Head Start Family Services Specialist

 The Family Services Specialist facilitates and directs a quality case management system that promotes and produces comprehensive services to children and families enrolled in the program, which ensures that their needs, desires, and goals are reached to their highest potential.

 Essential Job Responsibilities and Performance Indicators:

• Recruit, enroll, and obtain appropriate records of children and families to ensure full enrollment and waitlists at all times.
• Implement the plan for the recruitment and enrollment of children with disabilities.
• Assists with the completion of the child health screening and all other required screenings and assessments as deemed necessary.
• Develop collaborative relationships with community partners; represent Head Start at community events as needed.
• Assist families in the development of family partnership goals by providing recommendations and referrals for relevant community resources.
• Coordinates with center staff to integrate family partnership goals with classroom efforts and ensure an integrated child and family curriculum.
• Coordinate parent meetings, workshops, committee meetings, and volunteer activities.
• On-going Monitoring and Data Management: work with families to ensure all required paperwork is completed and on time; perform daily data entry into our case management database; monitor data regularly to ensure compliance with program standards.
• While respecting family confidentiality, regularly shares information with teachers to ensure coordinated services that meet individual children and family's needs.
• Other related duties as assigned.

 Qualifications / Skills and Experience:

·         Bachelor's Degree in Human Services or related field preferred or receives a credential or certification in social work, human services, family services, counseling, or a related field within eighteen months of hire.

·         Demonstrated working knowledge in the usage of a desktop computer system and computer entry of client data.

·         Possess a valid South Carolina driver's license.

·         Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

·         Must be able to adapt quickly and positively to changing demands, stressful situations, and multiple priorities.

·         Strong written and verbal communication skills.

·         Excellent critical thinking, organization, and analytical skills.

·         Ability to pass background checks and health screening.

Professional and Ethical Standards:

•  Maintain confidentiality following agency policy and legal requirements.
• Maintain a system to ensure that all children's and families' records and information are secured and kept confidential at all times.
• Attend mandatory training and meetings, and seek out staff development opportunities.
• Work as a team member with all staff and maintain a positive work ethic.
• Be honest, reliable, and dependable.
• Be knowledgeable about and sensitive to an individual's values, beliefs, traditions, cultural influences, make-up, and circumstances.
• Demonstrate familiarity with employment policies, performance standards, work plans, and agency goals and objectives.
• Demonstrate commitment to mission, values, and policies in the performance of daily duties.
• Fulfill role as mandated reporter as stated in the Child Abuse & Neglect Policy.

 Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• While performing this job's duties, the employee is regularly required to talk to or hear individuals in person and over the phone.
• The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

·         Lift and move heavy and/or bulky objects and/or children weighing up to 50 lbs.

·         Ability to drive a private or agency vehicle with the appropriate state licensing.

·         Maintain a clean office area, which may require the use of a broom, mop, vacuum, cleaning fluids, etc.

·         Ability to physically interact with children (walk and run quickly, kneel, or sit on the floor, bend, lift, walk over rough or uneven grounds and exposure to diverse weather conditions)

·         Ability to assist in setting up classrooms/office areas which require but are not limited to moving tables, chairs, shelves, etc.)

·         Assist with the safety of children through the seeing, hearing, touching, and smelling senses.

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