Head Start / Early Head Start program
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $26.00 - $30.00 per hour
Expected hours: 37.5 per week
Assist the Nutrition Coordinator for our Head Start / Early Head Start program in the planning and administration of quality food service operations, food and nutrition education, and nutritional health follow-up for children birth to five, pregnant women, and their families, in accordance with federal performance standards.
- Two-year Associate Degree in an approved dietetic technician program and supervised practical experience required; Master’s degree or Master’s eligible in Nutrition Science and Dietetics or equivalent highly desirable.
- Certified Dietitian/Nutritionist Certification (CDN); Registered Dietitian (R.D.) or R.D. eligible desirable.
- Food service operation and management experience desirable.
- Community Nutrition experience desirable.
- Experience working with children birth to five and pregnant women desirable.
- Valid NYS Driver License, reliable transportation, and ability to travel to various sites.
Working knowledge of basic personal computer applications.
1. Assist the Nutrition Coordinator in interpreting nutrition assessment data, providing nutrition counseling for families, and in other ways promoting good nutrition habits among children and families.
2. Assist staff working with children who have feeding problems or special nutritional needs.
3. Be familiar with individual child and adult nutritional needs, preferences, and special dietary requirements, including feeding recommendations for infants (e.g., breastfeeding, introduction of solids) and young children (e.g., food allergy or intolerance, portion size, BMI) per Head Start Health Services Competencies Tool.
4. Assist the Nutrition Coordinator in the development and implementation of the nutrition content area plans, policies, and procedures including long and short range program planning.
5. Assist the Nutrition Coordinator in the development and implementation of program quality control and improvement activities including ongoing Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) monitoring, on-site visitation, program review, consultation, and follow-up training and technical support.
6. Assist the Nutrition Coordinator in preparing monthly and annual reports for the nutrition content area as necessary.
7. Assist additional duties as needed in the absence of the Nutrition Coordinator.
8. Plan and design nutritionally sound meals, menus and meal plans in collaboration with the Nutrition Coordinator and Production Kitchen staff.
a. Plan and develop parent menus, Head Start (HS) cycle menu, Early Head Start (EHS) cycle menu.
b. Provide Try-me newsletter, S2H activities, and other nutrition education materials to classroom staff, children and parents.
9. Assist the Nutrition Coordinator in conducting/reviewing nutrition screenings to identify children who may require a nutrition assessment. Work with nutrition coordinator, nurses, teachers, family workers and other center and home-based staff to address nutritional concerns of children.
10. Assist Nutrition Coordinator with management of special diet needs to ensure children with food allergies and special diets receive the appropriate foods.
a. Assist Nutrition Coordinator in reviews of special diet documentation from site nurses.
b. Communicate with the Nutrition Coordinator and Pickard production staff to create menus and provide special diets for children with food allergies and/or dietary restrictions.
c. Create daily special diet sheets and revise as needed in collaboration with Nutrition Coordinator.
d. Assist Nutrition Coordinator with maintaining a list of products, recipes, ingredients used for HS/EHS meals.
11. In coordination with the Nutrition Coordinator, provide nutrition education, nutrition consultation, technical support and training.
a. Assist Nutrition Coordinator in providing initial and ongoing technical assistance, training and orientation of nutrition staff on operational procedures, nutrition policies, food safety, CACFP.
b. Assist Nutrition Coordinator in providing nutrition education, resource materials, and training for all program staff.
c. Assist Nutrition Coordinator in planning, coordinating and promoting food and nutrition education activities in classrooms, on home visits, and for parents.
d. Provide, if necessary and in consultation with nutrition coordinator, direct one-on-one nutrition consultation with enrolled families and/or pregnant women in the home or on-site.
e. Assist Nutrition Coordinator in creating educational materials such as in-house newsletter articles and presentations on nutrition and health topics.
f. Utilize social media skills in accordance with agency policies to communicate nutrition information to diverse multicultural audiences.
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