HS Center Manager

HS Center Manager

SBS Building - Stockton, CA 95202

Overview

Salary Range $26.15 - $31.00 Hourly Position Type Full Time Education Level 4 Year Degree Travel Percentage None Category Education

Description

Under supervision of the ECE Assistant Director, the Head Start/Early Head Start Center Manager will implement and oversee all components of a quality preschool or infant/toddler program by contributing to the success of the teaching team and adhering to all policies and procedures, while working to maintain compliance with all licensing and funding regulations.

Description of Duties:

General:

1. Represent the agency in a consistently professional manner, always modeling a commitment to the agency's vision, mission, and values.
2. Promote and maintain a sense of teamwork between Early Education Services, other CAPC staff, volunteers, Board members, and other individuals relevant to the successful operation of each program.
3. Develop and maintain mutually beneficial working relationships with other stakeholders to ensure support of the agency's vision, mission, and values.
4. Ability to work effectively with diverse staff, parents, children and community members.
5. Maintain compliance and knowledge of all CAPC Policies and Procedures, funding and regulatory rules, and laws that apply to the program contracts and oversight agencies.
6. Conduct and document regular check ins with staff to ensure they are supported and that areas of opportunity are addressed & corrected in a timely manner.
7. Ensure staff are provided opportunities for training & development as it relates to their roles.
8. Consistently model an expectation for strengths-based services and a commitment to a collaborative and positive work environment.
9. Identify gaps & needs at assigned sites and work with Director to ensure appropriate solutions are implemented.

Program Specific:

1. Program provides for the safety, health, and nutrition of children.
2. Program provides early education experiences and learning opportunities
3. Program provides an interesting and varied physical environment
4. Program promotes social and emotional growth

Ensure completion of the CST in a timely manner.

1. Build and maintain working relationships
2. Network with other community agencies and participate when requested, in community events, health fairs, and other events designed to promote CAPC programs.
3. Document and report inappropriate behavior of staff, parents, and on-site consultants to the appropriate supervisor.
4. Complete Family Partnership Agreements and Family Strengths Assessments with families per Head Start Performance Standards and timelines. H. Schedule and conduct parent meetings bi-monthly.
5. Post HSSJ policy council meetings' meeting agenda and minutes at site.
6. Ensure parents complete parent activity survey and put together with parents the parent meeting calendar.
7. Perform other duties both program specific and CAPC related, as assigned. Refer to the Master Task List.

Support the ERSEA department by recruiting families, assisting with outreach, participating in recruitment & enrollment efforts to maintain 100% enrollment and any other tasks assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: BA degree in Child Development or related field; or AA degree minimum with completion of Family Development Credential.
• A valid Child Development Site Supervisor Permit is required.
• Three Infant/Toddler units are required if working with children birth to three; six units of Infant/Toddler Development units is preferred.
• Experience: Five years of relevant experience teaching/working with children (ages 0 to 5) and families with a minimum of three years supervisory experience.
• Ability to: Gather and analyze data; organize and write reports, read, understand, interpret and apply pertinent rules and regulations; express oneself clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; establish and maintain working relationships with others; present oneself professionally. Take initiative but also accept direction and seek guidance appropriately.
• Technical Skills: Basic computer skills to include MS Outlook and Internet usage.
• Interpersonal Skills & Communication: The employee must demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with clients and co-workers in a compassionate, nondiscriminatory, non-judgmental manner. Must also have the ability to compose high quality, professional written correspondence.

Condition of Employment

• Background Clearance: Consistent with funding source requirements and licensing entity, employment with the CAPC requires a clearance from the Department of Justice, the FBI and CACI (through submitted fingerprints).
• Immunizations: In accordance with SB 792, the employee is required to provide proof of immunizations records for Pertussis and Measles (unless a written statement from the employee's physician stating there is a medical reason not to vaccinate the employee or a positive titer test showing immunity; Influenza or declination; and a T.B. clearance (with risk assessment every 4 years). Additionally, ECE staff are required to show proof of vaccination against Hepatitis B (consistent with Cal OSHA regulations unless an employee declines in which case they will sign a statement indicating their declination).
• CPR/First Aid Pediatric Certification: The employee must be CPR/First Aid Pediatric certified within 45 days of hire and retaken every two years from initial training.
• Child Care Center Operations and Record Keeping Orientation (Online or In-Person) within 30 days of hire date. Documentation of completion must be provided.
• 15 Hours of Preventative Health and Safety/ 1 Hour of Nutrition: The employee must complete within 90 days of hire.
• Mandated Reporter: As outlined in the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA), employees in this position qualify as Mandated Reporters and are required to report any suspicion of child abuse or neglect to relevant authorities. General mandated reporter training must be successfully completed within the first 90 days of employment and renewed annually. Additional mandated reporter training must be completed as outlined by Supervisor.
• ACEs Early Trauma Online Learning Training: The employee must complete within 30 days of hire date. Documentation of completion must be provided to direct supervisor and Human Resources.
• Integrated Pest Management Training: The employee must take the required pest management training within 30 days of hire and annually thereafter. Documentation of completion must be provided to direct supervisor and Human Resources.
• Certification: The employee must maintain current certification of teaching permit. Professional growth activities must be planned as part of Professional Growth Development Plan. A minimum of twenty one hours per year is required.
• Funding: Position is dependent on continued funding and is an at-will position.
• Physical Demands: In order to perform the job duties associated with this position, the employee is regularly required to use his/her hands to finger, handle, grasp objects, tools and/or controls. The ability to walk, sit, stand, crouch, squat, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, and crawl is necessary. The employee may also be required to reach with hands and arms, repetitively lift from floor to waist and/or move 30 pounds.

Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by every CAPC employee. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Child Abuse Prevention Council of San Joaquin County