Education and Permit:

• Graduation from high school with emphasis on business related courses or a combination of experience and training that provides the required skills and abilities to perform the essential duties.
• Encourage to continue a college baccalaureate program (BA) in business or equivalent.
• Must possess HRCI PHR or SPHR Certification or attain it within first year of hire.

Continuing Education:

• Training as required

$20.36 – $25.29 per hour
2% Bilingual Enhancement

Job Description:

This position is responsible for assisting with the planning and delivery of the Fatherhood Engagement program. The aim of the Fatherhood Engagement program is to enhance the health and well-being of children and families by supporting, encouraging, and promoting fathers’ roles in their child’s lives. This position is responsible for providing direct services to support fathers’ involvement through case management, care coordination, education services, and fatherhood engagement initiatives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• • Plan and conduct personal visits with fathers using evidence-based curriculum activities, methods, and materials.
  • Support expecting and or parenting fathers by facilitating educational, economic, employment, mental health, housing, and healthcare needs as required.
  • Make referrals on behalf of fathers to needed resources and services in the community.
  • Maintain timely and accurate records of all personal visits, contacts, screenings, and resource linkages in the case management system.
  • Maintain client confidentiality and integrity in keeping with agency policies, practices, professional standards, and program requirements.
  • Recruit fathers to participate in fatherhood services and Policy Council.
  • Participate in outreach activities to identify fathers, inform community of services, and build community collaborative relationships.
  • Co-facilitate group engagement activities for fathers.
  • Collaborate with direct service providers and connect representatives to facilitate enrollment of fathers into services.
  • Have the ability to prioritize work requirements, work with diverse populations, and to work evenings and weekends as required.
  • Stay current with literature relevant to KidZCommunity, such as but not limited to racial disparities, infant mortality, prematurity, low birth weight, maternal infections, maternal stress, repeat teen births, smoking cessation during pregnancy, depression, optimal birth spacing, protective factors, father inclusion, social determinants of health, SUIDS, strategies for evidence-based interventions, substance use during pregnancy, trauma informed care.
  • Attend meetings and trainings to provide information to management which can be used for the purpose of guiding future program design and budget planning decisions.
  • Perform all other duties as assigned and adhere to ongoing polices, program standards, and supervisory directives.
  • Operate within the KidZCommunity vision/mission/values.
  • Operate from the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
  • Understand and operate using Equity Practices.
  • Follow the Head Start Performance Standards.
  • Follow the personnel policies & procedures.

The Father Engagement Family Advocate is directly supervised by the Family Services Manager.

Experience:

• One-year relevant work experience in community outreach and/or working with at risk fathers/families, social science, public health, health related filed such as nursing, health education, health panning, or health care administration preferred.
• Maternal and child health experience desirable.

Education and Permit:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology or Social Work preferred.

Continuing Education:

• Participate in the agency’s Professional Development and Career Path Program, taking related courses when necessary or other training when directed as a program requirement.

$22.03 – $25.29 per hour
2% Bilingual Enhancement

Job Description:

The Family Advocate assumes primary responsibility for supporting parents with family engagement, health services, and accessing family service resources by connecting them to their community. The Family Advocate is responsible for ongoing communication with center staff to ensure that families’ needs and goals are documented and supported. The Family Advocate maintains complete confidentiality when working with families as outlined in KidZCommunity’s Confidentiality Agreement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works with families to develop Family Strengths and Needs Assessment, Family Partnership Agreements, and goal setting.
• Conducts home visits as needed to follow up on program services and progress on goals.
• Ensures all required data is entered into ChildPlus.net, including health and family services data, and any other information relevant to the child and family.
• Attends scheduled child family focus meetings with teaching staff.
• Knows what resources are available in the local area and links families to the resources they need.
• Maintains communication logs.
• Actively recruits parent delegates for Policy Council and committees.
• Attends scheduled monthly case management, reflective supervision and family advocate support groups.
• Follows the recruitment plan, attendance policy, and enrollment process.
• Maintains children’s files, including health and medical information.
• Engages families to schedule and complete health, dental, and mental health evaluations and completing follow up based on the schedule of well care appointments.
• Communicates with the health unit regarding pertinent health information such as communicable disease outbreaks, updates on health follow-up, etc.
• Uses knowledge of family dynamics and positive guidance techniques when working with families.
• Plans and designs parent meetings.
• Interacts with children, families, and staff appropriately.
• Provides parents with information to gain understanding of how to advocate for their children’s needs.
• Builds relationships in the community.
• Operates within the KidZCommunity vision/mission/values.
• Operates from the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
• Understands and operates using Equity Practices.
• Follows the Head Start Performance Standards and Title 5.
• Follows the KidZCommunity Personnel Policies & Procedures Handbook.
• Operates within the KidZCommunity health and safety policies and procedures (ie timely health & safety daily checklist).
• Understands and operates using the KidZCommunity Operations Manual.
• Understands and operates using Equity Practices including cultural and family beliefs.
• Follows agency timelines.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The Family Advocate is directly supervised by the Family Services Coordinator II.

