Job Opportunities

Come join our team of professionals supporting young children and their families in our community! A commitment to inclusion, learning, collaboration, and persistence as well as a can-do attitude, sense of humor, and ability to build responsive relationships are essential.

Current job openings

Campus Director (full-time)
Child and Adult Care Food Program Specialist (part-time)
Family Support Worker (full-time)
Parents as Teachers Home Visitor (full-time)
Consultation and Behavior Support Specialist (full-time)
Substitute Teacher

Benefits package for full-time employees (30+ hours)

Contribution towards Health Insurance premium
Paid Holidays & Time Off
Retirement plan match
Professional Development
Tuition discount for staff members’ children
Supplemental health, vision, dental and life insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Vision Insurance
Short-term disability, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment
Dental Insurance
Dependent Life Insurance
Health Savings Account (depending on health insurance plan)

Campus Director

The Winston Prouty Center is looking for a dynamic, energetic, creative leader to oversee the operations of our 180-acre campus that is home to 30+ tenants in 5 buildings with approximately 130,000 square feet of space. Responsibilities include managing short-term and long-term rentals with a commitment to community building, budgeting and financial management, supervising facilities team, supporting the property development initiative, and being an active member of the leadership team.

Qualifications include excellent customer service, ability to problem-solve, strong written and verbal communication skills, comfort with technology and software, flexibility, positivity and being generally unflappable. Knowledge of property management and facilities helpful; being open-minded, willing to take initiative, curious, and thoughtful are required.

Seeking to fill position ASAP, rolling interviews will be scheduled as applications are received, initial closing date July 15, 2024.

Please send resume and salary requirements to: Chloe Learey, The Winston Prouty Center, 209 Austine Drive, Brattleboro, VT 05301, chloe@winstonprouty.org

Child and Adult Care Food Program Specialist

Are you passionate about healthy food and nutrition for young children? The Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development is looking for an energetic team player to implement and coordinate the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) in this region. The Child and Adult Care Food Program Specialist is responsible for administering the federal program which provides reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children who are enrolled at participating family child care homes. The Food Program Specialist supports childcare providers with orientation, regulatory compliance, and monthly billing.

Responsibilities:

Coordinate and conduct all activities related to monitoring functions of the child care homes participating in CACFP
Process monthly claims for reimbursements to providers
Review all enrollment data for accuracy and completeness
Complete and submit annual CACFP re-certification applications
Provide limited on-site program monitoring, training and technical assistance for CACFP providers (includes approx 2 hours of travel time to participating program and 2-3 hours of an onsite review time per week).
Monitor program budget
Oversee the CACFP review and audit and provide information as required

Bachelors degree and two years experience in nutrition, early childhood education, or related field preferred.

The position is part-time and allows for a flexible schedule.

Interested candidates should send a letter of interest, resume and names of three references to:
Caitlin Pelletier, The Winston Prouty Center, 209 Austine Drive, Brattleboro, VT 05301, caitlin@winstonprouty.org

Family Support Worker – Children’s Integrated Services

The Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development is seeking a Family Support Worker to join our Children’s Integrated Services (CIS). CIS Family Support works with families who are expecting a child and families with children up to age 6 through direct services such as home visits, clinical assessments, and assistance connecting with needed community resources.

This position will be embedded in the Brattleboro Primary Care practice and will be a pivotal connection to the CIS Clinical team, which includes Early Intervention, Nursing, Early Childhood Family Mental Health and Specialized Child Care.

The Family Support Worker will provide professional support, role modeling and advocacy for families who may be faced with life stressors, such as acquisition of parenting skills and continuing education, and difficulty maintaining basic needs, such as housing and transportation. Promote family success in attainment of life skills with a concentration on promoting optimal health.

Responsibilities:

Work with families to define goals and create a plan in collaboration with other providers who may work with the family.
Assist families in goal implementation which might include finding housing, employment, early care/ education, transportation, benefits, education, or other resources.
Build capacity by identifying family strengths and natural supports
Monitor progress towards goals and adapt plan as needed
Work collaboratively with other service providers including providing consultative support and providing team leadership when appropriate.
Maintain program records.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree required in social work, counseling, psychology or related field;
Experience working with families with young children as a case manager
Ability to establish strong working relationships with program participants, colleagues, and community members.
Knowledge of community resources including benefits programs, social services, recovery-oriented support groups, and housing.

Salary: from $21.00 per hour

Interested candidates should send a letter of interest, resume and names of three references to:
Kathy Hallock, The Winston Prouty Center, 209 Austine Drive, Brattleboro, VT 05301, kathy@winstonprouty.org

Parents as Teachers Home Visitor

The Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development in Brattleboro, VT is seeking a full-time Parents as Teachers (PAT) Home Visitor.

The role will support families with young children in parent-child interactions, development-centered parenting and family well-being using the PAT Foundational Curriculum. PAT is an evidence-based home visiting model.

Work consists of partnering with families to develop goals, providing resources and engaging in parent-child activities to help them accomplish those goals, doing annual developmental screening and health reviews.

Bachelor’s degree in social work, early childhood education, counseling, psychology or related field required, and two years’ experience working in the field.

Salary is $20-$23/hour, depending on experience.

To apply, send resume and cover letter to: Lisa Atwater, The Winston Prouty Center, 209 Austine Drive, Brattleboro, VT 05301, latwater@winstonprouty.org

Consultation and Behavior Support Specialist

The Winston Prouty Center is seeking a Consultation and Behavior Support Specialist for our Children’s Integrated Services (CIS) team. This person partners with families and early learning programs to support children in developing positive behavior and social-emotional skills and to help create environments necessary for learning those skills.

The Consultation and Behavior Support Specialist is a member of the CIS Early Childhood Family Mental Health (ECFMH) Team, which includes clinicians from HCRS who are part of Children’s Integrated Services (CIS). This team works with families and children up to age 6 as well as early learning programs to support social emotional development. Services include direct work with children and families at home and school and coaching for individual classrooms and programs around implementing the Pyramid Model approach.

Responsibilities

Serve as a member of the ECFMH Team, which includes Winston Prouty Center Programs, the supervisory unions and the early childhood community programs.
Attend and participate in Staff, Core and Regional Advisory Team meetings, other training and meetings as required, as representative of the WPC and CIS programs.
Provide consultation and behavior support services to children and families in the child’s natural setting.
Provide support to teachers and child care providers working directly with children on One Plan goals.
Work with early educators and administrators in coordinating and delivering services to families.
Model family-centered practice.
Provide data on children and families as determined by federal and state guidelines, including Medicaid billing.
Participate in outreach and education activities community agencies, programs and organizations, to facilitate the referral process and to develop collaborative relationships with community resources.
Attend statewide support and training meetings of Children’s Integrated Services.

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in early childhood education, social work, counseling, psychology or related field required
Two year’s experience working in the field
Knowledge of the Pyramid Model/Early Multi-Tiered Systems of Support preferred, training available.