Family Services and Health Coordinator - SEL

Shine Early Learning • Louisville, KY

13d • $55,000

About The Position

Are you a strategic leader with a passion for growth, innovation, and transforming the landscape of early childhood education? Acelero, Inc. is looking for a dynamic Family Services & Health Coordinator to drive our mission to eliminate the gaps between young children’s potential and their success in school and life. Why Acelero? Our mission is bold: To design and deliver research and evidence-based approaches to eliminate the gaps between young childrenʼs inherent potential and their achievement in school and life. With our partners, we accelerate child and family outcomes that honor all of the aspirations and cultures of the communities we serve. Our values: Data-Informed Learning; Transparent & Open Communication; Growth Mindset; Championing Equality; Caring Teams & Communities. Your Role: As a Family Services & Health Coordinator , you will be responsible for working in collaboration with the Grantee/Partner and the Family Advocates to develop, implement and refine Shine Early Learning’s family engagement and health and wellness approaches in order to promote family outcomes that support children’s school readiness and health and well-being.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Family and Child Development, Public Health, Social Work or related field. Masters preferred.
• Experience and/or education in health, public health, LPN, or RN is preferred.
• At least 3 years experience working with diverse families in low income communities, with supervisory responsibilities
• Knowledge and experience executing evidence-based strategies to improve outcomes for children and families
• Demonstrated ability to establish community relationships. Knowledge of diverse formal and informal community resources preferred.
• Work flexible hours to meet the program and community needs.
• Physical exam and background checks are required for this position.
• Travel required locally or long-distance up to 10% of the time for work-related meetings and functions.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
• Maintain certification in CPR and First Aid

Responsibilities

• Works in collaboration with the Grantee/Partner and the family services team to develop, implement and refine Shine Early Learning’s family engagement and health and wellness approaches in order to promote family outcomes that support children’s school readiness and health and well-being.
• Develops community partnerships to assure that children and families self-sufficiency and preventive and health treatment needs are met; and that secure long-term relationships for families to providers who will support their children and families long term health and development.
• Builds a team that works collaboratively with early learning and MH and Disabilities staff in order to enhance family life practices and circumstances that promote child development,health and wellbeing.
• Maintains qualitative and quantitative quality improvement and monitoring systems in order to assure that program strategies are executed with reliability, fidelity and quality.
• Supports Home Based in the area of Family Engagement, ERSEA and Child Health.
• Oversees Health Advisory Committee.
• Works in coordination with program leadership and ERSEA Assistant to develop and implement targeted recruitment strategies for their zone and overall program that assure enrollment of children with greatest need, including children of working families eligible for child care subsidies.
• Coordinates with leadership to assure that the family services and early learning teams work together to assure on-time daily attendance of all children, and to implement strategies to reduce chronic absence.
• Supports the ERSEA Assistant in the oversight of Family Advocates completing the application/eligibility and Intake process.
• Works with agency leadership to align program’s Family Services approach with the Office of Head Start’s Parent Family Community Engagement Framework, and to enhance interventions to achieve family outcomes in the seven targeted outcome areas.
• Provides coaching and support to Family Advocates to assure the reliability of family assessment and goal progress data and to strengthen staff focus on outcomes-focused family interventions.
• Utilizes qualitative audit and external evaluation data to track child and family outcomes and to refine strategies to enhance family impact.
• Supports Family Advocates to assist families to set individualized evidence-based goals and make demonstrable changes in family life practices linked in the research to school readiness.
• Assures effective coordination with Early Learning, MHD and staff to develop and implement group and Center-based campaigns and activities that build a program wide culture among staff and families to promote family life practices to close the achievement gap.
• Utilizes family data sources to understand self-sufficiency trends and assist staff to understand priority family self-sufficiency needs.
• Works with the Director of Family Services and Health to secure self-sufficiency partnerships that result in 50% of families achieving significant progress on self-sufficiency goals.
• Supports staff to build family networks and create on-site self-sufficiency workshops/interventions to allow them to support one another to achieve self-sufficiency goals.
• Assures that program has documentation, or has conducted health screenings for all children within HS Performance Standards 45 and 90 required time frames.
• Works with Director of Family Services and Health and other program leadership to establish monitoring systems to oversee EPSDT adherence, including follow up on expired or coming due preventive health visits and follow up.
• Provides guidance and support to Family Advocates to complete Individual Care Plans for children with chronic health conditions, and follow up to ensure that children’s health conditions are effectively managed.
• Develops and aligns program wide health and wellness campaigns with agency mission;including promoting consistent family routines that support healthy lifestyles and habits.
• Works with program-wide leadership to build a staff and agency health and wellness culture to model and support our health goals for children and families.
• Coordinates with Early Learning and MHD teams to execute high quality case consultation and case conferencing systems to address the needs of children with chronic health conditions and/or special needs.
• Works with program leadership to secure external partnerships to provide on-site support for families of children with chronic health conditions/special needs.
• Oversees and monitors family goal-setting, follow-up and coordination for children with chronic health conditions and special needs to assure coordination of home/school strategies.
• Oversees ongoing family assessment to assure that vulnerable families are identified and referred to clinical social workers, as appropriate, for more intensive support and follow-up
• Oversees medication administration, storage and auditing to maintain up to date information, medications and medical authorizations.
• Supports program staff to execute effective health emergency procedures, including conditions for short-term exclusion and admittance; medication administration procedures; injury prevention measures; and hygiene procedures.
• Coordinates with the Director of Monitoring and Compliance to assure that facilities meet child health and safety compliance regulations.
• Participates in assigned meetings, events and training as required.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance with multiple plan options to fit your needs
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contributions up to $400/individuals & $800/family annually
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for health and dependent care expenses
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with up to 3% company match
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance
• Up to $500 per year in Professional Development Reimbursements
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with counseling and mental wellness support
• Wellness Programs , including virtual fitness, nutrition, and mindfulness classes
• Pet Insurance , Legal Assistance , ID Theft Protection , and Employee Discount Perks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level