Family Assistant Head Start - Full Time; 5443-213-A

Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens•Brooklyn, NY

14h

About The Position

For over 125 years, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has been providing quality social services to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens, currently offering more than 160 programs and services for children, youth, adults, seniors, and individuals struggling with mental illness. Early Childhood Development Centers provide free Head Start services to low-income families at no cost to the children ages 3 to 5 years. The high-quality services are offered in the center-based program settings available for the Brooklyn and Queens Communities. Through the Montessori approach, the centers ensure children are ready for school by providing a variety of developmentally appropriate activities that promote cognitive, social, emotional, language-literacy, and physical development. The Head Start Program strives to actively engage parents, recognizing family participation throughout the program as a key to a child’s robust development as well as to offer the learning experiences tailored to the changing needs and abilities of children. STATEMENT OF THE JOBThe Family Assistant is responsible to maintain the health records of children enrolled in the program. Responsibilities include but are not limited to supervise and support Social Service staff in the absence of the Family Service Coordinator (FSC), maintain children’s files in accordance to ACS/DOHMH regulations and compliance standards. Develops and implements Family Partnership Agreements with Families and provides ongoing support to the Family Worker (s) in these efforts. Responsible to ensure that all children’s immunizations are current; arranges hearing, vision, and dental screening for all children. Responsible to follow up with illness and allergies of children; supplies list of allergies to all services staff and classroom staff. Ensures that care is provided to children who arrive to school ill or become ill during the school time; notifies parents of children’s illness. Plans and coordinates Health Education Workshops and Health Fairs for parents with the Family Service Coordinator and Family Worker educational trainings for parents utilizing the community resources. Coordinates Parent Involvement Program (s), conducts home visits for all children in collaboration with Social Service and Education Staff, and facilitates team meetings with assigned classrooms. Covers classrooms as needed. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

High School Diploma required.
2 years of experience in Human Services required.
Bilingual Spanish/English; Russian/English; Chinese/English; Korean/English; English/Creole speaking preferred.
Frequent sitting, standing, walking, talking, hearing, seeing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, & crawling.
Must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
Able to travel for inter-borough training, meetings, and escorting parents to meetings.

Nice To Haves

College Degree preferred.
Family Development Credential preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintain the health records of children enrolled in the program.
Supervise and support Social Service staff in the absence of the Family Service Coordinator (FSC)
Maintain children’s files in accordance to ACS/DOHMH regulations and compliance standards.
Develops and implements Family Partnership Agreements with Families and provides ongoing support to the Family Worker (s) in these efforts.
Ensure that all children’s immunizations are current; arranges hearing, vision, and dental screening for all children.
Follow up with illness and allergies of children; supplies list of allergies to all services staff and classroom staff.
Ensure that care is provided to children who arrive to school ill or become ill during the school time; notifies parents of children’s illness.
Plan and coordinate Health Education Workshops and Health Fairs for parents with the Family Service Coordinator and Family Worker educational trainings for parents utilizing the community resources.
Coordinate Parent Involvement Program (s), conducts home visits for all children in collaboration with Social Service and Education Staff, and facilitates team meetings with assigned classrooms.
Covers classrooms as needed.
Performs other duties as assigned.