Parents as Teachers Description: The Parent as Teachers Parent Educator is to partner with assigned families to provide personal instruction, demonstrate appropriate educational activities, and deliver research based printed materials to parent regarding child development and related issues. Parent Educators will also administer child developmental screenings including but not limited to, vision, hearing, language, fine and gross motor skill development, social and emotional and health and physical development for children birth to age three.

Reports to: Parent as Teachers Supervisor
Type: Full-time with full benefits
Salary: $36,000
Schedule: Non-traditional hours as assigned may include some evenings and weekends.  Expected to be flexible in terms of scheduling and hours worked. Requires regular work attendance and/or physical presence.

Erie Family Center Core Values and Work Performance functions:

• Adhere to standards of demeanor.
• Exhibit working autonomously.
• Ensure and practice cultural competence.
• Promote positive communication/confidentiality.
• Professional sound judgment and decision-making.
• Display consistent attributes of professionalism.
• Encourage and support cooperation and teamwork.

Work Expectations:

• The capacity to work supportively and effectively in a team environment, as well as take initiative independently with various tasks and exhibit proven project management skills.
• Strong observation, communication and writing skills to clearly convey information in writing and in person. (Ex.: Microsoft Office skills, Excel)
• The ability to interact with a diverse population of individuals and families professionally and positively.
• Able to utilize technology and virtual formats when necessary.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills with the ability to work accurately and efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• High commitment to respect and confidentiality of family information and case details with adhering to a confidential ethics among those who are on a need-to-know basis.
• Building relationship-based partnerships with staff, community, families and clients.
• High commitment with respect to cultural responsiveness and providing a culturally sensitive atmosphere for staff, families and community.
• Support and enhance play groups (Mommy & Me), parent advisory (PAC) meetings, & when required attend community events for program/EFC outreach.
• Tolerance for working in an active environment with many adults and children present.
• Able to adapt to physical requirements to sit and/or stand for prolonged periods, occasionally requires the ability to stoop, bend, lift and reach.
• Program may require travel in and out of Erie County and Pennsylvania.

Additional expectations:

• Implementation of the Nation Parents as Teachers Center curriculum to fidelity.
• Serve families on a bi-weekly or monthly basis scheduling home visits within the family home or current residence both in person and virtually.
• Timely submission of required program documentation and reporting needed via PENELOPE or other reporting system (these documents include attendance records, home visit notation, screening summaries, etc.) and other documentation required by EFC and program guidelines.
• Assist is reviewing and evaluating results of annual parent surveys and other evaluative measures.
• Referral and coordination of service with other community program with similar purposes to support the family’s individual needs.
• Attend required National Parents as Teachers certification training and successful in becoming PAT certification as well as, any required in-service trainings such as, car seat training, developmental screening training and mandated reporter training as needed.
• Any other duties necessary to support families.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood or related human service or social services field, preferred.
• 1-3 years of work experience supporting, collaborating and goal planning with children and families.

Additional Requirements: The candidate must pass a Criminal Record History Clearance, FBI and Child Abuse History Clearance, Mandated Reporter training, possess a valid PA Driver’s License and must pass a physical exam and drug screening.

Fiscal Assistant Description: The Grants Coordinator position performs work related to grant seeking, grant administration, and coordinating grant management activities on an agency-wide basis. Grant coordinator activities may include any or all of the following: research and identify grant funding opportunities and grant funding needs; purchasing and invoicing; research and develop grant-funding sources – federal, state, private, and other sources; develop and catalog external resources in the areas of training, grant funding sources, and other grant-related resources.

Reports to: Executive Director
Type: Full-time with full benefits
Salary: Ranges from $42,000-$45,000. Salary will be dependent upon the individual’s qualifications and experience.
Schedule: Erie Family Center business hours

Erie Family Center Core Values and Work Performance functions:
• Adhere to standards of demeanor.
• Exhibit working autonomously.
• Ensure and practice cultural competence.
• Promote positive communication/confidentiality.
• Professional sound judgment and decision-making.
• Display consistent attributes of professionalism.
• Encourage and support cooperation and teamwork.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Grant/purchasing management skills, including budget preparation, analysis, decision making and reporting.
• Create and oversees a management system to run reports, queries, and mailing lists as advised by the Executive Director.
• Oversee all financial, project/program and grants accounting along with working with external vendors and internal staff to coordinate purchasing within budgets means and grant guidelines.
• Analyze and present financial reports in an accurate and timely manner.
• Clearly communicate monthly annual financial statements to the Executive director and the Board of Directors.
• Coordinate and lead the annual audit process, coordinate with the EFC fiscal assistant, external auditors and Board of Directors to administer and review all financial plans and budgets; monitor progress and identify any changes necessary.
• Oversee and lead annual budgeting and planning process in conjunction with the ED and keep senior leadership team abreast of the organization’s financial status.
• Implement a robust contracts management and financial management/ reporting system; ensure that the contract billing and collection schedule is adhered to and that financial data and cash flow are steady and support operational requirements.
• Supervise the small grants program and ensure that it is implemented as per program objectives and design.
• Collaborate, implement all necessary business policies and accounting practices; improve the finance department’s overall policy and procedure manual.
• Effectively communicate and present the critical financial matters to the board of directors.
• Familiarity with fundraising and fiscal non-profit responsibility.

Other information:
•  Commitment to respect and maintain the confidentiality of fiscal, grant and donor information.
• Take on additional projects as required and as skills and time allow.
• Attend monthly staff meetings, quarterly Board meetings and/or trainings as assigned
• The ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment as well as take initiative independently.
• Ability to travel in and out of Erie County.

