Director of Family Services

Location: Jenks

Essential QualitiesA Director of Family Services at Tulsa Educare is responsible for overseeing all aspects of child enrollment, community outreach and partnerships, family and child health, and monitoring progress and compliance. Tulsa Educare is seeking a Director of Family Services who will make the commitment to perform with integrity and model these essential qualities:

Driven to build collaborative and strength-based relationships with familiesA collaborative mindset for working with a diverse workforce.

Ability to quickly adapt to changes, demands and initiatives

Driven to collaboratively lead and inspire a diverse team Ability to facilitating reflection with others

Strong oral and written communication skills.

Committed to following Tulsa Educare’s Values:
Learning, Relationships, Commitment and Data Qualified (and not prohibited) to work around children

Legally authorized to work in the United States Essential Functions The functions outlined in this job description are examples of the general nature of those performed by employees in this position. Any combination of these functions and responsibilities may be performed. The list is descriptive only and should be used for no other purpose. Management retains the right to revise job functions at any time.

These functions are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive.

Child Enrollment:

Oversee the coordination of recruitment, selection, enrollment, and orientation of children and families

Conduct tours to interested applicants and community partners when needed

Develop a system for transitioning children into the program, from classroom to classroom and to the school system ensuring materials are translated in families’ home language

Family Engagement:

Through supervision of the family services team, support the parent’s role in developing strong, positive parent/child relationships by enhancing their understanding of their child’s development, health and learning, and by strengthening the parent’s role in their child’s school and educational experiences

Work with the School Director to develop the family engagement initiatives based off of data from family and child assessments

Facilitate parent engagement event planning with the family services team utilizing information from family and child assessments, goals, and parent interests

Monitor and track all activities in the family services program including completion of family assessments, family partnership agreements, health needs, community referrals, children’s attendance and child care subsidy

Community Engagement Develop collaborative community partnerships, represent Educare at community events, and improve access to comprehensive services for families

Communicate the agency philosophy and goals to visitors and other community programs and organizations

Foster continued growth and development of a comprehensive parent resource and referral system that connects enrolled families to appropriate resources to assist with family goals and needs

Program Development and Oversight:

Understand, support, and implement the core features of Educare Learning Network (data utilization, intensive family engagement, embedded professional development, and high quality teaching practices) to improve child and family outcomes

Lead a team of six in diverse roles, fostering employee growth and development through effective interviewing, onboarding, performance evaluations, disciplinary actions, and conflict resolution

Ensure compliance in all state and federal standards are met including, Early Head Start, Oklahoma Department of Human Services Child Care Licensing Standards (DHS), Oklahoma Tribal licensing, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Accreditation standards, and…