Case Worker Rikard Head Start

Head Start Case Worker

The Case Worker is expected to:

• Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children.
• Provide support services to children and families, encompassing health and parenting skills within the objectives of the Head Start Program.
• Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems to determine what services are required to meet their needs.
• Develop a coordinated family service plan, based on the interview/needs assessment, to include healthcare, for each family.
• Initiates contacts with community support services that addresses comprehensive needs.
• Maintain case history records and prepare reports, to include monthly attendance, medical and dental screenings, medical and dental follow up and immunizations.
• Refer clients to community resources for services, such as job placement, debt counseling, legal aid, housing, medical treatment, or financial assistance, and provide concrete information, such as where to go and how to apply.
• Serve as liaisons between students, homes, schools, family services, child guidance clinics, courts, protective services, doctors, and other contacts to help children who face problems, such as disabilities, abuse, or poverty.
• Counsel students whose behavior, school progress, or mental or physical impairment indicate a need for assistance, diagnosing students' problems and arranging for needed services.
• Organize family meetings at the Center, provide training, keep notes and minutes of all meetings.
• Arrange for follow-up on home visits with parents, if appropriate. Monitor family progress.
• Evaluate characteristics of individuals to determine needs or eligibility.
• Collaborate with other professionals to assess client needs or plan treatments.
• Prepare client file documentation and provide periodic reports to the Family & Community Partnerships Manager.
• Perform other social services, as required.

• Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems to determine what services are required to meet their needs.
• Develop a coordinated family service plan, based on the interview/needs assessment, to include healthcare, for each family.
• Initiates contacts with community support services that addresses comprehensive needs.
• Maintain case history records and prepare reports, to include monthly attendance, medical and dental screenings, medical and dental follow up and immunizations.
• Refer clients to community resources for services, such as job placement, debt counseling, legal aid, housing, medical treatment, or financial assistance, and provide concrete information, such as where to go and how to apply.
• Serve as liaisons between students, homes, schools, family services, child guidance clinics, courts, protective services, doctors, and other contacts to help children who face problems, such as disabilities, abuse, or poverty.
• Counsel students whose behavior, school progress, or mental or physical impairment indicate a need for assistance, diagnosing students' problems and arranging for needed services.
• Organize family meetings at the Center, provide training, keep notes and minutes of all meetings.
• Arrange for follow-up on home visits with parents, if appropriate. Monitor family progress.
• Evaluate characteristics of individuals to determine needs or eligibility.
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• Collaborate with other professionals to assess client needs or plan treatments.
• Prepare client file documentation and provide periodic reports to the Family & Community Partnerships Manager.
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