Family worker/Floater (Long island city)

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