All other duties as assigned by direct supervisor or management.

Assist families with referrals for emergency family support to acquire available community resources.

Assist in classrooms when needed and follow classroom guidelines and rules regarding children.

Assist in providing a variety of ways to insure frequent and consistent contact with all families on caseload.

Assist in the recruitment of children and families to our HS/EHS/GSRP programs.

Attend monthly Family Review Meetings; provide necessary reports/family information and complete follow-up as needed. Input FRM notes and Action Plan into ChildPlus.

Audit 10 % of your caseload of children’s files each month.

Collaborate with the Family and Community Engagement Coordinator, Center Manager and families to plan family meetings.

Comply with Agency’s Mission and Culture statements

Comply with program and Agency policies and procedures.
Conduct regularly scheduled home visits with assigned families.

Create and maintain yellow health and medical folders at the center level.

Empower families to be part of their community and assist them in enhancing or developing their own understanding of community resources and involvement.

Engage with the child and family in a manner that achieves the goals and objectives of the program, the program “Service Plan,” the Family Partnership Agreement, the Child Placement Contract and applicable Individual Education Plan and/or Individualized Family Service Plan.

Establish and maintain a positive, effective working relationship with staff and diverse families.

Ensure stable uninterrupted support to families and children before, during and after their Education and Children’s Services experiences.

In collaboration with the Family Involvement Coordinator Site Coordinator and families, plan family meetings.

Follow the required process to recruit and enroll families year round.

Observe children to better communicate with families on behalf of their child’s development.

Organize and maintain a child's file for management review.

Perform required data entry for family/child files and health requirements.

Provide Family Centered/Strength-based services.

Provide information to support healthy nutritional habits of families and children.

Provide Center Manager a daily written itinerary of “out of office” activity with names, addresses, phone numbers

Responsible for ensuring families adhere to mandated health requirements.

Responsible to keep assigned work area or classroom clean and assist in facility checks and miscellaneous housekeeping duties as assigned by direct supervisor.

Responsible for recruiting, ensuring eligibility, enrolling children maintaining full enrollment and connecting families with available community resources.

Serve as collaborative partners in the classroom team by supporting the teachers and children.

Share information and assist other classroom staff in maintaining accurate written records about children; including anecdotal observations and children's records.

Spends a minimum of a half-hour per session per week in the classroom to observe children so as to better communicate with families on their child’s development.

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk, bend, stoop and kneel, see and hear, use hands and arms to lift up to 60 lbs. and walk around the classroom, outdoor play area and school facilities.

Education: Minimum of an Associate Degree in Human Services, Family Life Education, Social Work or a related field is required. Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Experience: Minimum of between one and three years of progressive responsibility or expansive experience in the field of Human Services is required.

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE AND JOB KNOWLEDGE:

• Must have excellent leadership skills.

• Must be reliable, trustworthy and have good attendance.

• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Must have sound independent judgment and decision making skills.

• Must have the ability to create and maintain satisfactory working relationships with staff, families and administration.

• Must have intermediate to advanced level skills with the Internet, and Microsoft Office.