Literacy Ambassador

Location: CHA Windsor Street Care Center 

Work Days: 3-8 hours/week, days, evenings, weekends  

Category: Human and Social Services  

Department: Agenda for Children  

Job Type: Per Diem On Call  

Work Shift: Various Shifts 

Hours/Week: 0.00 

Union: No 

Union Name: Non Union

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION:

The Agenda for Children Literacy Initiative at the Cambridge Public Health Department is an early literacy program supporting Cambridge moms, dads and caregivers of children birth to 8 years old through 3 programs – Let’s Talk!, Pathways to Family Success and Cambridge Dads.

Summary:
Participate in, organize, and/or facilitate home visits, workshops, and events that:
• Help parents understand the importance of talking and reading to their young children.
• Provide information to parents about resources and services that are available to them.
• Help parents connect to agencies or organizations

Responsibilities:
• Do home visits to families in English and/or your home language. This includes finding families who want to be visited, as well as visiting them.
• Outreach to families in your communities through mailings, phone calls, and in-person conversations.
• Attend activities, events and fairs with Agenda for Children staff members.
• Assist and/or lead workshops in English, and also in another language (if you are Bilingual).
• Continue to learn about available community resources.
• Attend all necessary training sessions.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Other information:
• Promote literacy (talking and reading)
Work with parents
Connect to families with young children. Strong communication skills required
High school diploma/GED required

 
In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct, that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.