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Family and Engagement Community Coordinator Organized Community Action Program Inc Occupation: Child, Family, and School Social Workers

Location: Troy, AL - 36081 Positions available: 1

Job #: 3667297 Work At Home option: No

Posted: 4/19/2024 Updated: 4/23/2024 Expires: 6/18/2024

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ORGANIZED COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM, INC.
HEAD START & EARLY HEAD START

FAMILY & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR

Supervisor: Head Start Early Head Start Director
Status: Exempt
Terms of Employment: Regular Full-Time

Job Goal: To supervise and provide direction for the Family & Community Partnerships Components for sustainability of family and community strengthening.

Essential Responsibilities:

Responsible for oversight and monitoring of all Family/Parent and Community Engagement services, including Parent Involvement and Governance.
Ensures on-going monitoring, tracking follow-up and analysis of Family/Parent and Community Engagement Services.
1. Audits children’s files for accuracy and completeness onsite and compares to electronic files in Child Plus. (specifically, Family Services tab)
Monitor compliance of Family and Community Partnerships work plans within the Head Start Plans with the performance Standards.
Maintains policies and procedures for Family/Parent and Community Engagement services.
Maintain a system for making social services referrals and act as a liaison between OCAP Head Start/ Early Head Start and the community.

Ensure Community Partnerships/MOUs are completed annually to ensure services and resources are available to enrolled families.
Orient and provide training to staff and community partners on family strengthening.
Ensure that community resource directories are updated annually.
Ensure that there is a written policy with procedures for responding to emergency and crisis situations.
Assist Family Service Specialist in implementation strategies for family and community strengthening.
Work with staff and community partners to ensure that families identified as high-risk access needed services and develop needed support systems.

Direct the planning and implementation of parent education and parent support groups for Organized Community Action Program, Inc. Head Start/ Early Head Start.

Ensure a parent education/support group plan is developed and implemented.
Ensure that available curriculum material for parent education/support groups meet the needs of program families.
Ensure the development of support group linkages with community agencies.
Develop linkages to community partners in facilitating parent education programs.
Ensure Head Start/ Early Head Start Performance Standards are implemented and performed at each center.

Plan, coordinate, and supervise the Parent Involvement Program.

Develop strategies for involving parents in all components of the program, with particular emphasis on involving males/fathers.
Conduct Parent Trainings for all Head Start Centers.

Develop and coordinate ongoing processes related to community development and community leadership activities.

Ensure training for Head Start/ Early Head Start families and other community residents is provided in each community in English and Spanish.
Assist Family Service Specialists in establishing and maintaining of one or more stable community/neighborhood coalitions in order to increase community advocacy by identifying issues, implementing plans of actions, and evaluating progress.

Ensures each center has an established Parent Committee and provides ongoing support.
Attends center Parent Committee monthly meetings.
Ensure Policy Council is properly seated and trained on roles and responsibilities as it relates to the Head Start Performance Standards.
Operations

Ensure that all area programs meet or exceed program standards by conducting weekly monitoring.
Provide information for the completion of PIR.
Help with recruiting and taking applications.

Record keeping and reporting

Complete a monthly report for the Head Start Director.
Develop and coordinate Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework plans and goals. Ensure goals are implemented and monitored on a regular basis. Report monitoring findings to site-based manager and administrative staff. Continue with ongoing training of the framework and report information to Policy Council and Board of Directors.

Provides input on Family Service Specialists performance appraisals.
Coordinates family service parent activities with other component managers and specialists.
Coordinates with the ERSEA Manager for agency outreach and recruitment activities within the community throughout the year.
Ensures effective transition planning for children and families.
Provides input the agency’s School Readiness Plan and attends scheduled School Readiness Team meetings.

Qualifications:

BS degree in a field related to Social, Human, or Family Services with a minimum of two (2) years experience in Management/Supervision and Social Services. MSW/LCSW or Masters in Counseling/Psychology preferred.
Current physical examination and TB screen documentation upon hire.
Adequate means of transportation.
Head Start experience (preferred).
Community service experience (preferred).
Ability to coordinate and/or conduct training sessions (preferred).
Administrative/Supervisory experience.

