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Job Summary The Family Services Specialist has primary responsibility for facilitating the delivery of Family Services activities from all service areas to a caseload of approximately 40 Early Head Start families and to document the process.
Implement Family Services to ensure that EHS families receive the family support and health services prescribed in the Head Start and Early Head Start Performance Standards
Engage families through the establishment of a trusting relationship with assigned families by providing meaningful and consistent client contact as specified in the Early Head Start Policies and Procedures
Maintain a caseload of approximately 40 families of children enrolled in EHS-CCP child care program partners
Duties
Establish a productive ongoing respectful relationship with each family
Employ a culturally competent and flexible approach by acknowledging, accepting, and accommodating differences (e.g., providing information in an understandable format and/or language for those who have limited/no reading skills or who are English language learners)
Maintain regular contact with families on caseload including visiting at least 1/4 of the families in the home monthly
Assist EHS families to develop and implement effective Family Partnership Agreements
Assist EHS families to complete and annually review a Family Strengths and Stresses Assessment (FSSA)
Assist in implementing an approved evidence-based parenting curriculum as prescribed by HSPS
Support transportation for families as needed to and from medical and/or social services appointments, center functions, policy council meetings, outings, and social events
Plan, conduct, and coordinate parent meetings and workshops to meet the requirements of HSPS and assessed needs of EHS-CCP parents including a variety of training including the topics specified by the HSPS
Facilitate communication between child care program partners staff and teacher, families
Visit each assigned classroom/center to facilitate collaboration with teaching staff, communication with parents, and to monitor the progress of children
Monitor attendance of children on caseload and contact families when children have not arrived at the child care program within one hour of arrival time and/or are absent for three (3) days in the month without prior notification or excused absences
Facilitate assigned families’ transition from EHS to the child’s next placement per policies and procedures
Be knowledgeable of and utilize community resources, specifically:
Serve as a liaison between families and other community agencies advocating for families as needed, and
Provide families with information regarding community resources so that they may seek services on their own behalf
Provide the effective delivery of other EHS service areas as needed, including
Recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance of children and families
Ensure that health, disabilities, mental health, nutrition, and dental services are delivered to families and children in a respectful and culturally and linguistically responsive manner
Participate in EHS-CCP self-assessment for annual assessment of Family & Community Partnerships services
Gather information for Community Needs Assessment as requested
Maintain required record-keeping:
Maintain a file on each assigned family with thorough, accurate and up-to-date records, including entering data on Child Plus per EHS policies and procedures
Record and maintain written records of all family meetings and events and communications with child care center partner staff
Provide timely family/child information updates to the EHS Data Coordinator for input in Child Plus and to managers and coordinators per EHS policies and procedures
Collect and compile requested data on families for annual PIR report
Submit in-kind documentation (volunteer hours, donations) on required forms monthly
Complete other record-keeping duties as assigned
Requirements Education Family Development Credential at a minimum, Bachelor’s Degree in Early Care and Education, Education, Social Work, or closely related field from an accredited institution preferred
Experience Three years of experience working with families or related experience
Knowledge and Skills
Preferred knowledge of and familiarity with Head Start Performance Standards and Head Start’s Parent, Family and Community Engagement (PFCE) preferred approaches
Advanced skills and knowledge in Microsoft Office, use of internet, keyboarding, and computer skills
Familiarity with data processing methods, information storage, and information retrieval
Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated writing ability
Other
North Carolina driver’s license, proof of insurance, and access to transportation; Willingness and ability to travel as needed
Cleared criminal background check as prescribed in the HSPS from DCDEE and CCRI
Dated report of satisfactory TB test or chest X-ray, prior to the first day working with children
Signed medical statement dated not more than 12 months prior to employment
Adherence with all applicable federal, state & local health requirements
Must be fully vaccinated
Benefits CCRI offers a generous benefits package including health, vision, dental, life, LTD, STD, FSA and retirement plans with an organizational match.
