Assistant Family Development Specialist

POSITION: Assistant Family Development Specialist

DEPARTMENT: Positive Parenting Family Support Program

STATUS: Full-time

HOURS: 40 hours per week

PAY: $15-17

REPORTS TO: Director of Positive Parenting

DIRECT REPORTS: N/A

LOCATION:

About Focus on Renewal

The Focus On Renewal Sto-Rox Neighborhood Corporation (FOR) was founded in 1969. FOR founders led a group of mobilized citizens and community activists to create an umbrella organization for much-needed social services now ranging from food security, nutrition, early childhood education, support groups, crime prevention, and mental health services. Also included are arts programs for all ages and access to the Sto-Rox Public Library.

FOR has now grown to house 30 staff at four locations throughout McKees Rocks and Stowe Township. The Organization provides support to the people in our neighborhood through programs for all ages designed to develop resilient, contributing members of a thriving community. We work with a wide range of partners to ensure high-quality programming is accessible to all 13,000 residents of the Sto-Rox Community.

About the Department:

Positive Parenting Family Support Centers are designed to provide education and support to the families we serve. We provide service in three sites throughout the Sto-Rox community to families with children from birth through age five. The goal of the program is to prevent child abuse and help children and their families· transition into the school system.

Family Support programs are based on the philosophy that the most effective way to ensure the healthy development and growth of small children is by supporting the families and communities in which they live. They are designed to increase the strength and stability of families and to increase parents' confidence and competence in their parenting abilities.

Family Support programs not only represent a place where parents can come together to share, support each other, or talk about and benefit from their community's resources but they also represent a community process - a new way of doing business. All segments of the community come together as partners and begin the process of identifying and achieving mutual goals and objectives.

About the Position:

Summary

Assistant Family Development Specialist

The Assistant Family Development Specialist works 40 hours per week assisting the Family Development Specialist in pre-school curriculum to children whose families are enrolled in the program. The family development specialist will work with children to encourage their healthy development and engage in relationships with their families in order to support the entire family.

This is a full-time, year-round position.

The Assistant Family Development Specialist assists in pre-school curriculum to children whose families are enrolled in the program. The specialist will work with children to encourage their healthy development and engaging in relationships with their families in order to support the entire family.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Assist in facilitating preschool five days per week using Positive Parenting curriculum
• Foster growth in self-esteem, confidence, and interest in play and learning
• Support in building relationships with parents to build trust, offer support, and enhance the development of healthy parenting skills
• Maintain positive rapport with team while supporting the work of the center
• Assist in the development of special events
• Keep all areas of the preschool clean and ensure a welcoming atmosphere
• Maintain confidentiality of all Positive Parenting families
• Complete paperwork as required
• Attend programmatic and agency-wide staff meetings and training
• Perform other duties as assigned

Candidate Qualifications

• Experience working with different types of families
• Must be able to get to any of the 3 different sites in Sto-Rox as assigned High School
• Diploma or GED
• 2 years’ experience working with young children
• Able to obtain Child Abuse, Criminal, and FBI clearances