EHS Family Support Specialist (FSS)

Title: EHS Family Support Specialist Employment Status: Full Time FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Reports to: Operations Center Director Supervises: N/A SELF Mission: Support for Early Learning and Families (SELF)convenesand mobilizes partners and stakeholders throughout Southwest Washington to promote community awareness and advocacy for early learning, kindergartenreadinessand school success for all children.

Position Summary: Roleof Family Support Specialist:Family Support Specialistsexplore, provide, and coordinate services and resource accesswith enrolled families.

They coordinate familyand Centercommunity activities that support the mission of familial strength, healthy living, and overall well-being.Family Support Specialists are to bring support in a case management style and act as a liaison between families, staff, the community, and other family-related services.Utilizing a strengths focused approach,Family Support Specialists work toencourageand supportfamiliestobuild self-efficacy strategiesfor their children andtheir family system.

Building Relationships with Families:Demonstrateunconditional positive regardfor families with diverseand varyingvalues, culture,socioeconomic status,andlifestyle circumstances.Work collaboratively with each family to recognize and identify the familysstrengths andneeds.

Establish andmaintainprofessional roles and boundaries inthe working relationshipwith families.

Encourage families to take part in thechild(ren)sprogram.

EHSand ESD112Program Performance Standards:The Family Support Specialistis responsible formeeting program service goalsandoutcomes throughcase managementwithin the Center and homevisitsenvironments, as well as phone and email contacts.

The Family Support Specialistmaintainsall documentation and data collectionin accordance withprogram and agency requirements.The Family Support Specialistparticipatesin ongoing in-service training and educational classes for professional development as assigned and to meet ongoing Federal, State, and organizational training requirements.

Qualifications and Skills: An associate or higher degree with the equivalent of thirty college quarter credits of adult education, human development, human services, family support, social work, or related field.

Thirty credits may be included in the degree or in addition to the degree.

Experience working with children and families from diverse cultures and lifestyles.

Willingness tomaintaina flexibleworkscheduleto meet the needs ofenrolledfamilies, including occasional nights and weekends.

Knowledge of community resources and services available to children and families.

Experience working in aHead Start,Early Head Start and/or ECEAP.

Recent successful experience working with children and families in Infant,Toddleror Preschool settings.

Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, including Calendar,Sharepoint, and TEAMs.

Ability to bevery detailedoriented and able to meet projected deadlines for data entry.

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