Hybrid Family Engagement Specialist bei Child Development Centers Inc.

Summary:

Engage with families to build authentic relationships that will develop into partnerships that promote trust and respectful, ongoing two-way communication. These partnerships support family well-being and help families meet established goals for themselves and their children. This is a 7-hour shift, plus a 30-minute lunch break from 9:00am-4:30pm.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Develop community partnerships that provide opportunities for recruitment and completion of enrollment.
• Participate in recruitment activities/events to fill vacancies and/or maintain a waitlist in the Head Start program.
• Re-enroll eligible current families and assist in enrolling new families by deadlines determined by the supervisor, ensuring a 97% enrollment rate by completing all re-enrollment and other required paperwork accurately.
• Complete and document home visits for families each month.
• Complete a Family Partnership Agreement and establish a Goal Plan in collaboration with all Head Start families.
• Complete and document Fall, Winter and Spring Family Outcomes Assessment checkpoints with each family by established deadlines.
• Refer families to the appropriate resources, as determined by their Family Outcomes Assessment, to support their needs and the needs of their children.
• Track family goals to fulfill PIR requirements and ensure progress.
• Communicate with families regularly regarding their child’s daily attendance.
• Provide parents with information about the importance of their child’s attendance and work to ensure that families have a minimum of an 85% attendance rate. Documentation is required after two consecutive unexplained absences.
• Conduct a home visit or make other direct contact with a child’s family if a child has two or more unexplained, consecutive absences and do not respond to call and/or text.
• Facilitate a bi-monthly Parent Committee meeting offering families activities that support parent- child relationships and child development, including language, dual language, literacy, and bi- literacy, as appropriate.
• Assist families in enrolling in Ready Rosie, a research-based parenting curriculum that allows them to practice parenting skills.
• Meet with the supervisor regularly to discuss attendance concerns, enrollment issues, special family circumstances, upcoming events, or any other pertinent information.
• Participate in classroom visits, classroom activities, and interdisciplinary team meetings with teachers to build positive child relationships.
• Communicate effectively with the Center Director, teachers, and other staff in the center in which you work.
• Other duties as assigned by the Manager.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in social work (or related field).
• Experience: Minimum of 1 year of experience working with children.
• May require travel to other centers within the county.
• A half hour unpaid lunch break is required daily, resulting in a 7.5-hour workday.
• Proper attendance is required. Employees are expected to arrive on time, every day, able and available to work.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of families and scheduled events, recruitment activities and community events, home visits, and Parent Committee Meetings that may take place in the evening and/or on weekends. A flexible schedule allows for an 8-hour workday to be adjusted to accommodate the needs of the program. Ideally these adjustments need to be within the same workday, but if that is not possible, the FES needs to seek prior approval from their supervisor.

Physical Requirements:

• Must possess the ability to record, convey, and present information, explain procedures and follow directions.
• Must be able to stand for long periods throughout the workday with intermittent periods of sitting, walking, and occasional bending, twisting, stooping, reaching and grasping as necessary to carry out essential job duties.
• Dexterity requirements range from coordinated movements of fingers and hands to simple movements of feet, legs, and torso as necessary to carry out essential job duties.
• Frequent lifting and carrying of children up to 30 pounds and objects up to 50 pounds.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.  

At Child Development Centers Inc., we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Child Development Centers Inc., believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.