Family Support/Floater

Responsibilities:

Provide classroom support as a floater, fulfilling assistant teacher duties when in the classroom

Manage eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance meeting the needs of income-eligible families and in response to community assessment.

Ensure program maintains funded enrollment level and waiting list, fill vacancies as needed at the individual sites and analyze enrollment data to inform the planning process

Analyze causes of absenteeism when average daily attendance falls below 90%

Ensure the completion of the child health screening, other required screenings and assessments and is familiar with referral requirements

Oversee the planning and implementation of parent orientation

Participate in recruiting children from the community

Assisting families in determining family strengths, needs, and goals

Refer and link children and parents to needed services including health and social services, disabilities, early childhood education and care services, and a range of parent development training opportunities

Collaborate with classroom teachers to facilitate children's transitions and progress in the classroom

Planning parent activities, encourage parent participation in program activities and obtain feedback from parents regarding the level of satisfaction with the services they receive

Attend family support team meetings, staff meetings, staff trainings, collaborations and planning meetings

Promote and maintain parent involvement in activities, and services

In collaboration with Educational Director or Center Director, facilitate parent committee meetings

Develop relationships with other community-based service providers that provide needed services to families by completing linkage agreement.

Maintain a working knowledge of community resources and current trends in social services

Maintain records and document services in a timely manner

Implement protocols to follow up on students’ absences

Enter service data into the management information system (EI: WES , Myschool and ChildPlus)

Ensure implementation of all programming requirements in adherence to all performance outcome standards as prescribed by the multiple funding and model requirements

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in social work or a related field. Candidates without a Bachelor’s degree but with experience in early childhood education and working with families will be considered

Relevant experience working with children and families in a community-based program

Demonstrated ability to stay abreast of developments in best practice and research relating to early education and family engagement

Ability to establish supportive relationships with children and families from diverse backgrounds