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Utilizing the PAT Foundational Curriculum in culturally sensitive ways, the parent educator partners, facilitators and reflects with families.\n\n*Duties*\n\n* Completes an initial and annual family-centered assessment with each family\n* Develops, monitors and reviews goals with each family\n* Provides personal visits focused on parent-child interaction, development-centered parenting and family well-being (including planning, delivering and documenting the visit)\n* Uses the PAT Foundational curriculum to share research based information with families\n* Provides group connections to give families the opportunity to build social connections with each other, engage in parent-child interaction activities, and increase their knowledge of ways to support children’s development\n* Completes at least an initial and annual developmental screening and health review for each enrolled child\n* Connects families to resources that help them reach their goals and address their needs\n* Helps parents and children transition to other services as needed, to preschool, or to kindergarten\n* Maintains and submits in a timely way all required family and program documentation\n* Obtains competency-based professional development and renew parent educator certification annually\n* Participates in continuous quality improvement\n* Performs other duties as assigned\n\n*Experience*\n\n* An associate’s degree or higher in a health and human services field OR two years of direct service experience in a health or human services field, with young children/or parents\n* Must possess excellent, demonstrable written and verbal communication skills\n* Must have ability to establish rapport with families and empower them by building on their strengths\n* Must be proficient in computer skills with a working knowledge in Microsoft Office Suite\n* Must have ability to work independently and be self-motivated (often in the field)\n* Must complete the Parents as Teachers Foundational and Model Implementation Trainings before delivering PAT services\n\nPay: $45,000.00 - $48,000.00 per year\n\nBenefits:\n* 403(b)\n* Dental insurance\n* Health insurance\n* Mileage reimbursement\n* Paid time off\n* Vision insurance\n\nWork Location: In person","company":"Projectunity","rawCompany":"projectunity","city":"Bryan","state":"TX","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-09T10:22:21.905Z","occupations":[{"code":"21-1021.00","title":"Child, Family, and School Social Workers","slug":"child-family-and-school-social-workers"},{"code":"21-1099.00","title":"Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other","slug":"community-and-social-service-specialists-all-other"},{"code":"25-2011.00","title":"Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education","slug":"preschool-teachers-except-special-education"}],"industries":[{"code":"624110","title":"Child and Youth Services","slug":"child-and-youth-services"},{"code":"624410","title":"Child Care Services","slug":"child-care-services"},{"code":"624190","title":"Other Individual and Family Services","slug":"other-individual-and-family-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Parent Educator","description":"*Job Overview*\nA parent educator in the HOPES program implements the Parents as Teachers (PAT) model, emphasizing parent-child interaction, development-centered parenting and family well-being in their work with families. 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