Quality First Coach; Bilingual

Description

Easterseals Blake Foundation started as the Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Southern Arizona. Since then, we have expanded our services to better serve our community members. We are now one of Arizona's top providers of comprehensive behavioral health services, child welfare, and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve more than 40,000 individuals and families across 10 counties and support more than 3,700 children in Foster Care throughout Southern Arizona.

Are you ready to make profound, positive differences in people's lives every day?

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Life insurance
• Voluntary Short-term Disability insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Employer paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program

Provides coaching services to early childhood programs enrolled in Quality First in a collaborative, reflective, and efficient manner for the purpose of improving quality of care and education in assigned programs.

• Orients and enrolls childcare center, group home and family home care staff to the Quality First program.
• Meets with program administrators and childcare staff to review assessment findings and engage in a dialogue about results.
• Collaborates with program administrators and childcare staff to develop a Quality Improvement Plan (QIP).
• Assists in the implementation of the QIP through regular monitoring and coaching visits that include training, modeling, providing resources, support reflective conversation, technical assistance, etc.
• Plans and implements training and technical assistance on topics relevant to the needs of the program utilizing adult learning theory and interactive training techniques.
• Collaborates with program staff to develop and submit requests for incentive purchases to support QIP goals.
• Submits accurate and complete reports as per program guidelines and according to program timelines.
• Supports an integrated team process for service delivery, engages in collaborative activities with other technical assistance providers working in a childcare site.
• Adheres to EBF core values, the program’s Implementation Manual and Service Delivery Plan, and the funder’s Standards of Practice.
• As a mandated reporter, follows agency and statutory reporting policy and procedures which includes a timely response to incidents, notification of supervisor and use of the Critical Incident form.
• Participates in the process of ongoing professional development and meetings. Maintains comprehensive communication among all contacts within the agency, members, and external agencies. Models professional standards and ethics in accordance with EBF Code of Conduct, Strategic Plan, Mission, and Vision.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education (ECE) or a bachelor’s degree that includes at least 24 college credits in ECE or a related field with 5 years of experience working in a licensed and/or regulated early childhood setting with children birth through 8 years of age required. Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Current, unrestricted AZ driver’s license with no more than two (2) minor moving violations or one (1) accident within the past three (3) years. Three (3) years of driving experience required.
• Must be able to pass extensive criminal background checks.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an AZ DPS Level 1 fingerprint clearance card (employer provides).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a CPR and First Aid certification (Paid training).

Able to establish and maintain a team atmosphere of communication and collaboration for all that reach out to the Department. Must be self-directed and be sensitive to cultural and linguistic diversity. Excellent customer service in stressful situations. Maintains a professional appearance, communications, and actions. Excellent interpersonal communication skills.…