Barbara A Stephenson

*Provide home-based services to families with children aged zero to five in the Columbia and Lower Richland area .

* Provide child development, parent education, case management and family support to families and children aged zero to five, through twice a month home visits or virtual visits of 90 minutes each.

* Provide all required documentation in a timely manner, which may include weekly visit logs, child assessment and screening information, activity reports and more.

* Input accurate and complete data for all families into proper databases.

* Establish transition plans for each child/family based on age.

Conduct monthly Family Meetings

*Supervised eight Parent Educators and Early Head Start staff

*Maintain documentation of group meetings and parent education sessions

*Maintain documentation on parent activities and non-federal resources

*Coordinate activities for families and facilitates parent involvement in community activities

*Attend staff meetings to collaborate and coordinate with co-workers

*Promote, organize and insure parent participation

• Educated clients on parents roles with focus on skill development and guiding children through nurturing parenting.
• Demonstrated strong knowledge of child development principles and suggested alternative parenting methods to suit individual family needs.
• Collaborated with community members to provide helpful resources to suit family needs.
• Engaged families in beneficial activities targeted at improving bonds and interactions.

*Prepared lesson plans and daily activities

Supervised and care for infants and toddlers

*Meet with parents on a regular basis

*Ensured assigned child care facilities met statutory requirements

*Inspected publicly and privately funded child care facilities

Provided technical assistant and conducted orientation to potential providers

Conducted detailed investigations, interviews and provided conclusions and recommended required actions.