Experience:

One year experience with infants and toddlers a plus.

Education and Permit:

• Twelve (12) units in Psychology or Social Work with an emphasis on Human Development or Early Childhood Education preferred.
• Credential or certification in social work, human services, family services, counseling, or a related field required within eighteen (18) months of hire.
• Continuous enrollment of at least three (3) units per semester to obtain an AA in either Psychology or Social Work.

Continuing Education:

• Training as required

$24.20 – 29.17 per hour
2% Bilingual Enhancement

Job Description:

The Infant Care Teacher is responsible for assisting the Site Supervisor in the administration of an infant and toddler program in conformance with the Head Start Performance Standards, Title 22 and Title 5 of the California Administrative Code as applicable.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures Title 22 ratio and licensing guidelines are followed.
• Interacts with children, families, and staff appropriately.
• Implements the 3 R’s curriculum with fidelity.
• Creates lesson plans.
• Uses curriculum enhancements.
• Uses the school readiness goals for planning.
• Ensures Active Supervision at all times.
• Follows the PITC philosophy.
• Includes families in curriculum planning.
• Works with parents for ASQ and ASQ-SE.
• Observes and does the record keeping for DRDP Assessments.
• Creates individual child development plans.
• Conducts parent/teacher conferences.
• Conducts educational home visits.
• Supports the process of children’s transition plans.
• Sets up the classroom/yard environment, including modifications for children with disabilities.
• Assists families with maintenance of health and medical records.
• Operates within the KidZCommunity health & safety policies & procedures (i.e., timely health & safety checklist).
• Engages parents in the classroom and at parent meetings.
• Follows agency timelines.
• Participation at child family focus meetings.
• Participation at scheduled site staff meetings.
• Follows CACFP requirements when preparing and serving food.
• Uses ChildPlus.net to gain needed information on children.
• Follows the recruitment plan, attendance policy & enrollment process.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Operates within the KidZCommunity vision/mission/values.
• Operates from the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
• Follows the Head Start Performance Standards.
• Follows the personnel policies & procedures.
• Understands and operates using Equity Practices.

The Infant Care Teacher is directly supervised by the Site Supervisor. This is a full-time, non-exempt position. Number of months per year varies according to site.

Experience:

One year experience in infant/toddler care is a plus.

Education and Permit:

• Six (6) Infant/Toddler ECE/CD units completed and a minimum of twelve (12) units in ECE, including Core Course requirements. An Associate Teacher Permit must be, at a minimum, applied for within 60 days of hire date and must be maintained or upgraded throughout the course of employment.

or

• Three (3) Infant/Toddler ECE/CD units completed and a minimum of twelve (12) units in ECE, including Core Course requirements; the second Infant/Toddler class must be completed within one (1) year. An Associate Teacher Permit must be, at minimum, applied for within 60 days of hire and must be maintained or upgraded throughout the course of employment.

