Parent Educator

Hope House Colorado • Arvada, CO

6d • $50,000 - $60,000

About The Position

Hope House Colorado is hiring a Parent Educator (PE). As the Parent Educator, you will be responsible for providing parenting education and support, as well as individual parenting coaching for our teen moms, ultimately driving growth in the Parenting Domain of our Self-Sufficiency rubric. The PE works collaboratively within the Early Learning & School Age team, Residential team, and Early Learning Center team to provide behavioral support plans for implementation in the classroom setting and supports teen moms in incorporating those same skills within the home. The PE utilizes the Nurturing Parents Curriculum, assessments, and evaluations for parenting classes, and may develop and utilize additional curriculum as needed. The PE works closely with the Residential Team to support residents, and with the Program Team as a whole.

Requirements

• You have a valid driver’s license and current automobile insurance. (Required)
• You are committed to Hope House Colorado’s Core Values and continually working towards the HHC mission. (Required)
• You have a Bachelor’s Degree in child development, Psychology, behavioral therapy or a related field. (Required)
• You have a minimum of two years experience in parenting education, child development, behavioral therapy, and/or other similarly related fields. (Required)

Nice To Haves

• You are Bilingual in English and Spanish. (Preferred)
• You have knowledge of and experience in the implementation of trauma informed care practices as it relates to both children and adolescents. (Preferred)

Responsibilities

• Administer intake assessments with new program participants in the Parenting Domain and develop individual parenting plan goals for the IGP (individual Growth Plans) with teen moms
• Provide individual parenting coaching to address teen mom concerns in a variety of areas (child development, behavior, discipline)
• Teach parenting series classes 3-4 times per year (i.e., Parenting 101, Age Specific, Family Focused, & Psychology of Parenting)
• Coordinate our Specialty Moms support group for teen moms who have a child with a medical diagnosis or developmental delay, and provide ongoing support and coaching to those moms
• Provide 1:1 behavioral intervention support during early learning sessions as needed, and work with teen moms to incorporate those strategies at home; lead follow up parent teacher conferences with teen mom and ELT’s to assess progress in behavior
• Develop programs and activities designed to engage Teen Moms in improving their child’s outcomes.
• Recruit, train and coordinate volunteers and professional partners to assist in the Parenting Program
• Utilize the HHC database (Apricot) to maintain data and statistics in required reporting areas
• Teach parenting series classes 3-4 times per year (i.e., Parenting 101, Age Specific, Family Focused, & Psychology of Parenting)
• Promote Hope House Colorado’s Core Values throughout the organization and external relationships

Benefits

• Employees who are regularly scheduled to work 24 hours per week or more are eligible for the below benefits
• Health Benefits: Employees may elect medical, dental, vision & life insurance plans.
• Simple IRA: Employees may choose to make salary reduction contributions through HHC’s Simple IRA plan and HHC will match the employee’s contribution up to a maximum of 3% of the employee’s annual salary.
• Vacation: Upon hire, employees earn 6 hours of vacation per paycheck up to 120 hours (3 weeks) in a year. Accruals are adjusted to increase vacation earned per hours worked based on length of employment with HHC.
• Holidays: HHC observes eleven (11) holidays throughout the year. Salaried employees are paid for these holidays according to the nationally recognized observation day for each holiday. In addition, salaried employees are currently gifted either the week of Christmas or the week of New Year’s off, to be scheduled at the discretion of their supervisor.
• Sick Leave: HHC provides eligible employees with Paid Sick and Safe Leave (PSSL) and Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL) in accordance with the requirements of Colorado's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA).
• Employer Based Childcare: Employer Based Childcare: Employees receive a discount for their child(ren)’s child care tuition if they are enrolled in the Hope House Colorado Early Learning Center.
• Hope House Colorado is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program! HHC provides employees with free assistance navigating the PSLF program to submit their federal student loans for forgiveness

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level