At the Community Action Council of Howard County (CAC), we have a mission to diminish poverty and enable self-sufficiency for all Howard County individuals, families, and children in need. We take action towards this mission by focusing on four critical services: housing assistance, food assistance, energy and weatherization assistance, and early childhood education. CAC impacts our local society by changing lives and helping create a pathway through and out of poverty or just providing a hand up when one is needed.

CAC is looking for a Family Service Worker to join our Early Childhood Education (ECE) department. This individual will work closely with the family and community engagement team and be responsible for enrolling eligible families, working cross-departmentally to ensure families receive all necessary services, and coaching parents on their personal and professional goals. The ideal candidate for this position will be comfortable representing CAC's two-generation approach to external stakeholders at outreach and community partnership events. The family service worker needs vital emotional intelligence to help grow and develop CAC's scaling programs.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for assisting families with completing Head Start enrollment application

• Participates in all year round recruiting for families

• Acts as a liaison amongst internal teams at CAC to ensure that all clients are receiving comprehensive services

• Conducts proper case management to include inputting and updating all family files based on agency standards

• Analyzes, monitors, and tracks report for ECE and family engagement to facilitate the planning of school readiness goals.

• Responsible for planning and implementing ECE outreach and family engagement events and maintaining relationships with community partners.

• Establishing Family Partnership Agreements with famiilies

• Able to effectively manage a caseload of 30 or more families

• Actively participate in Self-Assessment

• Assist in Selction Process and plaemt of chdren

• Monitor attendance of children on case load

• Mke perodic home visits

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree with major course work in the social or behavioral sciences, social work, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 1+ years of case management experience

• Valid driver's license

• Able to work in an agile and evolving work environment

• Able to work independently and collaboratively with others

• Strong computer proficiency, especially with Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and Microsoft Teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• CAP60

• Project management experience

• Early childhood education experience

What we offer:

• Medical Insurance- fully paid for employee

• Dental Insurance- fully paid for employee

• Vision Insurance- fully paid for employee

• Life Insurance

• FSA Account

• HSA Account

• 15 days of vacation leave- built into the school schedule

• 12 days of sick leave

• 3 days for personal leave

• 13 days of paid federal holidays

• Educational Assistance programs

• Participation in state-supported Credit Union

• Participation in Maryland State Retirement System

• Work-life Balance Employee Assistance Programs

AAP/EEO Statement:

Community Action Council of Howard County is an equal opportunity employer.

***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.***