Support Services Manager

Since 1870, erie neighborhood house has provided the most comprehensive support immigrant and low-income families in chicago need to thrive and has constantly evolved to meet their needs. Today, erie house is a modern social services nonprofit with programming and resources for children and youth, mental health and community wellness, adult education and training, legal services, and more. Through these programs, we empower the people we work alongside to build powerful  return to your commitment to erie house and its mission to the community, you will enjoy excellent professional development opportunities, opportunity for growth, and have direct impact in building powerful communities.

Be a part of one of the oldest and most respected settlement house in the chicago land area.erie neighborhood house, a progressive social service agency serving the chicago metropolitan area and dedicated to promoting a just and inclusive society, is seeking a support services manager in the early childhood education department. The major function of the support services manager is to manage and coordinate disabilities services for licenses programs and supervise paraprofessional staff.position

responsibilities:follow specific and timely course of action to address any disabilities evaluation or mental health referrals needed based on screening results or other information.communicate the importance of early intervention and disabilities and mental health services to teachers and families.maintain accurate and thorough records of children who have been referred for a disabilities evaluation to chicago public schools/ early intervention.ensures teachers and families are fully involved in the referral, evaluation, ifsp or iep development, service delivery, and transition process of children with suspected or identified disabilities.attends

ei and cps evaluations and ifsp/iep meetings, as needed.responsible for the coordination of disability services for children in the early childhood education department, managing ifsp/iep data and act as a liaison with the chicago public school special education services and early intervention with child and family connections.provide support to school age program in the coordinator of disability services for children and youth.support

parents and families in their role as the primary advocate for their child.responsible for providing guidance and support to the administrative staff, intake team, teachers, and families during the enrollment of children with or suspected disabilities. This includes having pre- attendance meetings with teachers, staff, and families and identifying the appropriate ada accommodations and modifications required.responsible for working collaboratively with staff, families, teachers, advisors, early intervention (ei), and chicago public schools (cps), dcfs and dfss to address the needs of children with developmental and social/emotional concerns.supervises

the disability para-professionals.develops and maintains positive relationships with diverse learners and their families address family’s linguistic needs, including translation and interpretation services demonstrate sensitivity and respect for families' cultural values and practices.assess/evaluate child, family and community needs and concerns with the director, site director, family service manager, and intake specialist coordinator and assist teaching team in integrating these into program.meet

quarterly or more with teachers in order to assist in developing individualized programming for diverse learners.collaborate with part b and c agencies to improve teaching practices and request classroom observations, brainstorm strategies, model effective practices, and provide ongoing support to education staff meets on a monthly basis with the early childhood education administrative team to update staff on child-family concerns, programmatic issues, etc.plan

and participate in staff and parent development activities with the early childhood education team.send monthly disability tracking reports to dfss and ensure all content area is accurately reflected in the agency’s pir in a timely…