Work Remotely Flexible work from home options available
Seniority level Mid-Senior level
Employment type Full-time
Job function Other
Industries IT Services and IT Consulting
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Job Summary The Family Services Specialist has primary responsibility for facilitating the delivery of Family Services activities from all service areas to a caseload of approximately 40 Early Head Start families and to document the process.
Implement Family Services to ensure that EHS families receive the family support and health services prescribed in the Head Start and Early Head Start Performance Standards
Engage families through the establishment of a trusting relationship with assigned families by providing meaningful and consistent client contact as specified in the Early Head Start Policies and Procedures
Maintain a caseload of approximately 40 families of children enrolled in EHS-CCP child care program partners
Duties
Establish a productive ongoing respectful relationship with each family
Employ a culturally competent and flexible approach by acknowledging, accepting, and accommodating differences (e.g., providing information in an understandable format and/or language for those who have limited/no reading skills or who are English language learners)
Maintain regular contact with families on caseload including visiting at least 1/4 of the families in the home monthly
Assist EHS families to develop and implement effective Family Partnership Agreements
Assist EHS families to complete and annually review a Family Strengths and Stresses Assessment (FSSA)
Assist in implementing an approved evidence-based parenting curriculum as prescribed by HSPS
Support transportation for families as needed to and from medical and/or social services appointments, center functions, policy council meetings, outings, and social events
Plan, conduct, and coordinate parent meetings and workshops to meet the requirements of HSPS and assessed needs of EHS-CCP parents including a variety of training including the topics specified by the HSPS
Facilitate communication between child care program partners staff and teacher, families
Visit each assigned classroom/center to facilitate collaboration with teaching staff, communication with parents, and to monitor the progress of children
Monitor attendance of children on caseload and contact families when children have not arrived at the child care program within one hour of arrival time and/or are absent for three (3) days in the month without prior notification or excused absences
Facilitate assigned families’ transition from EHS to the child’s next placement per policies and procedures
Be knowledgeable of and utilize community resources, specifically:
Serve as a liaison between families and other community agencies advocating for families as needed, and
Provide families with information regarding community resources so that they may seek services on their own behalf
Provide the effective delivery of other EHS service areas as needed, including
Recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance of children and families
Ensure that health, disabilities, mental health, nutrition, and dental services are delivered to families and children in a respectful and culturally and linguistically responsive manner
Participate in EHS-CCP self-assessment for annual assessment of Family & Community Partnerships services
Gather information for Community Needs Assessment as requested
Maintain required record-keeping:
Maintain a file on each assigned family with thorough, accurate and up-to-date records, including entering data on Child Plus per EHS policies and procedures
Record and maintain written records of all family meetings and events and communications with child care center partner staff
Provide timely family/child information updates to the EHS Data Coordinator for input in Child Plus and to managers and coordinators per EHS policies and procedures
Collect and compile requested data on families for annual PIR report
Submit in-kind documentation (volunteer hours, donations) on required forms monthly
Complete other record-keeping duties as assigned
Requirements Education Family Development Credential at a minimum, Bachelor’s Degree in Early Care and Education, Education, Social Work, or closely related field from an accredited institution preferred
Experience Three years of experience working with families or related experience
Knowledge and Skills
Preferred knowledge of and familiarity with Head Start Performance Standards and Head Start’s Parent, Family and Community Engagement (PFCE) preferred approaches
Advanced skills and knowledge in Microsoft Office, use of internet, keyboarding, and computer skills
Familiarity with data processing methods, information storage, and information retrieval
Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated writing ability
Other
North Carolina driver’s license, proof of insurance, and access to transportation; Willingness and ability to travel as needed
Cleared criminal background check as prescribed in the HSPS from DCDEE and CCRI
Dated report of satisfactory TB test or chest X-ray, prior to the first day working with children
Signed medical statement dated not more than 12 months prior to employment
Adherence with all applicable federal, state & local health requirements
Must be fully vaccinated
Benefits CCRI offers a generous benefits package including health, vision, dental, life, LTD, STD, FSA and retirement plans with an organizational match.
Work Remotely Flexible work from home options available
Seniority level Mid-Senior level
Employment type Full-time
Job function Other
Industries IT Services and IT Consulting
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