prepares our youngest scholars to succeed in K-12 and beyond by building a strong academic foundation and starting them on the path to college and career.
Harlem Gems is a dynamic and accelerating preschool program that fosters the development of four-year-olds and prepares them to enter kindergarten.
We are currently seeking a Family Worker to recruit, evaluate, enroll, and familiarize eligible families with the Harlem Gems program.
Minimum Qualifications
- Associate degree in a related field (social work, psychology, counseling, sociology, human services, etc.),
- 1-3 years of experience in the field
- Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred
Who you are
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Outlook
- Excellent communication, organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills
- A commitment to the mission and programs of HCZ
- Strong conflict resolution and mediation skills
- Excellent verbal, written, and listening skills
- Ability to have good working relationships with supervisors, staff, parents, and outside personnel
- Must have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks
- Ability to work flexible hours
What you’ll do
- Recruit, evaluate, enroll, and familiarize eligible families with the Harlem Gems program
- Facilitate and support parent involvement within the program and community
- Plan and lead home visits and participate in daily classroom contacts with families
- Work in partnership with parents and staff through parent meetings, center activities, education opportunities, and support groups
- Perform data entry for the agency database
- Maintain pertinent case notes as they relate to goals for, and progress of, the family
- Perform strengths-based assessments, assist parents in goal setting, and provide crisis intervention and referrals to community resources, including monitoring follow-up and referral outcome
- Work with families to ensure children have health coverage and vaccinations and receive all necessary medical screenings.
Support parents on needed follow-up)
- Plan and facilitate parent workshops
- Serve as a liaison between the school and families
- Maintains ongoing contact with community organizations that are involved with providing services to the school's educational program
- Ensure that information regarding all changes in student status, e.g., service changes and discharges, are accurately maintained in the student information system
- Attend CPSE / Case conference meetings as needed and prepare meeting minutes
- Able to perform general office administrative activities : copying, filing, delivering, and using the telephone system called Ring Central
- Perform other duties as assigned
Schedule
- Monday Friday
- 8 am-4 pm and 10 am-6 pm
Benefits
As a member of the Harlem Children's Zone team, you will join a supportive and inclusive community dedicated to helping children, families and our staff thrive.
We offer highly competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for growth.
Our exceptional full-time benefits include :
- Highly competitive base salaries
- Paid time off
- Employee referral bonus
- Career advancement
- No-cost health insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-and long-term disability
- Additional voluntary benefits
- Wellness discounts
- Commuter benefits
- Financial wellness perks
- Additional Benefits (Discounts on flights, hotels, theme parks, concert tickets, and more.)
The salary range for this position is $45,000-$47,000 per year.