Are you interested in being part of positive changes in Children and Family Services?   

Founded in 1975 with locations across California, Aspiranet is a trusted neighbor, partner and care provider that exists to help families thrive. With personalized care, Aspiranet offers a unique blend of services including foster family support, residential care, adoption services, and services for foster youth transitioning to adulthood, mental health services, intensive home-based care, and community-based family resources. We celebrate our values of respect, integrity, courage and hope through our work, and most importantly, our people. 

Aspiranet staff gain inspiration from human connection and understand that success is the product of teamwork. We seek champions for our mission and those committed to excellence. 

Your Future Team

Aspiranet’s Family and Community Services provide home, visiting, center-based and school-based services to children and families in their communities and offers assistance that is client-centered, trauma-informed, and reflective of best practice standards in the field.  Our services are designed to strengthen families and communities while preventing child maltreatment.  When you join our multidisciplinary team, you become part of a passionate group determined to impact lives and empower youth. 

Your Impact

The Early Child Educator (Teacher) develops and delivers curriculum to parents and their children ages 0-5 through classroom instruction, workshops, events, and activities at our First 5 Center. This position provides new parents with the opportunity to learn about parenting their young children and helping them build social supports, empowering them to become part of a strong parent community.

The Family & Community Liaison (FCL) for the Aspiranet First 5 Center is responsible for building and strengthening relationships with families and community stakeholders and for increasing center participants, with special emphasis on African American/ caregivers with children 0-5 years.

Your Skills and Duties

• Develops family literacy, early learning, and parental education class curriculum and content.
• Prepares and provides curriculum and activities that are developmentally appropriate for the parent and child.
• Conducts child development screenings.
• Develops and provides pre-k transition programming including parent-child interactive classes that simulate preschool experiences.
• Teaches and delivers parent-child classes.
• Coordinates and facilitates events and workshops.
• Establishes event agendas and assists with center calendar development.
• Monitors attendance, participates in evaluation of services, and supports center registration.
• Serves as a member of an integrated team of teachers, outreach and engagement workers and case managers.
• Supports projects, initiatives, and/or specific program functions.
• Completes monthly report on classes delivered.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Education and Work Experience 

• Associates Degree in Early Childhood Education or related degree or working towards Associates Degree with at least 12 units completed.
• Two (2) years of experience in family support preferred:
• Experience related to center-based services and/or home visitation services preferred.
• Meets all state required conditions of employment as set forth by Community Care Licensing for a Licensed Community Care facility, i.e., Fingerprint and Child Abuse Index clearance, TB/Health Physical, valid CDL, and clean driving record.

Benefits:

Flexible Time Off

• 13 paid holidays along with 10 vacation and 10 sick days

Comprehensive Healthcare

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• A 100% fully employer paid (premium) medical and dental benefit plan
• TelaDoc® employer paid telehealth program

Flexible Spending Accounts

• Medical and dependent care plans

Retirement Savings

• 403(b) and 401(a) retirement plan with employer contributions

Income Protection

• Life, AD&D, and disability insurance
• Accident, critical illness, and hospital gap plan

Training and Advancement

• Ongoing training & development opportunities
• Advancement opportunities

Employee assistance program

• Free confidential crisis line 24/7 (365 days a year)
• Six (6) face-to-face or telephonic sessions per issue

Other Perks

• Commuter program and mileage reimbursement
• Employee recognition and discount programs
  
  
  

Aspira means hope. We are a network of people bringing hope forward. We look forward to learning what makes you passionate.