Health and Nutrition Services Coordinator

4 weeks ago

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans Full time
Job Description

The Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans seeks a skilled Health and Nutrition Coordinator to oversee the management of child health, dental, mental health, safety, and nutrition service areas for the Head Start and Early Head Start program. This role is responsible for ensuring that Head Start Programs develop and implement systems and procedures for the delivery of quality health and nutrition services, while maintaining compliance with Head Start performance standards and local, state, and federal regulations.


Key Responsibilities
  • Assist in planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating health and nutrition service plans, systems, and procedures.
  • Develop written health, environmental safety, sanitation, food service, and emergency policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with local and state regulations.
  • Ensure compliance with Head Start performance standards and other local, state, and federal regulations, to guarantee health, safety, and nutrition standards are met.
  • Contribute to the development of the Grantee Annual Plan, program proposals, and Community Assessment, as requested.
  • Monitor and follow up on health and nutrition status of children, service systems, and outcomes, to ensure high-quality and individualized services are delivered for children and families.
  • Build alliances with community health and nutrition stakeholders to create interagency linkages.
  • Provide training and technical assistance to staff based on assessment of health, safety, and nutrition service area needs.
  • Ensure follow-up on service area-related recommendations.
  • Monitor health, nutrition safety, and dental services and records, including data, and document all findings.
  • Disseminate and interpret information to agencies related to changes in nutrition regulations.
  • Organize and facilitate the activities of the agency's Health Services Advisory Committee (HSAC); ensure that the Committee membership is composed of all required professions and parent representation, and that it meets at least twice a year.
  • Report incidents or concerns of child abuse and/or neglect.
  • Participate in IEP/IFSP meetings as needed when a child requires special health/dietary modifications.
  • Ensure that all enrolled children are up-to-date on a schedule of age-appropriate preventive and primary health care within four weeks of a child's entry and as services become due.
  • Work collaboratively with parents to arrange any needed medical, dental, or nutritional examinations and immunizations, keeping in mind parents' work schedules.
  • Advises Family Advocate staff and Center Directors when developing written follow-up plans and arranges re-screening, further diagnostic testing, examination, and treatment for each child found to have medical, dental, or nutritional problems.
  • Assists parents, as needed, with identifying resources to obtain prescribed medications, aids, or equipment for medical and dental conditions.
  • Identify health, dental, emergency, and nutrition service resources within the community; ensure all these services are included in the Community Resource Directory; and, help parents, as needed, in securing a source of accessible health care for their families.
  • Negotiate and develop written agreements and/or contracts with service providers; make vigorous efforts to assure that Head Start is the dollar of last resort, seeking to obtain free or reduced-priced services whenever possible.
  • Secure the services of a qualified Nutrition Consultant to support the program's nutrition services and, with prior approval of the Director, develop a written contract for the nutritionist's services; secure and keep on file nutritionist's credentials; orient the consultant to duties and to the Head Start/Early Head Start program and the population served; and, coordinate the schedule of the nutritionist's visits ensuring at least eight hours of service per month.
  • Monitor the ongoing health status and needs of enrolled children by ensuring the completion of daily health checks, the administering of medications per the agency's policy and doctors' orders, the implementation of the program's Short-term Exclusion and Readmission Policy, and other procedures as needed.
  • Along with Nutrition Consultant, provide ongoing supervision of the cook and the assistant cook(s). With the assistance of the Nutritionist, monitor the implementation of the menus, recipes, and Food Service Policy; monitor food service staff in food purchasing, preparation, service, and storage, kitchen cleanliness, and food handling and dish washing procedures; provide training and technical assistance as needed; and, assist director and cook, as requested, in maintaining records for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
  • Maintain detailed, accurate, up-to-date, and confidential records, including child health files, health services tracking system, and documentation of all activities; develop and submit timely reports of component service provision and activities for director, grantee, PC, Board, and others as required. Maintain strict child, family, and staff confidentiality at all times.
  • Participate in and contribute to all case management, parent education planning, supervisory, management team, and staff meetings. Also, attend interagency meetings, the agency's board meetings, Parent Committee and Policy Committee meetings, and other meetings, as appropriate.
  • Attend and participate in grantee-sponsored trainings, center pre-service and in-service trainings, and other continuing education, career, and professional development opportunities; read and review regulations and other resources to keep abreast of current issues and trends related to the responsibilities of the job.
  • Participate in the annual program self-evaluation and grantee monitoring, and comply with the program improvement plans developed. Contribute to the development of the Delegate Agency Annual Plan, program proposals, and Community Assessment, as requested.
  • Perform other duties as assigned and reasonably within the scope of duties listed above.

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