Family Engagement Specialist

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Education Washington, DC, US

30+ days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $46,000.00 To $58,000.00 Annually

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW

Educare DC serves over 350 children from birth to five years – and their families – through our state-of-the-art center and through community partnerships. Building on the program foundations of Early Head Start and Head Start and accredited by NAEYC, Educare DC promotes school readiness by providing high-quality, comprehensive early learning programming for children who are historically underserved due to systemic racism, eliminating the opportunity gap often experienced by low-income communities.

Educare DC is part of the 25-school Educare Learning Network that serves as a platform for broader change, inspiring high-quality programs in communities, improving public policies nationally and within each state, and demonstrating a comprehensive, research-based approach to the first five years of life and learning. Educare DC draws on a blend of private and public dollars, including federal childcare funding, Early Head Start, Pre-K, and other state and federal funding streams.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Family Engagement Specialist will develop and maintain relationships with families and ensure that they receive comprehensive services through their participation in the program. Comprehensive services include health and social services, disabilities, early childhood education and care services, and a range of parent development training opportunities at the site. The Family Engagement Specialist is also responsible for conducting community outreach efforts to identify and develop relationships with community-based organizations that provide other needed services to families.

Responsibilities

Functions

• Develop and maintain meaningful, productive relationships with families
• Recruit and enroll families into the program
• Secure informed consent for family participation in program evaluation/Educare Learning Network research activities
• Conduct periodic home visits to assess family resources and needs
• Refer and link children and parents to needed services
• Maintain enrollment throughout the program year through various recruitment strategies
• Work in collaboration with other program staff and consultants to monitor, track and coordinate services for children and parents
• Assist parents with understanding and implementing the Family Partnership Agreement in order to encourage and promote their overall development, including achievement of self-sufficiency, as well as positive developmental outcomes for their children
• Collaborate with Education Staff to facilitate children’s transitions
• Assist with outreach to families and recruitment of infants and children with disabilities into the program
• Assist in planning parent activities, encourage parent participation in program activities, and obtain feedback from parents regarding the level of satisfaction with the services they receive
• Collaborate with Health Coordinator to ensure the health and nutrition needs of infants, children, and families are addressed
• Communicate with education and care staff regarding infant/child’s progress in the classroom
• In collaboration with the Family Engagement Supervisor, implement protocols to follow up on absenteeism
• In collaboration with fiscal clerk, encourage families to pay childcare co-payments

Administration

• Maintain records and document services in a timely manner
• Participate in the evaluation of Head Start and Early Head Start services, and ensure compliance with Head Start Performance Standards
• Participate in staffing of all…