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Family Services Assistant - Bay City

Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency

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At a glance

Compensation
$16.59/hr
Location
Bay City, MI
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Family Services Assistant works with Early Head Start teams to support family engagement, enrollment, recruitment, and child health tracking. The role connects families with community resources, coordinates with medical professionals and partner agencies, completes hearing and vision screenings, and maintains program records and reports. The position also supports parent meetings and, when needed, helps maintain contact with families during a Home Visitor’s extended absence.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Family EngagementCommunity OutreachRecruitmentHearing ScreeningVision Screening

Full job description

  • LocationBay City, MI, 48708, United States - Base Pay$16.59 / Hour - Job CategoryHead Start - Employee TypeFull Time_D68161985 Contact information - NameRecruiter - [email protected] Description About Us: Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency, Inc. (NEMCSA) is a private, nonprofit Community Action Agency, whose Mission is to provide quality programs and services to strengthen and enhance the self-sufficiency of individuals, families and communities through the best use of human and financial resources, focusing on those who are experiencing an economic hardship. What You'll Do: The person in this position works closely with Early Head Start teams to assist in meeting Head Start Program Performance Standards in the areas of health and parent engagement. Completing program applications, recruiting families and maintaining waitlists for assigned counties, the Family Services Assistant is responsible for creating connections with local agencies and community members. Establishing working relationships with medical office staff, Family Services Assistant collects well child documentation and medical follow-up for each enrolled child and enters information into appropriate data bases. Following program timelines, Family Services Assistant performs vision and hearing screens on newly enrolled children and enters results into appropriate data bases. **Essential Duties and Responsibilities: ** Family Support: - Initiate and build relationships with Early Head Start families, as the first point of contact. Create a bridge to resources for families that present needs during initial or subsequent home visits. - In cooperation with other team members, work with families to remove barriers or obstacles to obtaining health care and follow up services. - In the extended absence of a Home Visitor, assist Home-Based Team Leader in maintaining contact to support families. This may include completing home visits with prescribed resource kits and topics. - Assist in planning and implementation of parent meetings, as requested. Eligibility, Enrollment, and Attendance: - Identifying and recruit children and prenatal enrollees for the Early Head Start. - Participate in planning and implementation of community events for active recruitment. - Complete applications for Early Head Start/Head Start in family homes and during recruitment events. - Establish professional relationships with partnering agencies to build referral sources. - Document recruitment efforts and collaborate with Head Start program teams. Child Health Tracking and Support: - Maintain knowledge and a working understanding of Early Head Start health requirements and Head Start Program Performance Standards. - Establish relationships and develop rapport with medical professionals to ensure services and required paperwork is completed and received. - Send appointment reminders to parents as needed. - Communicate with Early Head Start team members to ensure any missing health screens have documentation of efforts to obtain or support parents in completing. - Complete hearing and vision screens on all newly enrolled children within 45 days. Document all efforts in database and follow up, as directed. Program Data Management: Review and tally In-kind Reports on Family Activity Plans for each Home Visitor and run required reports. Accurately enter health information into database, upload needed documentation, and generate reports. According to prescribed timelines, gather all application documents, formulate income calculations, and accurately enter informatio

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