Continuing Education:

• Training as required

$24.20 – 29.17 per hour
2% Bilingual Enhancement

Job Description:

The Substitute Infant Care Teacher is responsible for assisting the Site Supervisor in the administration of an infant and toddler program in conformance with the Head Start Performance Standards, Title 22 and Title 5 of the California Administrative Code as applicable.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures Title 22 ratio and licensing guidelines are followed.
• Interacts with children, families, and staff appropriately.
• Implements the 3 R’s curriculum with fidelity.
• Creates lesson plans.
• Uses curriculum enhancements.
• Uses the school readiness goals for planning.
• Ensures Active Supervision at all times.
• Follows the PITC philosophy.
• Includes families in curriculum planning.
• Works with parents for ASQ and ASQ-SE.
• Observes and does the record keeping for DRDP Assessments.
• Creates individual child development plans.
• Conducts parent/teacher conferences.
• Conducts educational home visits.
• Supports the process of children’s transition plans.
• Sets up the classroom/yard environment, including modifications for children with disabilities.
• Assists families with maintenance of health and medical records.
• Operates within the KidZCommunity health & safety policies & procedures (i.e., timely health & safety checklist).
• Engages parents in the classroom and at parent meetings.
• Follows agency timelines.
• Participation at child family focus meetings.
• Participation at scheduled site staff meetings.
• Follows CACFP requirements when preparing and serving food.
• Uses ChildPlus.net to gain needed information on children.
• Follows the recruitment plan, attendance policy & enrollment process.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Operates within the KidZCommunity vision/mission/values.
• Operates from the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
• Follows the Head Start Performance Standards.
• Follows the personnel policies & procedures.
• Understands and operates using Equity Practices.

The Substitute Infant Care Teacher is directly supervised by the Site Supervisor. This position varies in hours and months and is a non-exempt position.

Experience:

One year experience in infant/toddler care is a plus.

Education and Permit:

• Six (6) Infant/Toddler ECE/CD units completed and a minimum of twelve (12) units in ECE, including Core Course requirements. An Associate Teacher Permit must be, at a minimum, applied for within 60 days of hire date and must be maintained or upgraded throughout the course of employment.

or

• Three (3) Infant/Toddler ECE/CD units completed and a minimum of twelve (12) units in ECE, including Core Course requirements; the second Infant/Toddler class must be completed within one (1) year. An Associate Teacher Permit must be, at minimum, applied for within 60 days of hire and must be maintained or upgraded throughout the course of employment.

Continuing Education:

• Training as required

$16.66 – $18.31 per hour
2% Bilingual Enhancement

Job Description:

The Substitute Teacher/Associate Teacher is responsible for assisting the Site Supervisor in the preparation and execution of the program in conformance with the Head Start Performance Standards and/or State Preschool Guideline, Title 22 and Title 5 of the California Administrative Code as applicable.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Operates within the KidZCommunity vision/mission/values.
• Operates from the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
• Follows the Head Start Performance Standards & Title 5.
• Follows the personnel policies & procedures.
• Operates within the KidZCommunity health & safety policies & procedures (i.e., timely health & safety daily checklist).
• Operates from the KidZCommunity Operations Manual and Child Development Classroom Policies and Procedures.
• Follows procedures for the operation of the program in the center that conform to Head Start Performance Standards and/or State Preschool Guidelines, licensing and staffing requirements of Title 22 of the California Administrative Code and KidZCommunity Policies and Procedures.
• Assists in the modification of activities; removes barriers and provides support as needed for inclusion of children with disabilities in the full range of program activities.
• Follows the group environment plans, daily routine schedule, and maintain a developmentally appropriate learning environment, applying the principles, practices and philosophies of High/Scope.
• Assists in meeting all children’s identifiable individual nutritional needs as applicable by law; ensuring that a variety of foods take into account cultural and ethnic preferences while providing nutrition education to parents and children in a family style setting.
• Ensures that the health and safety of children is assured through: 1.Teaching children and parent’s preventative health practice; and 2. the establishment and practice of health emergency procedures including methods of handling suspected or known child abuse.
• Adheres to the agency personnel policies and the Head Start performance standards as relates to work performance and personal conduct.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The Substitute Associate Teacher/Teacher is directly supervised by the Site Supervisor or Teacher-in-Charge.

Experience:

One year of preschool teaching experience, preferably with Head Start.

Education and Permit:

• 24 ECE units or 12 ECE/CD units including core courses.
• High/Scope Certification a plus.

Continuing Education:

• Training as required