Family Worker

East Side House Settlement (ESH) is a community resource in the South Bronx. We believe education is the key that enables all people to create an economic and civic opportunities for themselves, their families and the communities.

East Side House’s Early Childhood programs provide Early Head Start and Head Start services in a safe, supportive, educational environment for children ages 18+ months to 5 years of age. Serving 231 children daily from five locations, the comprehensive program is designed to develop the cognitive, social, emotional and physical skills of children in a safe, supportive environment. Children and families receive a broad range of educational, nutritional, social and preventive health services. Our staff foster partnerships with families so that they can support school learning and achievement as well as advocate for their children and themselves. We expect that all staff will work collaboratively, and with the community, to promote school readiness while creating a safe, healthy and protective environment.

Duties include, but are not limited to the following key activities:

Tasks will include but not limited to:

• Interview all guardians of students for registration, to identify social service needs of the children and their parents, and to make appropriate referrals of the family to community resources.
• Conduct recruitment efforts throughout the community to ensure full enrollment throughout the school year

• Conduct home visits at least twice per year for assigned students.
• Submitting monthly attendance reports, daily attendance logs, health trackers, class lists, etc.
• Monitor, report and follow up of children’s attendance.
• Maintain updated children’s records and child tracking systems.
• Develop and monitor Family Partnership Agreements that describe the family’s goals, strengths, responsibilities and timetables and strategies for achieving these goals.
• Escort parents to community agencies
• Translate for parents, as necessary.
• Making phone contacts and referrals to community agencies
• Function as a guide and advocate in helping to secure needed social services for the family
• Ensuring transition services for children moving up to the next grade level/school setting.
• Assist parents with developing an active parent participation program. Tasks will include but not limited to:
• Welcoming all parents to the centers daily
• Arranging daily refreshments and setting up parents’ room
• Communicating the center’s programs to the parents, community leaders, agency representatives, and other interested community members
• Assisting in scheduling and conducting parent committee meetings
• Helping to recognize and develop leadership within the parent’s group, to enable them to elect officers and representatives on all levels
• Enabling elected officers to assume leadership in developing a meaningful parent program, and affording all parents an opportunity for decision making on educational, cultural, recreational, and social action activities
• Acting as a resource person to the parents in all their activities.
• Ensures the safety and well-being of children/participants by being diligent in engagement, attentive to their needs, cognizance of surroundings, and capable of administering immediate assistance as needed.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.