EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY SUPPORT SPECIALIST - EC 4

• Recruitment: Organizes and conducts ongoing recruitment to ensure full enrollment in the ECEAP and/or Early Head Start (EHS) site. Collaborates with other site staff to ensure the children most at risk have priority enrollment.
• Cultural Competence: Foster a sense of belonging and nurture positive social relationships, careful to support a family’s home culture.
• ELMS and/or Child Plus: Maintain timely and accurate data reporting for enrollment, parent contact, medical and dental exams, and health screenings.
• Enrollment: Organizes and conducts enrollment activities, interviews parents to determine program eligibility, verifies income and obtains necessary parent permission for ECEAP and/or EHS activities.
• Orientation: Conducts parent orientations to ECEAP and/or EHS, including orienting parents to their rights and responsibilities in ECEAP and/or EHS and explaining relevant ECEAP and EHS policies and curriculum approaches.
• Family Support: Assists families in recognizing their strengths and arrange for feedback. Use the Mobility Mentoring tool.
• Home Visits: Visits family’s home for the purpose of enrolling children in programs, informing parents of school and/or community resources and providing child development and parenting information.
• Schedules the nurse consultant and mental health consultant as needed and gets the proper permission forms on file.
• Health: Collects health and nutrition information; develops individualized child health plans; provides or assists with providing health screenings, immunization verifications and outside agency referrals; provides health, nutrition and oral health education to families advocating for the child’s health needs.
• Transitions: Works with families and site teams to ensure smooth transitions for children and families to Head Start or ECEAP and Kindergarten and before and after school care.
• Family Events: Plans and facilitate family events that respond to specific training interests and information requests as indicated on the Parent Interest Survey and organized by Parent Advisory throughout the year. Responsible for keeping a record of parent activity fund expenditures and event sign in and out sheets.
• Documentation: Maintains accurate records including enrollment information, documents, referrals and follow-up, meets minimum contact hours according to ECEAP and/or EHS program standards, compiles and submits monthly activity report information and other required records in the ELMS or Child Plus system.
• Interdisciplinary Staffing: Coordinates in interdisciplinary planning for children and families to include multidisciplinary teams, and other cross-component efforts.

• Direct and monitor the work of practicum and volunteers; evaluate practicum and interns.
• Maintains a family resources checklist and listings
• Requests for help as needed to ensure deadlines are met.
• Incorporate the NAEYC Anti-Discrimination principles as a guideline for respectful behavior. Accesses interpreters and the Language Line as needed through PSESD Interpreter Fund.
• Parent Partnerships: Partners with parents for the purpose of assisting with access to health care providers, obtaining exams, identifying obstacles to completing exams, and securing appropriate treatment and follow-up on referrals for children. Promotes parent and community partnerships in the ECEAP and/or EHS program through parent meetings, parent leadership, parent professional development opportunities, newsletters, parent training, home visits, Policy Council, and other volunteer opportunities. Involve families in site leadership activities.
• Checks for safety hazards, and responsible for emergency preparedness practices and procedures.
• Crisis Intervention: Provides support to families experiencing a crisis and refers them to emergency assistance and crisis intervention providers, as appropriate.
• Accountable for keeping personal development up to date; adding to skills and knowledge through courses that may be available through the Bates Technical College courses, professional development committees, etc.
• Participate actively and collaboratively on committees for college as needed including but not limited to staff recruitment, college councils, etc.
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Additional activities, duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice to meet college needs.

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

• Associate or bachelor's degrees in adult education, human development, human services, family support, social work, psychology or related field with 30 job-related credits.
• Current Home Visitor CDA (Child Development Associate) credential from the Council for Professional Recognition
• One year of related experience with families

• Associate's degree or higher in Early Childhood Education or Human Services
• BA in related health or human services field plus two years of experience working with families
• Social Work and case management experience

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