3K Family Child Care Network Family Worker
Job Category: Direct Service Worker
Requisition Number: 3KFAM002975
Posted: July 9, 2024
Employment Type: Full-Time
Rate: $24.72 USD per hour
Location
Jerome Hardeman29-49 Gilmore StreetEast Elmhurst, NY 11369, USA
Department
Early Childhood
Reports to
3K Family Child Care Network Educational Director
Responsibilities:
- Support family services under the guidance of the Network Director and Educational Director.
- Support family activities under the guidance of the Network Director and Educational Director.
- Address individual family needs, provide referrals and resources, and design monthly parent engagement activities in collaboration with the Educational Director and Educational Specialist.
- Responsible for student recruitment and applications, delivering student applications to the Department of Education's Field Office.
- Manage data in the MySchools System.
Qualifications and Skills:
- High School Diploma or GED
Best Practice Requirements:
- Strong sensitivity to cultural and socioeconomic characteristics present among staff and clients.
- Belief in people's ability to grow and change; ability to forge a mutually respectful partnership with persons served and their families.
- Ability to set limits and maintain the helping role of practitioner and to intervene appropriately.
- Follow employee screening requirements and use screening instruments to screen for abuse risk.
- Provide ongoing supervision and training related to abuse risk.
- Provide regular feedback regarding boundaries with clients.
- Adhere to policies and procedures related to abuse risk.
- Respond quickly to policy and procedure violations using progressive disciplinary procedures.
- Respond seriously and confidently to reports of suspicious and inappropriate behaviors.
- Communicate the organization's commitment to protect clients from abuse.
- Report essential abuse risk management information to the board of directors.
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