Family Service Worker

3 weeks ago

Chicago, United States Trinity United Church Of Christ Child Care Centers, Inc. Full time

Family Service Worker

Reports to: Site Director Classification: Non-Exempt

Work Direction: The Family Service workers receive day-to-day work direction from the Site Director and developmental support from Director of Early Care & Family Services.

Basic Function: Family Service Workers in collaboration with center leadership and staff ensure children and families receive comprehensive services according to performance standards.

General Responsibilities: Provide supportive services and assistance to improve the social emotional, health, nutritional, and mental health of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic development of children.

Administration
- Recruit, enroll and obtain appropriate records of children and families to ensure eligibility for full enrollment and waitlists.
- Actively participate in parent or group meetings, community collaborations and affiliations in order to advocate for children and families.
- Ensure health requirements are met according to program requirements and performance standards.
- Perform recordkeeping, including written documentation, data input, scheduled reports, and mandated reporting, in a timely, accurate, and confidential manner in accordance with program requirements.
- Ensure regular communication with families regarding screenings, assessments, observations, and surveys in order to provide needed information and referral regarding health, mental health and social services as needed.
- Partner with families to identify child and family strength and needs and develop appropriate strategies to meeting those needs through family goals and referrals.
- Refer families and children to resources within TUCC and community organization for social service needs as necessary.
- Conduct home visits in conjunction with education staff and as social service needs arise.
- Attend or facilitate meetings, trainings, and workshops as directed by supervisor.
- Participate in on-going professional development through education, role modeling, mentoring, and training.
- Assist teaching staff to meet licensing requirements within the class.
- Educate parents on the importance of regular attendance through daily monitoring, parent meetings, absentee follow up, and school readiness activities in accordance with performance standards.
- Plan, promote and facilitate Parent Involvement and Family Engagement activities to emphasize a family approach to child development and wellness.
- Promote staff awareness on the importance of Parent Involvement in the child development process.
- Encourage parent involvement and support parent leadership development and advocacy through volunteering and parent training opportunities.
- Promote family wellness by organizing and facilitating Parent Family and Community Engagement opportunities and fatherhood activities.

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge and Skills
- Ability to operate general office equipment
- Ability to type 55 wpm or higher
- Ability to utilize various software programs such as MS Word, Excel, Power-Point, and Publisher to produce lengthy error free documents
- Ability to read analyze and interpret legal documents
- Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from clients, funders, regulatory agencies or members of the business community
- Ability to write well organized and accurate reports and documents
- Ability to speak effectively before groups and staff and present information to management and/or councils and boards of directors
- Ability to use basic math skills to compute rate, ratio and percent; ability to draw and interpret bar graphs
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form
- Ability to travel between locations, partner sites and training facilities.

Education

Minimum Bachelors of Arts in Social Work, Human Services, Family Services, Counseling or Related Field

Training and Experience

Minimum two years of related experience

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. The employee must be able to occasionally lift 20 pounds overhead and 40 pounds from waist to shoulder. The employee frequently lifts and/or moves up to 40 pounds, and occasionally lifts 50 pounds from floor to waist

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