Family Child Care Specialist

The Home Child Care Network, part of SAL Community Services, is the Quad Cities area's leading provider of early childhood care and education. We provide a safe, secure and supportive environment centered on how playing can charge the mind of the children we care for. As a Home Child Care Network (HCCN) Family Child Care Specialist on our team, you will work with licensed, home child care providers. This means you'll do things like:

• Collaborate with existing agencies and coordinate services for home providers.
• Recruit and enroll participating home child care providers; complete necessary paperwork.
• Provide child care referral services to families seeking child care within Home Child Care Network.
• Produce necessary reports and projections to administrative personnel within established timelines.
• Visit home providers on a regular, monthly basis; documenting quality of care and regulating compliance.

We are looking for team members who:

• Enjoy following a routine, and welcome the in-the-moment changes that come with early care and education;
• Enjoy making a difference in the community;
• Are passionate about building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for all, and,
• Are professional, kind, and don't take themselves too seriously!

Salary, benefits and perks Our entire compensation package includes paid time off and paid holidays; health, dental, and vision benefits; 401(k) with employer contribution; and pet insurance. A full list of benefits is available on our website at salcommunityservices.org.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. A full list of job responsibilities will be provided prior to an interview. This position must obtain required background clearances. Requests for reasonable accommodation as required under applicable law will be considered.

Education and Experience Required: Associate degree in child development or social work or related field plus at least two years of experience in family/home day care and/or licensed child care center with experience exercising leadership skills, problem solving, issues related to early childhood providers, and establishing and maintaining effective working relationships. In lieu of an Associate Degree, 10+ years of experience as a licensed childcare home provider, licensed child care center or home while also working towards completion of an Associate Degree may be considered qualified. Preferred: Bachelor Degree in child development or similar field with two plus years of experience as stated previously.

About The Organization Mission SAL Community Services (SAL) strengthens children, families, and individuals to build and enhance thriving communities. At SAL Community Services, we provide Support, Advocacy, and Learning in our communitiesfrom childhood to adulthood. Our mission is to strengthen children, families, and individuals to build and enhance thriving communities. Founded in 1970, we have a history of listening to the needs of our community and responding. We have grown from an organization focused on providing quality child care to low-income working families to one that meets a wide variety of needs, from early care and education to crisis assistance and stabilization services. Today, SAL has a bi-state 17 county regional footprint from the Quad Cities to Central Illinois area. We advocate with and for the people we support, the communities we serve, and the solutions we champion, and we offer an inclusive, welcoming community for the people we serveand our employees.

EOE STATEMENT SAL Community Services is an equal opportunity employer and believes in equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. Accordingly, all employment decisions are based on the principles of equal opportunity. These decisions include recruitment, selection, promotion, transfer, discipline, compensation, benefits, training and other personnel actions involving persons in all job titles and shall occur without regard to actual or perceived race, creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, religion (or for requesting an accommodation for a religious belief), sex, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information (as defined in Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)), military status or discharge status, veteran status, qualified disabled veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, transgenderism, marital status, citizenship status, familial status, physical or mental disability (or for requesting an accommodation for a disability), association with a disabled person(s), medical condition (including HIV or AIDS status, cancer related or genetic characteristics) arrest record (unless doing so violates contractual, funding, or licensing requirements), order of protection status, pregnancy (including conditions related to childbirth or breast feeding), homelessness or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Location Home Child Care Network - Galesburg

Exempt/Non-Exempt Non-Exempt