TELAMON|TRC COMMITMENT TO TRAUMA INFORMED CARE:
Telamon|TRC has taken steps to shift our organization into a Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) model. This changes our perceptions about the individuals that we work with, employees and customers, including families and children. A trauma-informed system of care provides services that empower employees and customers, including families and children, to feel safe, welcomed and engaged at all levels of organizational interaction. Exchanges that could be potentially retraumatizing, or trigger traumatic reactions require thoughtfulness and non-judgement. Ongoing, as an organization, we collaborate to educate employees about the effects of violence, victimization and trauma on individuals. This model supports a culture of safety for employees and customers, including families and children.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Provides leadership through the oversight of day-to-day operations of the Head Start Center(s) including maintenance of administrative records, enrollment and waiting lists, licensing, and maintenance of a facility. Recruits, trains, and supervises personnel.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Maintains records to ensure the Head Start Program is compliance with regulations, licensing requirements and safety standards.
2. Protects the safety of children by ensuring the implementation of active supervision techniques to ensure no child is left alone or unsupervised at any time.
3. Work in coordination with multi-disciplinary team to ensure the needs of children, families and staff are met. Facilitates coordination of program operations within center.
4. Manage allotted budgets, secure materials and supplies, and authorize purchases. Reviews and analyzes budget information. Investigates variances and suggests program changes if needed.
5. In coordination with Education Specialists, ensure staff scheduling complies with program requirements and Fair Labor Standards Act.
6. Develop partnerships with community service providers to enhance local delivery of comprehensive services to children and families.
7. Provides information and education to the community about the program. This can be done in-person, by telephone or a group presentation format.
8. Monitors all areas of program services within assigned location(s). Provides guidance and technical advice to assigned staff.
9. Interact with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, child progress, program policies and students' behavioral or learning challenges via home visits and in-center meetings. Participate in case management meetings and solution creation.
10. Organizes and provides training to staff, parents, and volunteers. Develop and document progress on professional development plan for self and assigned staff. Facilitates and engages in professional development activities to increase qualifications in accordance with Corporation’s Core Values.
11. Creates and submits required reports. Composes and proofreads correspondence and reports.
12. Creates ways to engage parents in the education of their children including encouraging classroom involvement and home activities.
13. Supervises the transportation activities. May serve as back-up bus driver where required.
14. Coordinates all facility issues including inspections, maintenance, and cleaning.
15. Ensures the mobilization and documentation of matching/in-kind funds.
16. Plans and participates in meetings including but not limited to, staff and parent meetings and safety meetings.
17. Submits information for USDA Food reimbursement program.
18. May fill in for Center staff to maintain the proper ratio.
19. Perform all other duties as assigned by Supervisor.
SAFETY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Ensuring a secure workplace is a collective effort. All employees are responsible for adhering to established safe work practices and completing all mandatory safety training by the assigned due date.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
This position directly supervises others. This may include participation in the recruitment/selection process for new hires, employee training, onboarding, conducting performance coaching/evaluation, compensation administration, delegation of duties and conflict resolution. Promotes an environment of teamwork and cooperation and is accessible to employees.
ROLE QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education, Social Science Social Work, Human Services, Family Services, Counseling, Administration or a related field*is required.
- Must be able to get certification for CPR and First Aid after hire and recertify as required.
- Where the Center Director is designated as Program Director for childcare licensing purposes, individual must meet requirements for the state of employment.
- Two years of management experience, to include supervision.
- Education management experience is preferable.
- Must have own transportation, a valid driver’s license, and vehicle insurance.
Skills and Abilities:
- Microsoft Office products and on-line client management systems.
- Bilingual ability is preferred.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
- This job is a mixture of desk work and standing for long periods of time.
- Driving/sitting for prolong periods of time.
- Occasional exposure to adverse weather conditions.
- Occasional exposure to blood, other bodily fluids, cleaning chemicals and dirt.
- Sitting, walking, stooping, squatting, lifting (up to 30 lbs.), carrying, pushing, and climbing.
- Keyboarding and data entry, use of telephone.
- Regular in-state travel, with occasional overnight and out-of-state travel up to 10% of the time.
- Occasionally conduct home visits with customer residences, exposure to potentially unsafe environments, climb stairs.
Background Checks:
- All employees are subject to both a pre-hire and an annual background check. Specific rules by Area of Focus will indicate whether a state or federal fingerprint background check (or both) is required and the frequency. A fingerprint background check may suffice for a regular background check. Additional background checks may be required such as the Child Abuse and Neglect State Registry, and the Sex Offender Registry.
Positions that Require Driving:
- Telamon|TRC employees that are required to drive a personal vehicle for work-related duties are to meet the auto insurance liability requirement. The minimum limits required are $100,000 each person bodily injury, $300,000 each accident bodily injury and $50,000 property damage. The insurance liability requirement covers use of an employee’s personal vehicle.
- Telamon|TRC employees that drive a company-owned/rental vehicle must maintain a satisfactory annual motor vehicle record check.
- Must have own transportation, a valid driver's license, and vehicle insurance.
