Family Support Specialist

4 weeks ago

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom Gads Hill Center Full time

Job Summary:

The Family Support Specialist in Gads Hill Center's Head Start Partner Network is responsible for providing comprehensive support to families. This includes developing relationships with parents and/or guardians during the initial enrollment process, supporting parents in setting and achieving goals, and connecting them to resources to meet families' needs.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Conducts all components of enrollment, including entry of accurate data into COPA and family assessment.
  • Refers families to resources, according to needs. Documents referrals and progress towards goals and conducts follow-up with families regarding referrals on a regular basis.
  • Helps parents establish a medical home to access continuous health services for children and monitor health records in collaboration with the Partner Network Manager.
  • Maintains up-to-date data in COPA regarding all family partnership agreements, family assessments, case notes, and referrals.
  • Monitors all component data on a regular-basis and follows-up with families on missing documentation on a regular-basis, making sure to document all efforts.
  • Participates and assists with the Head Start, Early Head Start, and Early Head Start CCP self-assessment.
  • Conducts weekly site visits to build rapport with site staff and parents.
  • Identifies potential partner community agencies, such as but not limited to, medical and dental clinics, workforce development, and other agencies that offer family resources.
  • Maintains an up-to-date community resource directory in conjunction with the site to assist parents in identifying and accessing local community resources.
  • Attends monthly parent meetings to develop good rapport with parents and ensure involvement of parents in the Parent Policy Committee.
  • Collaborates with education and mental health staff to initiate referrals to Early Intervention and Chicago Public Schools.
  • Gathers all necessary documentation and submits it to the Disabilities Manager to obtain evaluation for services.
  • Works with site and parents to ensure that meetings and evaluations occur and that children are receiving services, as needed, thereafter.
  • Performs record-keeping and other reporting functions, as required, and submits monthly reports to the Partner Network Manager in a timely manner.
  • Monitors attendance on a weekly basis and works with staff to follow-up with parents.
  • Maintains full enrollment at all times at each site, in collaboration with site staff.
  • Attends trainings, as needed, related to the responsibilities above.
  • Participating in agency outreach and recruitment events, including evenings and weekends.
  • Participating in supervision meetings and workshops within the agency and outside (if applicable).
  • Participating in civic engagement activities that advance the mission of Gads Hill Center.
  • Advancing parent leadership development.
  • Performing other duties, as assigned.

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