CFW Facilitator (Upland)

Description

Reach Out is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that has been serving the Inland Region of Southern California since 1969. Reach Out’s mission is to strengthen communities by bringing people together to solve our region’s toughest issues: breaking barriers to education achievement, expanding economic opportunities, and creating safe, healthy, and innovative communities. Our aim is to be an effective, positive disruptor of the inequitable status quo. Our core work of strengthening communities takes many forms, from direct services to youth and families, to deep root cause work in building the health and quality of life in our region. 

Reach Out is seeking team members who are passionate about building an equitable Inland Empire, and who recognize that, collectively with our partners, we will be the ones who will ultimately shift mindsets, policies and practices toward equity, justice, and prosperity for all our residents. We support the rights of immigrants, the LGBTQ community, and persons living with disabilities. If you hold these same values and goals, Reach Out offers a stellar work culture, a rich benefits & retirement package, and the opportunity to use your talents to build a region where all can thrive. 

BASIC POSITION FUNCTION

Under the supervision of the CFW Program Manager, The Community & Family Wellness Facilitator is responsible for providing transformative programming to community members, parents/caregivers and/or children and youth. The Facilitator provides outreach, instruction, case management and navigation to improve participants’ abilities to promote healthy physical and emotional development for all community members.

• $24.16/hour

Benefits:

• Cost and no-cost options for health insurance.
• Reach Out pays 100% of its employee’s dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Paid vacation and sick leave.
• 13 holidays per year.
• 403(b) retirement plan
  • Reach Out matches after 1 year at the start of the following quarter.
• Professional development.
• Work laptop provided.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Facilitate curriculum-based sessions and activities for parents and/or children and youth to promote positive youth development and family engagement, while ensuring program fidelity.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments and case management to identify participant needs and create individualized case management plans. Make appropriate referrals to external services or resources as needed.
• Provide in-home consultations with parents, assisting them with needed community support.
• Be familiar with the ASQ 3 and ASQ:SE-2
• Conduct monthly check-ins with past and present participants to track progress and provide additional resources or support as needed to ensure program success.
• Provide supervision for children and educational lessons while maintaining a safe and healthy environment that meets program standards and guidelines. This includes but not limited to engaging the child/ren in a healthy exchange, and mirroring the behavior
• Arrange and conduct virtual and/or in-person classroom environment in accordance with program goals and philosophy. This may include developing lesson plans and activities that align with the program curriculum objectives and promote positive youth development.
• Attend meetings with collaborative partners to promote programs and increase community access. This may include participating in community events, presenting at conferences or workshops, or conducting outreach efforts to promote program services.
• Maintain regular communication with Program Director and Manager, and actively participate in team meetings to ensure program goals are met and to provide updates on program progress or challenges.
• Assist with participant screening, intake process, planning for recognition events, and closure activities to ensure program quality and success. This may include developing or implementing program policies and procedures related to participant engagement and retention.
• Create long- and short-range activities according to curriculum objectives, developmentally appropriate practice, and program philosophy. This may include developing and implementing program activities that align with the program's goals and objectives.
• Create and disseminate marketing materials to promote the program. This may include developing flyers, brochures, social media content, or other materials that promote program services and encourage program participation.
• Travel extensively and conduct community outreach, including work nights and weekends as needed to ensure program success and meet program goals. This may include conducting outreach efforts to underserved communities or providing services in remote locations.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

Qualifications

Required Experience:

• Two (2) or more years’ experience facilitating or teaching educational classes and providing case management and/or support groups.
• Experience working with diverse populations and understanding of diverse parenting styles; experience working with complex families facing multiple challenges; and the knowledge of and ability to access community resources.
• Experience in working with opportunity children, youth, and their families.

Preferred Education: Bachelor's degree in Child Development, Education, Social Work, Psychology, or related field or an Associate’s degree with 12 ECE Credits and two (2) years of experience working with children and families. 

Preferred Experience: Fluent Bilingual Spanish/English.

Knowledge of:

• Family dynamics and the provision of family-centered services.
• Client Service – Anticipating and responding to needs and demands of clients (both internal and external.)
• Computer Use – Using computers and other forms of technology.
• Document Use – Finding, understanding, or entering information (e.g., text, symbols, and numbers) in various types of documents, such as tables or forms.
• Teamwork/Cooperation – Readily sharing information, knowledge, and personal strengths. Seeking to understand and building on different perspectives of others to enhance team efficiency and quality outcomes.
• Values and Ethics – Serving the agency with integrity and respect in personal and organizational practices. Includes respecting democratic, professional, ethical and people values. Building respectful, bilingual, diverse, and inclusive workplaces. Ensuring decisions and transactions are transparent and fair. Holding themselves, their employee, and their department accountable for their actions.
• Microsoft Office including Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Ability to:

• Travel daily, as needed, to multiple sites.
• Collect and enter program data in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Work evenings and/or weekends

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to adequately perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Language Skills - Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization. 

• Reasoning Ability - Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.  Ability to deal with problems involving multiple concrete variables in standardized situations. 
• Mathematical Skills - Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.  Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance. 
• Physical Demands - While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; stand, walk and use their hands to complete various tasks. The employee is occasionally required to react quickly with hands and arms.  The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 45 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus. 
• Work Environment - While performing the duties of this job, the employee is infrequently exposed to extreme outside weather conditions.  The employee is infrequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. On occasion the employee could be exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate as found in an office environment. 

Reach Out is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion or religious creed, disability or handicap, pregnancy, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. 

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