Health Services/ Quality Assurance Coordinator

Supervises Health Specialist & Nurse Specialist

The Head Start Health Services/Quality Assurance Coordinator is responsible for the managing, supervising and coordinating the nutrition and health services, including environmental health and safety checks for the Head Start/Early Head Start and State programs: as stated in the Head Start Performance Standards, including coordinating with Family Service Department and other component staff as needed, including, classroom staff, parents and other institutions providing health services to Head Start children and advocating for families.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS – Coach and provide supervisory guidance to the Health and Nurse Specialist in order to strengthen staff capacity and move staff towards mastery in core competencies. Maintain qualitative and quantitative quality improvement and monitoring systems in order to assure that program strategies are executed with reliability, fidelity, and quality Conducts site visits to Head Start centers for the purpose of monitoring program standards and/or ensuring compliance with established guidelines. Consults with center staff and families on a variety of issues for the purpose of providing technical assistance and/or training regarding best practices in the health and nutrition field. Develop policies and procedures and paperless systems (e.g., scope of services, program expansion, etc.) for the purpose of implementation to meet the health and nutrition needs of Head Start/Early Head Start children and their families and/or ensuring compliance with established guidelines and/or standards. Directs Health services operations; the maintenance of services and the implementation of new processes for the purpose of providing services within established timeframes and in compliance with related requirements. Monitors safety of children at sites for the purpose of preventing injuries and ensuring site safety Participate in the recruitment of children. Health and Nutrition Services: Integrates knowledge of evidence-based practices to promote child and family health and wellness to build a health and nutrition program that: 1. Helps staff and families understand the relationship between child and family health and nutrition and children’s school readiness outcomes 2. Develops strategies to address the health disparities in low-income communities, particularly related to common chronic health conditions such as asthma, obesity, and lead exposure 3. Engages families as leaders in building a program environment that promotes health and wellness 4. Oversees completion and follow-up of yearly nutrition assessments for all children in the program, including providing guidance, support, and follow-up to develop Integrated Care Plans for children with special nutritional needs

5. Assures that all children with special nutritional needs have individualized diets and special food, as needed 6. Develop community partnerships to ensure that children and families’ preventive and health and nutrition treatment needs are met, and that secure long-term relationships for families to providers who will support their children’s long-term health and well-being EPSDT ADHERENCE 1. Ensure that all children in the program are up to date on EPSDT preventive health care requirements and receive timely follow-up evaluation and treatment 2. Ensure that the program has documentation or has conducted health screenings for all children within HS Performance Standards 45 and 90 required time frames 3. Establish monitoring systems to oversee EPSDT adherence, including follow-up on expired or coming due to preventive health visits and follow up NUTRITION ASSESSMENT AND INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT 1. Provide oversight, guidance, and training to program staff to complete and interpret HS Performance Standard required Nutritional Assessments within 90 days of a child’s program entry 2. Coordinate with Food Services team to develop specialized diets for children with dietary restrictions and ensure that all staff understand children’s special needs 3. Coordinate with Health and family engagement team to conduct Integrated Care Plan meetings for families of children with specialized nutritional needs, such as children who are underweight, obese, or diagnosed with anemia 4. Provide individualized support to families of children with significant nutritional needs, including regular care conferences, care coordination, and family education 5. Coordinate with Service area teams to develop and implement health and wellness strategies to reduce the incidence of childhood obesity FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT 1. Establish trusting and respectful family relationships with diverse families in order to effectively engage them in maintaining ongoing preventive care and follow up to assure their children’s health and well-being 2. Effectively communicate the relationship between children’s health and nutrition and school readiness outcomes 3. Support families to become advocates for their children’s health, with special attention to families of children with chronic health conditions HEALTH AND WELLNESS 1. Assure that all families have quality medical and dental homes, and maintain consistent health insurance coverage, if eligible 2. Complete Individual Care Plans for children with chronic health conditions, and follow up to ensure that children’s health conditions are effectively managed

3. Develop and align program-wide health and wellness campaigns with agency mission; including promoting consistent family routines that support healthy lifestyles and habits 4. Work with program-wide leadership to build staff and agency health and wellness culture to model and support our health and nutrition goals for children and families SERVICE COORDINATION 1. Effectively coordinate with family engagement, Early Learning, and MH and Disabilities to maintain health and nutrition requirements documentation and follow up 2. Coordinate goal setting with family engagement teams to assist families in strengthening chronic health condition management and service access 3. Communicate and coordinate with Center staff, families, and community partners to ensure that children’s health and nutrition needs are understood and that individualized support is in place when needed COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS 1. Assists with establishing and maintaining community partnerships and collaborations to secure health and nutrition screenings and follow-up treatment, including follow-up on Memoranda of Understanding 2 Facilitates the organization of the Health and Mental Health Services Advisory Committee and utilizes the committee in the planning, implementation and evaluation of the health component. 3 Coordinates as appropriate with School District health staff HEALTH AND SAFETY (QA) 1. Ensure that all classrooms and centers are in compliance with state and federal health and safety practices, including ongoing monitoring 2. Oversee medication administration, storage, and auditing to maintain up-to-date information, medications, and medical authorizations 3. Ensure that all classrooms have up-to-date food allergy lists that include food substitutions for children with special diets 4. Establish effective health emergency procedures, including conditions for short-term exclusion and admittance, medication administration procedures, injury prevention measures, and hygiene procedures 5. Coordinate with Facilities team to ensure that facilities meet health and safety compliance regulations PLANNING AND ANALYSIS 1. Utilize program data to plan and monitor health and nutrition services, including developing systems to assure that all children remain up to date on EPSDT requirements, evaluation and follow up treatment 2. Utilize health and nutrition trend data, community assessment, and other community indicators to inform health and wellness planning, and to target specific interventions to at risk children and families 3. Utilize health and nutrition trend data to identify areas for professional development for staff, as well as to develop health promotion and education campaigns for families

RECORD KEEPING AND REPORTING 1. Maintain real-time up to date accurate documentation of all health and nutrition requirements and health and nutrition screenings 2. Assure that all child files are 100% in compliance with HS, and Childcare licensing policies and procedures 3. Effectively manage workload to assure that core job functions are completed in timely manner

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $59,280.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Glynn County, GA (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $59,280