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Organization: Youth & Family Services (YFS) Department: Rapid City Head Start
Position: Family Service Specialist Status: Full-Time Reports to: Rapid City Head Start Director Location: Rapid City, SD
Work Schedule:
Work Days: Monday through Friday
Hours/Week: 40 Non-smoking work environment. Wage DOEQ. E.O.E.
Benefits: YFS strives to provide its employees with top-quality benefits. YFS employees are offered medical,
dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance as well as multiple paid holidays, paid vacation and sick
leave, 401K and retirement/pension options, and more!
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services or closely related field; experience and/or
training in human services field. Transport children as assigned and be willing to submit to random drug and
alcohol testing in accordance with performance standards and the Substance Abuse/Misuse Policy for Safety
Sensitive Positions & Employees Driving Children. Must meet Head Start Program Performance Standards.
Must have knowledge and experience in child development and early childhood education; the fundamentals of
child health, safety, and nutrition; adult learning principles / family dynamics / adult education. Good team
work and networking skills. Ability to communicate and cooperate with children, other staff, and parents
effectively and tactfully. Ability to work with people of all socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. Current
vehicle liability insurance and a valid driver’s license required. Computer competency.
Essential Functions: ? Responsible for implementation of all applicable Head Start Performance Standards. ? Work with families to promote a smooth transition of children into and out of the Rapid City Prenatal to
5 Head Start program. ? Establish and maintain a positive and trusting relationship with children and their families. Support
parents to become involved in the programs curriculum approach to child development, education,
school readiness and family partnership agreements. ? Maintain accurate records for each child, data entry, and completion of appropriate documents and
referrals as needed in a timely manner. ? Respect and work with individuals from diverse and low-income backgrounds, serve as advocate and
promote unique identity of each child/family and refrain from stereotyping on the basis of
gender/race/ethnicity/culture/religion/disability. ? Follow-up with each family to determine whether the kind, quality, and timeliness of the services
received through referrals met the families' expectations and circumstances. Provide crisis intervention
to families in the areas of food, shelter, clothing, transportation, health, and mental helath services. ? Encourage and empower parents to recognize themselves as the primary educator of their children by
promoting parent involvement in all component areas. Advocate for parents and act as liaison between
family and agency. ? Responsible for registration, recruitment and enrollment. Follow yearly updated recruitment plan.
Responsible for maintaining a family caseload. ? Ensure parents receive community resource information through home visitation, training and written
materials and assist families with accessing services.
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? Assist with parent events along with parent education opportunities and maintain a record keeping
system for parent involvement activities. ? Assist in securing the required 20% non-federal match as required by the Department of Health &
Human Services. ? Assist in completion of the Program Information Report (PIR).
Additional Functions: Attend and participate in staff meetings and trainings as requested by supervisor. Ensure
documentation, referrals, staffings and family and child reviews are completed and followed-up on. Identify and
support families who have needs in literacy and/or educational attainment. Act in accordance with purpose,
philosophy, values, goals, policies, and procedures of YFS. Maintain confidentiality as it relates to information
about children, families, and other staff members. Promote and support all YFS programs and services. Perform
additional duties as assigned by supervisor. Maintain a clean, safe, healthy, and organized environment for staff
and families. Encourage parents to attend Parent Association meetings and other center activities. Assume
Coordinator responsibilities in their absence if assigned. Must learn and execute emergency preparedness plan
and be responsive to emergencies that may arise.
Environmental Functions: Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. Flexible work schedule. May be exposed to variety of
potentially hazardous living and health conditions of enrolled families.