Specialist - Family Support
Company: Southwest Human Development Inc
Location: Phoenix
Posted on: March 19, 2023
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Job Description:
Job Description:
Family Support Specialist provide family development/social
services to enrolled children ages birth to three and their
families participating in the Early Head and Head Start Child Care
Partnership project. This role partners with parents to enhance the
parents' ability to fill the role of primary nurturer of their
child. Maintain on-going contact with families and work with all
other components (health, nutrition, family services, mental
health, special services, parent education and resource/referral)
to integrate services into the family setting. Job Duties:Conduct
weekly 90-minute home visits with each family. Create and maintain
respectful partnerships with families. Drive to family's home and
deliver health, educational, nutritional and child growth and
development information to parents via weekly meetings. Coordinate
with parents to ensure that prenatal, well-child exams,
immunizations, health screenings, and nutrition assessments are
complete and necessary follow up occurs. Complete family
partnership agreements, developmental screenings and all other
required assessments with families in a timely manner. Assist and
support families in locating resources and scheduling appointments
with community resources that best meets their needs.Provide
support in parent and child activities that encourages
developmentally appropriate activities for the changing needs of
infants and toddlers. Requirements:AA / Bachelor's degree - Family
Development, Social Services, Human Services, Early Childhood
Education or related field Minimum one (1) year direct experience
working with infants and toddlers and their familiesValid Arizona
Fingerprint Clearance Card OR must qualify for a valid Arizona
Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card Bilingual English/Spanish
Southwest Human Development ("SWHD") takes the health and safety of
our employees and the communities we serve very seriously. We
strongly believe vaccination is a critical safety measure to
protect each of us and the communities we serve. The COVID
vaccinations have proven to be highly effective at protecting
people from getting COVID-19 or from getting severely ill from it.
All candidates must meet SWHD vaccination standards, including the
COVID vaccine, for their program. Compensation: DOE
EducationPreferredBachelors or better in Early Childhood Education
or related fieldAssociates or better in Early Childhood Education
or related fieldSkillsRequiredSpanish,
BilingualPreferredDocumentationCultural SensitivityCommunication
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with
Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other
manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they
have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the
pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have
access to the compensation information of other employees or
applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot
disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals
who do not otherwise have access to compensation information,
unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or
charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding,
hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the
employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to
furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Keywords: Southwest Human Development Inc, Phoenix , Specialist - Family Support, Other , Phoenix, Arizona
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