Child and Family Resilience Specialist

BENEFITS:

• Health dental vision
• vacation and sick time
• 4% 403(b) match after 2 years
• company paid life insurance and longterm disability
• paid continuing education
• no weekends or holiday work

Public Service Loan Forgiveness:

You may be able to receive help in paying your college loans off through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program due to working for Reach Dane

POSITION SPECIFIC DETAIL

Hours: 30 hours/week
Status: Full Time Part Year* (follows Stoughton School District calendar)
Location: Stoughton WI
Pay: $23.32 per hour

SUMMARY:

The Child and Family Resilience Specialist will focus on empowering and building a safe trusting and healing environment for enrolled Head Start parents/caregivers with the purpose of promoting the social and emotional wellbeing and resilience of vulnerable Head Start children and their families through a journey of discovery learning and reflection.

The Child and Family Resilience Specialist (CFRS) through the use of researchbased prevention curriculum and tools will focus on helping Head Start preschool parents to: nurture childrens social and emotional competencies including attachment/relationships selfregulation and initiative; strengthen their own social and emotional competencies; and learn parenting practices that promote childrens overall safety and wellbeing.

The CFRS will also play an integral role in supporting safe trusting traumasensitive communication and collaboration among parents and site education and mental health teams with regards to protective factors risks and socialemotional support strategies and goals both at home and in the classroom/at school.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Bachelors degree in social work psychology family studies or related field (Masters degree MSW or MFT preferred) completion of Family Services Credential within 18 mo of hire and the UWMadison Infant Early Childhood and Family Mental Health Capstone Certificate within 3 years of hire
• Bilingual Spanish Preferred
• Experience empowering and building safe trusting and healing relationships with parents living in poverty and from diverse backgrounds
• Knowledge of trauma effects and manifestations of trauma in adults and children and trauma sensitive approaches to working with adults and children
• Knowledge of ACEs resilience and protective factors
• Experience working with Head Start and knowledge of Head Start Program Performance Standards preferred
• Knowledge of early childhood development particularly preschool 35 age group
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Have a valid Wisconsin Drivers License motor vehicle and adequate liability insurance as required by agency policy and state liability regulations
• Other duties as assigned

*Part Year employees have built in vacations which include summer break 2 weeks in winter and spring break (part year staff follow the school district calendar in which their program is located

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.