Family Support Specialist - $2,000 Sign on Bonus

**Family Support Specialist** **At OHU, our Hope Members are the heartbeat of our organization. Together, we have built a culture of support, trust, and care.** **\*\*This position comes with a $2,000 sign on bonus!\*\*** **Culture of Care** The ELCD program at OHU is known for its closely-knit teams who often work together for years at a time! The team members join their shared love of educating young children towards creating a warm and positive working environment. New employees who come from a corporate environment quickly fall in love with the atmosphere at an OHU child development center! “We are such an inclusive organization, we don’t turn anybody away. Everybody is welcome. Working here, I feel like family. I’ve never felt so appreciated working in a place before. They really take care of you here, listen to your concerns and act on them. It’s just amazing! And it’s really easy to make it amazing when the people you work with are amazing.” **Shari Conley, Joliet Early Learning Center (Joliet, IL)** **What you would be doing:** **Enrollment and Recruitment** - Recruits and enrolls families into the early childhood programs - Organizes and maintains complete, accurate, and up-to-date records for children and families - Maintains enrollment throughout the program year through various recruitment strategies; ensures vacancies are filled immediately - Collaborates with Special Needs Coordinator to recruit children with disabilities into the program **Family Relations** - Builds respectful, culturally-sensitive relationships with families - Embeds "Strengthening Families" initiatives throughout the program - Communicates effectively with families through written and oral communication - Encourages families to participate in program activities, parent meetings, home visits, and parent-teacher conferences - Participates in parent meetings, family activities, and trainings - Participates in all home visits and parent-teacher conferences to assess and support family resources and needs - Assists families in developing Family Partnership Agreements, in order to encourage and promote their overall development including achievement of self-sufficiency as well as positive developmental outcomes for their children - Understands the program's outcome goals and works diligently with the families to pursue positive outcome goals while participating in services - Maintains Parent Resource area and Parent Bulletin boards - Follows up on child's absenteeism; working with parents to address barriers to regular attendance as needed **Recordkeeping** - Ensures accurate and timely entry of all required child and family information in the data system - Works in collaboration with Center staff and consultants to monitor, track, and coordinate services to children and families - Ensures that health documents are complete and up-to-date, sending reminders to parents when follow-up is needed - Appropriately documents monthly contacts with families in case notes **Professional Leadership and Community Outreach** - Participates in IFSP/IEP meetings for children **What you can expect from us:** - OHU program leaders work to provide warm and supportive leadership that flexes around your life as much as possible when needed - A flexible full-time schedule - Staff Celebrations (including weekly lunches!) - Ongoing professional development tailored to yours and your classroom needs - If you desire to advance in your career over time, program leaders will work with you to do so - You will be part of a center that grows programs in keeping with the community needs - You will also be part of a well-respected company (OHU is 125 years old!) that has a seat in community partnerships **In addition, you will receive the following benefits:** - 3 time off banks! Up to 4 weeks paid vacation days; up to 6 paid personal days and up to 5 paid sick days annually - Tuition assistance up to $2500 per year - Medical, dental, vision, 403b retirement, flexible spending a…