Coordinator Reading and Talking with your Child

Do you like language and do you have an affinity with education? Would you like to play a major role in meeting and guiding a group of language coaches and young families? Then you are our new coordinator 'Reading and Talking with your Child'!

Reading and Talking with your Child (abbreviation: LPK) is a project aimed at stimulating the language development of children and enriching the language environment at home. It focuses entirely on equal partnership with parents: working together on the language development of the young child (0-3 years). Parents with language delays are sometimes difficult to reach, with the risk of health problems and language delay in the children as a result. Taal Doet Meer therefore wants to work with non-native parents to get started with the language environment and literacy at home from the very first moment. Education and health themes are of course also discussed.

Reading and Talking with your Child consists of two different trajectories: TaalThuisvisits and parent-child groups. The different routes are explained below.

The language coach Taalthuisreizen and parents of young children (0 to 4 years old) will discuss language enrichment at home, using teaching materials from Taal Doet Meer. The starting point is what parents are already doing, and together you investigate what would stimulate (language) development even more. The parent-child groups are groups where mothers come together to exchange experiences and practice Dutch. They are supervised by a voluntary facilitator and a reading and playing volunteer who works with the children. As a coordinator, you guide and coach the Language Coach Language Home Visit, the facilitator and the reading and play volunteer and the families to whom they are linked.

What do you do as a Language Home Visit Coordinator?

Your tasks as a coordinator are very diverse: you conduct intake interviews with new participants, link a language coach to a family, guide the voluntary language coaches and keep all this in our registration system. You enter into an equal dialogue with parents and together you look at what you could do to stimulate the language development of the young child.

The coordinator is supported by the project leader of Taal Doet Meer. We expect you to be motivated and to work as a coordinator for at least one year.

What do you have at home?

• You are good at guiding and enthusing people
• You are open to new encounters
• You are eager to learn, independent and reliable
• You enjoy coaching others and being the first point of contact
• You are available about 4 hours a week

What do we offer?

• Meaningful work with a major social impact
• A new work environment with nice, involved colleagues
• Meeting special people and other cultures
• Personal development and inspiration
• Appreciation and guidance

We offer our coordinators professional development, consultation with other coordinators and close contact with the organization and the project leader. You can schedule your hours flexibly. You will also gain valuable experience in the field of language support and you will meet many different people. You will be supported by a language consultant for expert advice and for tailor-made teaching materials. We also offer a volunteer contract and third-party liability insurance.

Interested / questions?

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