General Staff Responsibilities:

Participate in bi-weekly Administrative Head Start staff meetings, conferences, training sessions, and workshops.
Demonstrate familiarity with employment policies, performance standards, work plan, and objectives of Agency.
Maintain congenial and respectful relations with staff, children, and families and community.
Keep current and accurate records.
Maintain confidentiality in regards to staff and family information.
Maintain objectives and professional standards.
Improve self-skills and education.
Fulfill role as mandated reporter as stated in Child Abuse and Neglect Policy.
Be present at work in order to provide consistency of services.
Be a contributory team member in a positive/productive manner.
Demonstrate commitment to mission, values, and policies in the performance of daily duties.

Other Requirements:

Communicate effectively with staff, families, children, and the public using the phone, letters, in face-to-face, one-to-one, and in group settings.
Observe, compare, and monitor behaviors, records and data to determine compliance with prescribed standards.
Comprehend, analyze, and make inferences and references from written material.
Produce written documentation with clearly organized thoughts using proper sentence construction, punctuation, and grammar.
Ability to drive a private or Agency vehicle; must possess a valid driver’s license and personal automobile or provide a plan that will allow fulfillment of position requirements.
Instruct, lead, train, and facilitate others in a group setting.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to stand and climb or balance.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10lbs., frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those and employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Non-Discrimination Policy:
            It is the Policy of this Agency to be customer and service oriented and to require employees to treat customers in a courteous and respectful manner at all times.

            Employees must understand that our customers come first and they are the primary source of the organization’s income. All employees have an obligation to represent the Agency in a positive way and to make customers feel as comfortable as possible in dealing with the organization.

            We provide equal opportunity in all aspects for services rendered to our customers. All employees will not discriminate against any customer because of their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), national origin, age (40 and over), citizenship, physical or mental disability, military obligations, gender identity, genetic information or any other basis of discrimination prohibited by law.

            Violations of this policy will not be permitted and will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.

            The Agency has appointed its Human Resource Manager as its EEO Officer to oversee compliance with this policy.

Employer Research

Organized Community Action Program Inc
Is a Non-Profit employer with 6 locations
http://www.ocaptroy.com

Company Profile:

BASIC PURPOSES The Organized Community Action Program is a self-help agency which provides an opportunity for human dignity by providing decent housing, food, clothing, health assistance, counseling, referrals, education and job placement. OCAP's goal is to seek solutions to the social and economic problems related to poverty. It is through joint efforts among our counties of Bullock, Butler, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Lowndes and Pike that OCAP can provide its services. A brief summary of these services follows: COMMUNITY SERVICES

In our seven county areas, service centers operate to provide the agency’s “GRASS ROOTS” contact with the less fortunate. OCAP provides programs which help low-income, disabled, elderly and unemployed persons to meet their basic needs when they have no available means for themselves. Trained personnel provide these persons with necessities such as food, clothing, shelter, energy assistance, referrals to other OCAP program and referrals to other agencies when OCAP does not meet their needs. Workshops and counseling services are provided to help low income persons make better use of their available income.

LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a program in which OCAP helps low-income households meet the cost of heating their homes in the winter and cooling their homes in the summer. Depending on how the home is heated, OCAP can make up to a $400.00 payment in an emergency situation for utilities, gas, wood, coal, kerosene, heaters or fans.

EMERGENCY, FOOD AND SHELTER

Through funds awarded by the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program, OCAP provides emergency assistance to unemployed, under-employed, and less than fully employed people. These individuals are without means to provide for themselves. OCAP can make a one-time rent/mortgage payment to prevent eviction and a one time utility payment to provide a person with assistance through crisis times in their life.

