Family Service Specialist; temporary

Family Service Specialist (1-year Temporary)

Salary Range $31.06 - $40.65 Hourly Position Type Full Time Education Level 4 Year Degree

Organization:
Kai Ming, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides free full-day full-year and full-day part-year Head Start preschool services to eligible children ages 3-5 years old in San Francisco, CA with funding from Head Start, the California Department of Education, First 5 San Francisco and San Francisco Office of Early Care & Education.

Job:
This is a full-time position, 1-year temporary position. The Family Service Specialist is responsible for supporting and providing resource information to eligible families and early care and education providers; serving as a liaison among school districts, community agencies, and families to deliver a strengths-based and family-driven program, policies, and services.

Essential Duties:

• Understands, follows, and adheres to State and Federal Head Start regulations, performance standards and guidelines.
• Maintains a child wait list of eligible applicants greater than number of enrollment opportunities.
• Follows ERSEA plan to conduct outreach, recruitment, and enrollment functions.
• Works collaboratively with community agencies to support the needs of families and children.
• Works collaboratively with teachers, support staff, and community agencies to provide resource materials and support when needed.
• Researches relevant community resources that meet the need of families and shares those resources accordingly with teachers and support staff.
• Maintains contact with service providers regarding family progress.
• Supports families and social service needs, including but not limited to, developmental delays, housing, health insurance, public assistance, hunger, and other community resources and services.
• Assists families with transition to school activities including providing kindergarten transition workshops and registration information.
• Conducts vision, hearing, blood pressure, and/or developmental screening for children, and ensures established dental /medical requirements are met.
• Establishes and maintains accurate health and social service records for each family.
• Prepares and maintains records and reports related to children and families.
• Conducts assessment of family needs and supports families to develop skills needed to achieve their goals.
• Reviews and analyzes reports related to enrollment, health/nutrition, mental health, disability, and family services; evaluates results for referral; provides parents with results and follow-ups.
• Implements Kai Ming Parent Engagement Philosophy and encourages parent involvement on site.
• Assists center parents in organizing monthly center meeting, Policy Committee meeting, and other parent activities.
• Makes presentations at workshops and parent trainings.
• Participates in program review, advisory councils, conferences, staff meetings, trainings, and self-assessments as assigned.
• Organizes work assignments and meets established deadlines.
• Translates oral and written materials from English to a specified foreign language and from a specified foreign language to English.
• Prepares and distributes routine reports, forms, correspondence, and other documents as needed.
• Develop Family Partnership Agreements and track implementation of such agreements.
• Maintain a case load of up to 40 families.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Kai Ming, Inc. is seeking an experienced professional with the ability to work harmoniously in a multi-cultural team; with a caring, compassionate approach to working with children and families who can follow through in an organized and systematic fashion with families and service providers while supporting families in achieving their goals.

• BA in Social Service area, (Psychology, Sociology, ECE or related field) or equivalent case management experience;
• Minimum of one year experience working with low-income children and families;
• Bilingual Chinese/English preferred;
• Knowledge of diverse cultural, racial, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Experience in working with low-income families and families with special needs. Experience with Head Start and/or State enrollment process preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively with children and adults from different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds in oral and written formats.
• Maintain cooperative work relationships with community agencies.
• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• React with flexibility and sensitivity to changing situations and needs.
• Organize…