Community Liaison

Community Liaison

For children to excel, the needs of the whole child must be addressed. At our ASPIRE After School Learning Centers, Members serving as COMMUNITY LIAISONS can reach out to children and their families to identify social welfare and acculturation issues; provide access to essential resources, services and programs; encourage communication with children's schools; and cultivate relationships with area agencies, organizations and businesses to support community well-being.

This position offers an opportunity to empower and uplift entire families at a time. The Member's support at the after-school center will contribute to the evolution of educated, productive and gainfully employed citizens while helping entire families to acculturate, improve quality of life, and progress socially. These Members will reach beyond the needs of the child to help the entire family rise up out of poverty.

Because with each individual that succeeds, the entire community thrives. Current Members say, "this experience has transformed my own life," and "working with these families each day fulfills me in ways I could never have imagined."

• Conduct assessment of community needs;
• Provide access to social, economic, and health and welfare resources for parents of children attending ASPIRE;
• Coordinate home visits and parent meetings to gain information and/or discuss needs and problems involving students and their families;
• Create and regularly update files for all families in CiviCRM to document all activities, exchanges and referrals;
• Regularly update resource lists to support students and their families;
• Refer children and their families to outside agencies (e.g. state agencies, medical professionals, counselors, foundations, charities, etc.) to ensure the needs of students and families are met;
• Respond to inquiries from internal and external sources (e.g. parents, children, Education Coordinators, staff, outside agencies, etc.) to provide information and/or direction as required.

• Living Allowance
• Stipend
• Robust training in subject
• Training
• Education award upon successful completion of service

• Permits attendance at school during off hours
• Uniforms provided and required
• Car recommended
• Permits working at another job during off hours

• Hunger
• Children/Youth
• Education
• Health
• Community Outreach
• Homelessness

• Social Services
• General Skills
• Team Work
• Leadership
• Passion for serving others

Community Liaison
• Houston, TX, United States