Brightpoint (formerly known as Children’s Home & Aid) invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children and families thrive in strong communities. As a leader in the human services sector for 140 years, we aim to advance the well-being of children by investing in families and strengthening communities through data-informed, collaborative, and preventative solutions.

The Early Childhood ERSEA Specialist (Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, and Attendance Specialist) monitors enrollment, recruitment, selection, eligibility, and attendance (ERSEA) services for our early childhood programs in McLean County. As the ERSEA Specialist, you will determine eligibility and provide training, monitoring, and technical assistance to staff and parents on regulations and procedures for all early childhood programs at the Scott Early Learning Center.

Core Responsibilities:

Maintain a monitoring system and process for determining the eligibility of children at assigned early childhood education sites; reviews enrollment applications and process to ensure accuracy of forms and timeliness of intake. Ensure that recruitment efforts reach families that are most in need of services. Work collaboratively with other Family Support staff to coordinate recruitment efforts that target children with disabilities. Monitor daily attendance and follow-up with families; Maintain waitlists. Assist with the community assessment process, including helping with planning of program design, recruitment efforts and enrollment guidelines. Train parents, staff and community partners in topics related to childcare, program enrollment and eligibility­­­­­­­­­. Work with program leadership to ensure that operations meet agency, federal, state and local requirements, including licensing, Head Start, accreditation, contractual and other standards. Maintain and monitors program data collection and evaluation system to ensure that quality standards are met and that services continue to improve. Participate in community outreach events and attends public meetings. Consult with Policy Council and necessary staff to develop selection criteria to be used in selecting families. Oversee planning and implementation of recruitment including inter-agency partnerships and develops tools for program use in these areas. Assure appropriate enrollment and recruitment materials are prepared in both English and Spanish. Develop and implements systems for year-round registration. Prepare reports as assigned. Coordinate annual updates of Community Resource Handbook. Audit family files ensuring compliance to standards. Organize documents and records volunteer hours.

Candidate qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Human Services, Psychology, Family & Child Studies, or a closely related field required. At least one year of direct ERSEA experience preferred. ERSEA Certification, or ability to become certified within 12 months, required. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Experience with documentation, data-entry, and record keeping. A valid driver’s license, insurance and a reliable vehicle required. Ability to communicate in both English and Spanish strongly preferred.

Job details:

Compensation: Range starts at $20.19/hr; offers are commensurate with experience and bilingual candidates may receive additional financial compensation  Benefits: Medical/dental/vision insurance, 3+ weeks paid time off in the first year including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day (PTO increases with tenure); 11 paid holidays, supplemental insurance options, 401(k) with match (more benefits details here) Location: Home Office (1119 E. Taylor, Bloomington, IL 61701) Schedule: Full-time, hourly; general business hours with some flexibility for special projects. Student Loan Forgiveness: Brightpoint is an approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).

Where you work matters. 

We believe that by building diverse and inclusive teams of passionate advocates for youth and families, we can continue to show up for Illinois families, putting those families at the center of every decision, and strengthening the communities where we all work, play, and live together. (More about who we are here.) 

We invite you to become an active member of a team that supports, inspires, and challenges each other, and grow your career in an organization that celebrates emerging leaders and provides development and learning opportunities aligned with your individual goals and aspirations. If you are looking for an opportunity to do meaningful work, including raising your unique and authentic voice to disrupt the systemic inequality impacting children and families, we encourage you to apply today.   

Click here to review our agency’s Blueprint for Impact. 

Brightpoint is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. All employment activities are conducted in an equal and equitable fashion. The Agency prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, parental status, veteran status, source of income, and any other legally protected category in the recruitment, selection, hiring, determination of salary level and benefits, promotion, demotion, layoff, termination, and other terms and conditions of employment.