Child Health and Safety Supervisor

Child Health and Safety Supervisor (6453)

Job Category
:
Community/Social Services

Requisition Number
: CHILD
007861

• Posted :
  August 27, 2026
• Full-Time
• Salary : $55,000 USD per year

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Lutheran Services Florida (LSF) envisions a world where children are safe, families are strong, and communities are vibrant.

LSF is seeking a talented Child Health and Safety Supervisor who wants to make an impact in the lives of others.

Purpose and Impact:

The Child Health and Safety Supervisor coordinates and oversees the delivery of comprehensive health, dental, nutrition, and safety services for children and families. Ensures compliance with all applicable program standards, licensing requirements, and organizational policies. Supervises health staff and monitors service delivery, including screenings, follow-ups, and documentation, to ensure accuracy and timeliness. Collaborate with internal teams, families, healthcare providers, and community partners to support positive health outcomes.

Contributes to staff training, program planning, quality assurance, while fulfilling all compliance-related responsibilities.

Essential Leadership Functions:

• Ensure that all enrolled children are up to date on a schedule of age-appropriate preventive and primary health care within four weeks of child's entry and as services become due. Works collaboratively with parents to arrange any needed medical, dental, or nutritional examinations and immunizations, keeping in mind parents’ work schedules.
• In collaboration with parents and other staff, develops a written follow-up plan and arranges re-screening, further diagnostic testing, examination and treatment for each child found to have medical, dental or nutritional problems. Assist parents, as needed, with identifying resources to obtain prescribed medications, aids, or equipment for medical and dental conditions.
• Ensure that staff obtain informed signed parental consent and release of information for all health, dental and nutritional services provided to children by the program or its contracted service providers; encourages parental presence and participation at these health services; and informs parents in writing of the results of all services.
• Monitors the ongoing health status and needs of enrolled children by ensuring the completion of daily health checks, the administering of medications per the agency's policy and doctors' orders, the implementation of other procedures as needed.
• Supervises all Health staff and the implementation and evaluation of their work. Prepares performance appraisals in a timely manner. Take corrective action as needed. Established Professional Development plans with staff members.
• Coordinates the observation of the Infant/Toddler rooms by medical personnel as required by County Child Care Licensing Standards; ensures observations, instructions and recommendations are recorded and carried out.
• Organizes and facilitates the activities of the agency's Health Services Advisory Committee (HSAC); ensures that the Committee membership is composed of all required professions and parent representation and that it meets at least twice a year.
• Maintains detailed, accurate, up-to-date and confidential records including child health files, health services tracking system and documentation of all activities; develops and submits timely reports of component service provision and activities for director, grantee, PC, Board and others as required. Maintains strict child, family and staff confidentiality always.
• Ensures children are familiarized with all health services they will receive prior to delivery by assisting teachers with child centered activities in the classroom and instructing parents on how to prepare their children for services; provides and/or arranges for transportation for children to health service appointments and for translation services, as necessary.
• Provides parents with records of all services provided to their children before they leave the program; discusses with parents the importance of these records and how to maintain them. Also, transfers children's records as requested and approved by parents in writing.
• Facilitates the transition of children with incomplete medical/dental treatment or with ongoing medical needs to services at their next destination, per the delegate's transition plan and with full participation of parents.
• Participates in and contributes to all case management, parent education planning, supervisory, and management team and staff meetings. Also, attends interagency meetings, Parent Committee and Policy Council meetings and other meetings, as assigned.
• Attends and participates in grantee-sponsored trainings, center pre-service and in-service trainings, and other continuing education, career and professional development opportunities; reads and reviews regulations and other resources to keep abreast of current issues and trends related to the responsibilities of the job.
• Provides leadership, direction, coaching, and…