Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) is a parent involvement, school readiness program that helps parents prepare their three-, four-, and five-year-old children for success in school. The parent is provided with a set of carefully developed curriculum and materials designed to strengthen their child’s cognitive, early literacy, social/emotional, and physical development skills.
Position Summary/Objective:
Visit participating parents in their homes to instruct them in using the HIPPY educational materials.
Essential Functions: (Duties and Responsibilities)
- Executes the HIPPY curriculum with their HIPPY practice child in the assigned caseload.
- Makes weekly visits and make – up visits if necessary to participating families for the purpose of role – playing activity packets.
- Participates in planning and execution of group meetings, which may include role–playing the subsequent week’s activity packet and the provision of an enrichment activity.
- Participates in weekly in–service training and other staff development activities as scheduled.
- Inform HIPPY Manager of child/family progress and familial issues or concerns on a routine basis, or as they arise.
- Participates in all HIPPY-sponsored activities.
- Notify supervisor immediately of safety concerns.
- Assists the Manager in maintaining an efficient record-keeping system of program operations and participating families.
- Participate in Agency activities as required.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience Requirements:
- High School Diploma or GED Preferred.
- Some knowledge or experience with HIPPY curriculum is desirable.
Training Requirements:
- HIPPY USA required training.
- Weekly in – service training.
Specific Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:
- Must have excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as strong organizational skills.
- Must have demonstrated skills working in a Microsoft Office Suite environment and be able to use the Agency software within one month of hire.
- Must have the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operation instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Must be sensitive to the needs of the low-income community, demonstrate culturally competent skills, including an understanding of the impact of poverty on families.
- Must be highly organized, accountable, and able to work independently.
- Must be able to establish rapport with staff and families and empower them by building on their strengths.
- Must be able to work in a collaborative, creative, problem solving environment with major emphasis on program outcomes and family support.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) required.
Licenses/Certificates/Screenings:
- Must have a valid Florida Driver’s License.
- Must have reliable transportation for work-related travel, including nights and out of town.
- Must be insurable under Step Up Suncoast's organizational policies.
- Pre-employment drug screening required.
- Must pass a Level II criminal background check.
Physical demands : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
- Must be able to lift and carry 20 pounds
Work environment:
- Work site will include a variety of settings based on work responsibilities including a normal office setting, client home settings, and other settings as needed to perform work responsibilities.
Expected hours of work:
- Hours of work and days are typically Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm. The employee may be called upon outside these hours to complete home visits or attend other functions of the position or agency as needed.
Travel:
- Local travel to client homes and other agency meetings and training sessions. Regional and national HIPPY conferences and other meetings may be held outside the local area and require overnight stays.
Benefits:
Step Up Suncoast offers a generous benefits package.
- Health Insurance - The company pays $575 toward premiums. There are three (3) Florida Blue plans to choose from.
- Group Term Life Insurance - We provide life insurance equal to 1.5 times your salary at no cost.
We also offer the following ancillary insurance plans as employee-paid options.
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Plan
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Voluntary Life Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- AFLAC products (STD, Cancer, Hospitalization, Accident, Specified Event)
Other benefits:
- 403b plan - After one year of service, Step Up Suncoast contributes 8% of your gross wages to a retirement account. Employee deferrals are not required to be eligible for the 8% company contribution. Employee deferrals can start immediately upon hire. Employees can designate all or part of their elective deferrals as Roth contributions (which are included in gross income) rather than traditional, pre-tax elective contributions
- Vacation - begins to accrue immediately upon hire at approximately 8 hours per month. Time accrued increases with the number of years of service.
- Sick time - begins to accrue immediately upon hire at approximately 8 hours per month.
- Personal time - two days per year
- Holidays -19 paid holidays per year – New Year’s Day, MLK, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, 3 days at Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and 4 additional days during the Christmas holiday.
- Bereavement days for immediate family members – 3 days
- Education assistance, training, and development opportunities.
- Employer logo-branded polo shirts provided.
- Working full-time for our nonprofit organization may qualify you for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
Step Up Suncoast, Inc. shall provide its employees Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), veteran status, pregnancy, marital status, medical condition, sexual orientation or any other status protected under federal and state laws as outlined in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulations.
Step Up Suncoast is manadated to perform backround screenings for employment in accordance with the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse as outlined in Secion 435.12, Florida Statutes. Additionally, persuant to House Bill 531 (2025), Step Up Suncoast must ensure that all job vacancy postings and advertisments include a clear compicuous link to the AHCA Clearinghouse website and its requirements. For more information on background screening requirements, please visit: https://info.flclearinghouse.com.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $18.66 per hour
Work Location: In person
