PT Registered Nurse - Administrator (daycare)

The Preschool Nurse functions under the direction of the Manager of Care to Care in developing and providing regulatory compliance adherence, health education and outreach to licensed home day care providers, their staff and the families of children in their care.

 

Supervision

Report directly to the Care to Care Manager

 

Performance Requirements:

• Ability to implement philosophy and objectives of the program
• Ability to work collaboratively and creatively to design and implement a health education curriculum
• Skilled in establishing rapport with child care providers, parents, community agencies and outside referral sources
• Ability to plan and conduct program activities
• Ability to collect and report on program data
• Ability to design and complete communications materials (i.e., newsletter, brochures, flyers).

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Providing early childhood care and education by:

• Developing monthly trainings related to early childhood health, wellness, development education
• Recruiting consultants, speakers and resources for trainings
• Collecting data and reporting on services provided
• Developing, summarizing, & reporting findings of needs assessments
• Developing creative and new programing as trends and program needs require
• Updating home daycare provider roster
• Maintaining up to date knowledge of CT Child Daycare Licensing Regulations
• Enhancing small business and technology resources for home daycare providers
• Maintain network and professional development opportunities for childcare providers to connect with local & regional resources
• Help with the annual Care to Care Report Card, monthly program updates for the Family Centers Board of Directors 

 

Enhance Early Childhood Wellness by:

• Providing child care providers, parents and children with comprehensive health education
• Linking the home daycare providers and families to community resources
• Assisting parents and child care providers to become advocates for children 
• Representing & reporting interests of home daycare providers 

 

Enhancing program awareness by:

• Contributing to newsletter
• Developing and distributing flyers promoting program services
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Work with and participate in agency public relations/communications including Family Centers Annual Report and other press/social media efforts as needed. 

Qualifications:

• Licensed Registered Nurse (RN) or equivalent
• Prefer experience with early childhood education,  pre-school population, community advocacy

About Family Centers:

Family Centers is a private, nonprofit organization offering health, education and human service program to children, adults and families in Fairfield County. More than 250 professionals and 500+ trained volunteers collaborate to provide our communities with a wide range of responsive and innovative services. Through our comprehensive network of services, more than 23,000 children, adults, families and communities receive the care, encouragement and resources needed to realize their potential. 

Rewards:

Salary commensurate with experience. A suite of benefits including generous paid time off, medical, dental, vision, tax-free spending accounts, disability, life and AD&D insurance. Additional benefits include an employee assistance plan, pet insurance, critical accident and illness, wellness services, tuition reimbursement, and retirement savings.  The opportunity to work for an employer consistently rated one of the Top Workplaces in Western Connecticut by Hearst Connecticut Media and a perfect 100 Encompass rating by Charity Navigator 10. 

Family Centers is a United Way, Community Fund of Darien and New Canaan Community Foundation partner agency, and is a member of the Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies and the Alliance for Children and Families.  The agency is also accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), The Joint Commission, licensed by the State of Connecticut Department of Public Health, and is a Department of Children and Families-licensed child psychology center.

 For more information and to apply, please visit http://www.familycenters.org/  or on our LinkedIn page

Family Centers is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees as indicated in applicable federal and/or state laws.