DREAM · 12 hours ago
Associate Director of Family Services and Health
New York, NY - Multi-Site
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$105K/yr - $115K/yr
3+ years expDREAM is an organization dedicated to serving youth in East Harlem and the South Bronx through education and community programs. The Associate Director of Family Services & Health is responsible for coaching the Family Engagement team, enhancing family life practices, and promoting child development and well-being through various health and wellness initiatives.
Education
Responsibilities
Work in collaboration with DREAM Leadership to develop, implement and refine the program’s family engagement approach
Oversee and monitor family goal-setting, follow-up and coordination; analyze and act on data to ensure that families achieve significant progress on self-sufficiency goals
Ensure the implementation of a research-based Family Curriculum that extends our classroom curriculum into the family's home
Develop strategies and community partnerships to ensure that children and families’ preventive and health treatment needs are met
Engage families as leaders in building a program environment that promotes health and wellness
Coordinate with key stakeholders to execute high quality case consultation and conferencing systems to address the needs of vulnerable families and children with chronic health conditions and/or special needs
Secure long-term relationships for families to providers who will support their children’s health and well-being, and proactively support all families needs, providing on-site support and interventions
Develop and implement annual screening plan and program-wide health and wellness campaigns
Provide guidance and supervision to the Family Engagement team to ensure that all family medical, dental, and EPSDT determinations are accurate and up-to-date and that there are robust supports for the families of children with chronic health conditions and special needs
Design and facilitate health-related trainings per Head Start, local, and state requirements
Support the establishment and implementation of effective health-related policies and procedures
Oversee a comprehensive system of services for preventing health problems and intervening promptly when they do exist
Maintain accurate records and case notes to support positive child and family outcomes, completing data entry and periodic reporting as required
Conduct Health & Safety Audits
Maintain qualitative and quantitative quality improvement and monitoring systems in order to ensure that program strategies are executed with reliability, fidelity and quality
Oversee eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance to ensure compliance with Head Start Performance Standards
Provide guidance and supervision to the ERSEA Coordinator to fulfill all aspects of their role including maintaining active and up to date waiting lists, filling vacancies within required timeframes, assuring that children are selected according to Head Start Performance Standards eligibility guidelines, coordinating with district collaborators, maintaining data systems, etc
Work with key stakeholders to develop and implement targeted recruitment strategies
Work with key stakeholders to ensure the on-time daily attendance of all children and implement strategies to reduce chronic absences
Review and approve applications as needed
Support program leadership to assure that all Policy Council and Board members receive ERSEA training within HSPS time requirements
Coach and provide supervisory guidance to Family Engagement team members in order to strengthen staff capacity
Support with hiring, training, scheduling, evaluating, and ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and the completion of all work performed by direct reports
Educate direct reports on all department and agency policies and procedures
Meet with direct reports regularly to identify and resolve problems, manage projects, track goals, and review work processes and procedures
Represents team and/or department at meetings, events, and training as required
Provide translation and interpretation as needed, including but not limited to translating documents, facilitating family meetings, supporting trainings, activities, and workshops for families, and enabling communication between families and staff
Additional duties related to the running of the school, network, and programs as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree, required
Minimum of three years of experience working with diverse families in low income communities, required
Minimum one year of experience and a successful record of managing people, developing teams, leading organizational change, and leading projects across multiple sites, required
Obtain and maintain certification in CPR and first aid
A physical exam, fingerprinting, and a federal background check are required for this position
Preferred
Major of Family and Child Development, Public Health, Social Work or related field, preferred
Master's degree preferred
Bilingual (Spanish), highly preferred
Experience working in and managing Head Start programs, highly preferred
Experience executing evidence-based strategies to strengthen outcomes for children and families
Benefits
Flexible Medical Health Plans, subsidizing the majority of costs for the employee, their spouse/domestic partner and children
The ability to select between a variety of medical plans according to what best suits the employee’s needs
Dental and vision plans
Disability benefits
Life insurance
Up to 12 weeks fully paid of Parental Leave
Flexible spending account options
Pre-tax commuter benefits (parking and transit)
Fitness and entertainment discounts
A variety of support through our employee assistance program (EAP)
403(b) retirement plan with employer match starting at 4% after one year, with increases tied to DREAM tenure
Referral, performance, and tenure milestone bonuses
Discounted school meals through our in-house Scratch Food Program
Tuition reimbursement support
Access to a professional development fund
All full-time Network Support Team employees are eligible for approximately 48 days off throughout the year including holidays, sick days, personal days and summer Fridays
Company
DREAM
Originally founded as Harlem RBI, DREAM traces its beginnings to 1991, when a group of volunteers transformed an abandoned, garbage-strewn lot into two baseball diamonds for the youth of East Harlem.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
John Kim
Director of Special Projects to the COO
Raymie Fernandez
Chief Operating Officer
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