FAMILY SUPPORT COORDINATOR - RSG
Company: Metropolitan Family Service
Location: Portland
Posted on: April 24, 2024
Job Description:
Job Details
Level
Experienced
Job Location
MFS STARK STREET - Portland, OR
Remote Type
N/A
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
4 Year Degree
Salary Range
$50,960.00 - $52,488.00 Salary/year
Travel Percentage
Up to 25%
Job Shift
Day
Job Category
Nonprofit - Social Services
Description
Metropolitan Family Service
Position Description
Position Title: Family Support Coordinator
Reports To: Early Learning Program Manager
Dept/Program: Ready, Set, Go!
FTE: 1.00 FTE (40 hours/week)
Status: Exempt
Created: March 2024 Job Number: FSCRSG0404
General Description:
Metropolitan Family Service position descriptions are guidelines.
They are not intended to identify every task that an employee will
be asked to complete. They are intended as a general outline of the
essential work responsibilities and qualifications of the
position.
Agency Culture:
- We use creative and proactive problem solving to build and
sustain dynamic community-based programs and quality services.
- We believe in the potential of families and individuals at all
life stages and focus on prevention, wellness, and
independence.
- We build strong relationships by collaborating with our
funders, partners, and highly trained volunteers, always striving
for an extensive commitment to diversity CORE VALUES
Equity & Social Justice
- Values working in a multicultural, diverse environment
- Values and supports inclusion and program access for
clients
- Supports agency goals for reducing disparities in outcomes for
communities of color
- Adopts anti-racism approaches to services by understanding and
acknowledging systemic and individual racism and privilege General
Function:
Under the supervision of the Early Learning Program Manager, the
Family Support Coordinator will provide child development services,
social services, health services and parent education services to
families including home visits, advocacy and crisis intervention.
The Family Support Coordinator will plan and implement a safe and
developmentally appropriate experience for infants, toddlers and
preschool age children, and home visits appropriate to the needs of
each family in accordance with program guidelines.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide child development, parent education and family support
through home visits to families of children zero to five years old
and/or pregnant mothers
- Plan and facilitate parent-child interaction groups and parent
support groups
- Schedule and lead field trips in the community and local
library
- Provide developmentally appropriate curriculum, and a caring,
nurturing and soothing environment for children
- Develop, in partnership with parents, an individual development
plan for each child
- Develop family partnership agreements with each family and
support families in achieving goals
- Provide social services to families including advocacy,
emergency assistance and referrals to the community.
- Assist families in meeting their health needs including
identifying and establishing a medical home and the provision of
well child care
- Develop and maintain contacts with other social service
agencies, health agencies and mental health agencies and public
schools within the community
- Organize and maintain program/families' files and documentation
and ensuring these files remain up to date
- Apply children developmental screenings (ASQ-3 and ASQ-SE), and
other assessments on a regular bases or as needed.
- Maintain up-to-date data entry into the WellSky/Service Point
and Efforts to Outcomes (ETO) databases
- Conduct ongoing community outreach to identify families of
young children who are not linked to any early childhood
programs
- Attend regularly occurring supervision meetings with Program
Manager, Program Staff, and Agency
- Support and manage program evaluation surveys Collaboration
- Ability to work effectively in collaboration within all program
areas of MFS as well as other agencies
- Ability to work and communicate effectively with a broad range
of individuals and groups
- Commitment to provide overall agency program support to ensure
excellence in programs and delivery of services
- Ability to connect position roles and agency mission Teamwork
- Ability and commitment to work effectively within a
team-dependent environment and provide leadership and support to
staff to demonstrate effective team dynamics
- Values the inclusion of multiple voices, including
clients/service users, in the design and implementation of programs
and services.
- Participate with the Ready, Set, Go! team in regular meetings,
trainings and support other RSG Site Coordinators as needed Program
Administration
- Knowledge and competency to operate a laptop. Competency in
using Google Suite, Word, Excel and various database programs
- Possesses strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Possesses excellent time management, administrative and
organizational skills
- Ability to effectively manage and maintain confidential and
sensitive information
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to proactively problem-solve and resolve conflict
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- Ability to read, write and speak fluently in Spanish (or other
language) and English is preferred
- Ability to provide strength-based resource and referral
services to families
- Ability to recognize and manage critical situations including
following mandatory reporting regulations and responsibilities
- Model expected behavior for children and adults guided by
appropriate child development
- Ability and commitment to continuous quality improvements and
innovation
- Ability to understand and execute Ready, Set, Go! program
philosophy in day to day duties Education and Experience
Requirements:
- Associate Degree, or higher education degree in Early Childhood
Education and child development; or equivalent related
experience
- Training and a minimum of 2 years of experience in social
services, parent education, and social service program
development
- Experience working in collaboration with a variety of agencies
and programs
- Experience working in a public-school setting and/or with the
early learning community
- Fluency and ability to communicate effectively (read, write,
speak) in Spanish (or other language) and English is preferred
Other Requirements:
Personal transportation allowing for travel within the Portland
Metropolitan area in a timely manner. If driving a personal vehicle
must maintain a valid driver's license for the state of residency,
personal auto liability insurance coverage and a driving record
permitting coverage under the agency auto liability policy.
MFS requires all employees and volunteers to complete a criminal
background check. We review the results of all background checks
individually and consider all of the circumstances of any issues
that arise in a background check during the hiring process.
Work Environment:
Generally, work is performed in an office environment, at community
events, and/or at other locations as deemed necessary. May require
occasional early morning, weekend or evening work. Position
requires the ability to sit for extended periods as well as stand
occasionally. Position requires use of computer, telephone, fax
machine, copier and may require accessing locations by use of
stairs.
Metropolitan Family Service is committed to building a diverse
workforce to broaden and deepen our work in the communities we
serve. We strongly urge candidates from communities of color,
disability, LGBTQIA2S+, linguistically diverse populations, older
adults and military veterans to consider application to our
positions. MFS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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