Family Partner

Family Partner Community Health Worker

Brooklyn, NY •  
• Full-Time/Regular

Family Health Centers at NYU Langone, a designated Level 3 Medical Home, is the largest federally qualified health center network in New York State, and the second largest in the nation. It includes eight primary care sites, 40 school-based health centers and dental clinics, four day‑care centers, the nation's largest dental residency program, and New York State's largest behavioral health program.

The network also includes 12 community medicine sites providing care to disenfranchised New Yorkers, comprehensive HIV services, chemical dependency programs, and a family support center that offers educational, vocational, and other social support programs. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive.

We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.

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We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Family Partner. In this role, the successful candidate will help the Family Health Centers at NYU Langones mission to improve the health of underserved communities by delivering high‑quality, culturally competent health care and human services. Recognizing that health depends upon an individual's economic, educational and employment status, FHCs Department of Community‑Based Programs offers an extensive continuum of family strengthening and community development programs to address the broader needs of the community, including adult education;

case management and supportive services; mental health services; early childhood centers; and community service opportunities. The Sunset Park Family Child Care Network is a place‑based initiative that provides support and monitoring to their affiliated family child care providers to ensure the delivery of high‑quality services to children and families. The Family Health Centers seek to support and enhance the existing strengths of family child care as birth‑3 programs that promote continuous and responsive relationships, strengthen early learning skills, build resilience, and lay the foundation for all future learning.

The primary role of the Family Worker (Family Partner) is to build and sustain effective relationships with the families and affiliated providers to support the needs of all children enrolled in DOE family child care programs.

• Conduct ongoing outreach and recruitment to identify and engage eligible and in‑need families for Network services
• Support families with eligibility determination and enrollment processes, intake, registration, family assessment, and ongoing support to families.
• Provide case management and connect parents/caregivers to appropriate resources through necessary referrals to community partners.
• Develop and maintain relationships with community partners in Brooklyn who provide mental health, special needs, and other support services.
• Collaboratively create and update a Brooklyn Community Partner Resource Guide.
• Work with staff, families and affiliated providers to create individualized family plans in the provision of family and social support services.
• Coordinate monthly family engagement workshops, special events, and other activities with the FCC Network team to encourage and maintain family participation.
• Document and maintain family information in Network databases.
• Document all family engagement conversations and sessions in a timely manner aligned with the Early Childhood Framework for Quality (EFQ).
• Participate in Network staff professional learning sessions delivered by the Department of Education.
• Participate in regular staff meetings to connect about individual providers, families, and coordinate all services.
• Other tasks assigned by Program Leadership.

• Associate Degree or Child Development Associate credential (required)
• Experience working with underserved families with young children
• Willingness…