Experience:
• Any combination of training, education, from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in Public or Business Administration, or a related field.
• The ideal candidate has 3-5+ years of experience, research, finance, or public administration, including experience in grant administration, grant management, grant coordination, obtaining funding for grants projects and programs, and grant writing preferably working in a non-profit setting working with grants from various Federal, State and Local entities.
• Have a strong understanding of the grant life cycle process including grant seeking, grant writing, and the grant management process.
• Strong communication and writing skills: the ability to interact with a variety of people and clearly convey information in writing and in person. (Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Excel).
• Quick Books experience a preferred.

Purpose: To partner with assigned families to provide personal instruction, demonstrate appropriate educational activities, and deliver research-based printed materials to parents regarding child development and related issues. To conduct child developmental screenings including but not limited to vision, hearing, the understanding and use of language, motor development, hand-eye coordination, & health and physical development for children birth to age three.

Reports to: Parents as Teachers Supervisor
Salary: $36,000 Annually

Start Date: November 15, 2020

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood, or appropriate social services field required.
• Demonstrated ability to work with adults and their young children.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the board finds appropriate and acceptable.

Essential Functions:
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
a. Provide home visitation services that focus on professional parent instruction and delivery of information to assigned families, implementing the curriculum provided by the National Parents as Teachers Center.
b. Coordinate services with other community programs with similar purposes.
c. Support and enhance the existing Parents as Teachers program.
d. Represent the Erie Family Center at various community events supporting families and/or young children.
e. Support the value of education.
f. Support the philosophy and mission of the Erie Family Center.
g. Support the philosophy and mission of Parents as Teachers.
h. Comply with all Erie Family Center policies, rules and regulations.

Physical Requirements/Environmental Conditions
a. Requires the ability to sit and/or stand for prolonged periods.
b. Occasionally requires the ability to stoop, bend, lift and reach.
c. Requires the ability to travel.
d. Must be able to work in noisy and crowded environments.
e. Requires regular attendance and/or physical presence at the job.

Requirements:
• Implement the curriculum provided by the National Parents as Teachers Center.
• Serve up to 20 families (full-time) which include bi-weekly or monthly home visits within the family home, support and attend programmatic requirements and other assigned tasks per Erie Family Center Director and Parents as Teachers supervisors.
• Complete all required documentation regarding home visits, attendance records for home visits, screening summaries, and other reports requested by Parents as Teachers Supervisors and Erie Family Center Director.
• Coordinate services with other community programs with similar purposes, make recommendations for further screenings, evaluations, etc.
• Support and enhance playgroups (Mommy & Me), parent advisory (PAC) meetings, & when required attend community events involving Parents as Teachers.
• Assist in reviewing and evaluating the results of annual parent surveys and other evaluative measures.
• Adhere to all Erie Family Center health and safety policies.
• Other duties as assigned by Parents as Teachers Supervisors or Erie Family Center Director, which are consistent with the general requirements and qualifications of this position.

Program Requirements:
• Attend required Parents as Teachers certification training and become certified as a parent educator.
• Attend required follow-up in-service training.
• Attend training and become qualified to administer developmental screenings.

The Incredible Years Facilitator (Part-Time)

Purpose: The IY Facilitator position is responsible for coordinating and carrying out home visits with other team members, families, and facilitating groups using the Incredible Years curriculum. The IY Facilitator needs to be open to reflective capacity and supervision.

Reports to: Incredible Years Supervisor
Salary: $20,571.00/20 hours per week
Schedule: Non-traditional hours as assigned to assist with family visits, some evenings and weekends

Date: August 18, 2020

Additional Responsibilities:
• Expected to be flexible in terms of scheduling and hours worked; no more than 40 hours/pay period
• Available to work flexible and non-traditional hours, including weekends as assigned
• Attend weekly staff meetings and training as assigned
• Ability to travel outside of the county for up to a week at a time for a maximum of 4 weeks per year for training
• Accurately maintain weekly reports and client records
• Ability and willingness to testify in Court regarding client participation and progress, if needed
• Submit reports and records according to program requirements for due dates
• Be able to organize an individual schedule, paperwork, program materials, and office space
• Maintain confidentiality and non-judgmental attitude toward families
• Accurately maintain record keeping and case notes on all family progress
• Assist Erie Family Center in achieving program goals.

Other information:
• The individual selected for this position will work a non-traditional flexible schedule and some weekend work may be required.
• Salary will be dependent upon the individual’s qualifications and experience.

Requirements:
• Completion of Incredible Years Evidence-based Training in-home coaching, School-Aged Basic, and Advanced Parenting Program preferred but willing to be trained will be considered.
• Group facilitation experience required
• Practical documented knowledge in family and child development, including non-traditional family systems, is preferred
• Certified PA Child Passenger Safety Technician
• Responsible for coordinating transportation services for the children.
• Responsible for making and confirming scheduled appointments for services to families.
• Able to work as a team member with professional staff in shared office space.
• Able to maintain strict confidentiality in office/client matters and follow HIPPA guidelines.
• Must be able to work effectively with families in all types of settings.
• Responsible for collecting and implementing data for program reporting and record-keeping
• Possess excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to prioritize and work independently.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and program-specific data entry programs.
• Knowledge of local service agencies.
• Successful clearing of a criminal background check and child abuse history; FBI fingerprint background history.
• Ability to operate Family Center vehicles.
• Access to reliable, private transportation.
• Valid PA driver’s license with an excellent driving record

Education/Experience:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services required, Masters preferred.
• Preference is given to those with prior experience or involvement with families and children involved with social service supports.
• 5 years of paid work with high-risk children and families.
• 3 years of home visiting/coaching experience.