Education Coordinator

Education Coordinator

Show your passion by empowering youth and families when joining the Wayside team! Wayside is one of Massachusetts' most respected youth and family-serving agencies, supporting more than 6,000 youth and families annually across Central, Eastern, and Northeastern regions. We invest in our employees' wellness with comprehensive benefits, including tuition and training reimbursement, a PTO package with 3 wellness days, 9 paid holidays, and up to 3 weeks of vacation in the first year.

Enjoy a learning environment with free training, CEUs, and more, along with exceptional medical benefits, financial health supports, and career development opportunities. Apply today and earn a $2,000.00 sign-on bonus (pro-rated for part-time)!

Framingham

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network is hiring for a creative and supportive individual to work in our Family Networks program! Build and sustain collaborative relationships with school districts in the local Department of Children and Families (DCF) office area to further quality education plans for all youth in the Family Networks system. We provide a supportive culture that is team-focused and places value on healthy work dynamics.

Salary Range: $25.00 - $27.00/hour depending on experience and degree + sign-on bonus (half paid after 6 months of employment and half paid after 1 year of employment/pro-rated for part-time).

What You Will Do:

• Position involves keeping youth in community schools, developing leadership role in obtaining the best possible education plan for every child, and supporting education rights for homeless youth.
• Build and sustain collaborative relationships with school districts in the DCF Area.
• Consult to DCF regarding Special Education Law and educational rights of youth in DCF care. Keep DCF apprised of any changes in Special Education Law that impact youth in care.
• Participate in DCF Family Team Meetings to help assess and determine appropriate services for families. Attend Educational Team Meetings to ensure the educational needs of DCF youth are met.
• Care Coordination:
  Send referrals to service providers. Complete emergency placement searches. Coordinate placement intakes. Coordinate service start dates. Monitor the quality and appropriateness of services/placements through treatment/utilization review meetings.
• Complete Duty Day responsibilities. Refer DCF staff to community resources and CBHI. Monitor provider quality and customer service issues with providers.
• Attend IEP and school meetings. Assist in setting up school transportation for children in placement. Develop cost share agreements between DCF and school districts for Residential Placements. Assist in Local Education Agency (LEA) clarifications, obtaining Ed Surrogates, etc.
• Maintain and effectively manage an appropriate caseload based upon standards.
• Assist in development of collaborative relationships among community and contracted providers.
• Function as a resource for ongoing information and problem-solving within the DCF Office on Network issues.
• Administrative:
  Provide electronic copies of action plans to DCF and providers. Initiate/Input service referrals. Maintain an organized calendar of meetings.

Competencies/Traits of Our Superstars:

• Candidates are encouraged to have a strong knowledge base in DCF standards and practice and community-based services.
• Demonstrate skills in cultural competence, management, negotiation, teambuilding, and effective communication, and organization.
• Ability to multi task and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate diplomacy by being a liaison between DCF staff and providers.
• Ability to work independently (i.e. can self-direct on projects, can propose project solutions in regard to their curriculum area and lesson planning).
• Flexibility and creative thinking (i.e. ability to adapt and adjust to changing work situations, recognize and respond quickly when lesson/activity does not go as planned).

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience in direct service with families, with significant knowledge of Special Education Law.

We will train you in:
Motivational Interviewing;
Courageous Conversations;
Attachment, Regulation and Competency Model (ARC);
Trauma Informed Practices.