WEATHERIZATION

Weatherization assists in achieving a healthy living environment and to reduce energy consumption in the dwellings of low-income persons, particularly for the elderly and handicapped, and to aid those households least able to afford high energy cost. Besides our seven (7) county service area, we serve Barbour, Henry, Houston, Coffee, and Geneva counties.

HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANT

The Housing Preservation Grant will provide home repairs/rehabilitation to very low-income homeowners living in our services area with funds from the USDA Rural Development Office. The USDA funds will be leveraged with other OCAP funds such as Weatherization, Centsable Energy Use Program and Energy Counseling to provide greater impact of home improvements.

HEAD START

The Head Start Program provides underprivileged and special needs children of preschool age with nutrition, education, and medical services in the counties of Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Dale, Monroe, and Pike. Students are taught preschool subjects to help them fulfill their developmental potential. Each child is considered a unique person, with previous experiences, current needs and potential for future growth. In addition, students are served two balanced meals a day and are involved in a comprehensive health program including medical and dental examinations. The Male Initiative program is specifically designed to encourage and promote a father's involvement with Head Start children through various school and community activities. Whether it is the biological father or not, a child's development is greatly enhanced by the presence of a male figure.

FATHERHOOD/MOTHERHOOD INITIATIVE PROGRAM

The Fatherhood/Motherhood Initiative is funded through a partnership with the Department of Human Resources and the State of Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Children's Trust Fund. The program promotes healthy relationships between fathers/mothers and their children by educating, supporting and empowering men/women to be responsible parents. Participants will be referred to the program through the Child Support Court system and the Department of Human Resources in Bullock and Pike counties.

HOUSING COUNSELING

Provides comprehensive counseling and intervention services that may assist consumers in improving their housing conditions and meet the responsibilities of home ownership and tenancy. OCAP is a HUD approved Housing Counseling Agency.

ALABAMA BUSINESS CHARITABLE TRUST FUND

The purpose of the Trust is to assist low-income families who need assistance in paying their utilities. The two programs include Emergency Energy and Emergency Cooling. ABC Trust also provides assistance with home repairs in coordination with our weatherization program.

MULTI-FAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING

With funding from the HUD “HOME” project, OCAP now owns 372 apartment units designated for low to moderate income families. The projects are located in Butler, Conecuh, Dale, Pike, Houston, and St. Clair Counties.

We, at OCAP, know that our agency is much more than a variety of programs to assist the poor and are proud of our accomplishments. From its inception, it has been a group of people committed to a more just society and to a drive to insure a life of decency and dignity for all, regardless of income or social status. We know we have made an invaluable contribution to our area through the development of innovative and cost effective programs which have helped thosands of people find their way out of poverty. However, we know the paradox of poverty, in the midst of plenty, continues today and we must always remember the words of Herman Melville, "We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible treads and along these sympathetic fibers our actions run as causes and return to us as results."

100-249 employees

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Location/Work Site Information

Address: 507 North Three Notch Street, Troy, AL 36081

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Location/Work Site Industry (NAICS):

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

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Salary Range: Not Available DOE (Depends on Experience) Benefits Provided: Dental, Holidays, Life Insurance, Medical, Retirement/Pension, Sick Leave, Tuition Assistance, Vacation, Vision Other Benefits: Not Available Full or Part Time: Full Time (30 Hours or More) Job Duration: Over 150 Days Type of Job: Regular

Shift: Not Applicable

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Work Experience

Minimum Experience Required: 24 months

Education and Training

Minimum Education Level Required: High School Diploma or Equivalent

Required License/Certification: No

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Test Requirement: No test required - Drug Testing/Screening,Background Checks,Reference Checks,Child Abuse and Neglect Screening

Minimum Age Requirement: 19. Reason for Age Requirement: Other-Specify in Job Details.

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Occupation	Job Openings
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Community and Social Service Occupations	5

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There were 2 job openings advertised online in Pike County, AL for Child, Family, and School Social Workers on May 17, 2024. There are also 5 job openings advertised online for the related occupation group of Community and Social Service Occupations in Pike County, AL on May 17, 2024.

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