Head Start Health Services Manager, Weekdays, The Lourie Center

Lourie Center - Riverdale

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The Lourie Center Head Start, Adventist HealthCare seeks to hire an experienced Head Start Health Services Manager, who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.

The Lourie Center Head Start (LCHS) program is a federally funded, community-based program for low-income families as well as pregnant women with children from birth to five years old. The program serves children with disabilities, children in foster care and families that are homeless.

As a Head Start Health Services Manager you will:
• Collaborate with all members of the Head Start leadership team to assure that Head Start Performance Standards, Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) regulations, program policies and procedures and recommended best practices are implemented consistently across the entire program.
• Oversee all aspects of the health, safety, nutrition, mental health and disabilities service areas to include developmental screenings, monitoring of health documents, organization and facilitation of Mental Health Advisory Committee and support of classroom nutritional activities.
• Provide direct supervision for the Head Start Health Aide and Safety Officer.
• Develop and support implementation of written health, nutrition, environmental safety, sanitation, food service and emergency policies and procedures ensuring compliance with local and state regulations.
• Provide support to the Mental Health team to properly implement Head Start Performance Standards.
• Establish and maintain relationships with community organizations with the purpose of providing comprehensive support to families, including establishing and maintaining written Memorandums of Understanding
• Provide health, nutrition and safety related technical assistance and training to staff and families.
• Responsible for monitoring compliance of the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
• Responsible for all Adventist initiatives as it relates to the program, and health service areas.

Qualifications include:
• A minimum, a baccalaureate degree, preferably related to health, safety or nutrition.
• A minimum of three years working young children and families.
• At least one year experience in providing direct supervision for staff members.
• Experience working in Head Start preferred
• Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required

Work Schedule:

Will support childcare partners in various locations. Position will require travel between locations; personal vehicle is necessary.

8:00 am- 4:30 pm

M-F; occasional weekends and evenings

Pay Range:

$57,606.24 - $83,532.80

If the salary range is listed as $0 or if the position is Per Diem (with a fixed rate), salary discussions will take place during the screening process.

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as:

United States of America (Exempt)

At Adventist HealthCare our job is to care for you.

We do this by offering:

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts

• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise

• Free Employee parking

• Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire

• Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)

• Paid Time Off

• Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period 

• Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance

• Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist HealthCare has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care. Adventist HealthCare was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County.

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference.

Join the Adventist HealthCare team today, apply now to be considered!