Family Education & Supports Coordinator
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Job Location:
South Portland, ME - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Family Education & Supports Coordinator
Parenting Education program
The Family Education and Supports Coordinator is a Parent Coach role. This position is responsible for the program oversight lead facilitation of parenting classes socializations and individual parent coaching and service coordination at McAuley Residence. This position will be responsible for the development coordination implementation and data collection of Individualized Family Plans all Family Education and Support Services and activities and integration within the McAuley Residence.
This role is part of the Parenting Education program and work is performed reviewed and evaluated under the supervision of the Director of Parenting Education.
Schedule: Full-time 40 hours per week.
Location: Portland ME McAuley House Winter Street
Qualifications:
- A bachelors degree in education social work or another related field (Psychology) required.
- 3 years experience with complex family systems and dynamics such as: family law or policy child protective systems domestic violence foster adoptive or guardianship processes required.
- Demonstrated experience with development and measurement of behavioral goals in a social service context.
- Experience developing and leading social service program(s) preferred.
- Broad knowledge of Cumberland and York Countys family and community resources.
- Demonstrated leadership communication and conflict management skills required.
- Ability to work independently; also have the ability to create a team environment and to facilitate team decision-making.
- Demonstrated computer proficiency in Microsoft Word Outlook and especially Excel is required.
- Demonstrated experience with data collection and interpretation.
- Must be able to successfully pass a criminal background child protective service check & sex offender check.
- Must not be on the state or federal suspension and disbarment list.
- Must be able to exert moderate physical effort with occasional standing walking reaching stooping bending kneeling crouching typing and frequently lift and carry small children or material weighing up to 25 pounds.
- Driving may be necessary to attend meetings and trainings and for the occasional need to meet with clients offsite and within the program service area. This may include transportation of clients or driving to agency location to complete work. A good driving record is required.
Benefits: Our benefits include but are not limited to:
(offered to full-time and part-time employees)
- Generous paid time off accrual
- 9paid holidays per calendar year and up to 3 floating holidays per calendar year
- Excellent medical benefits at very reasonable cost
- Dental and Vision insurance options
- Agency paid basic life insurance and STD & LTD disability insurances
- 403(b) retirement with a generous agency match (all employees are eligible)
- Tuition Reimbursement offered once per year through an application process
- The Opportunity Alliance (TOA) is a qualified employer under thePublic Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)program.
To learn more about our benefits please visit we are
The Opportunity Alliance is Helping People Reach for a Brighter Future.
Mission: The Opportunity Alliance works with people to build better lives and stronger communities. We provide advocacy leadership and support to identify the goals and address the needs of individuals families and communities.
The Opportunity Alliance (TOA) is a dynamic results-focused Community Action Agency providing approximately 50 integrated community-based and clinical programs serving more than 20000 people annually throughout the state of Maine. With over 50 years of experience TOA draws from a comprehensive set of programs which address issues such as mental health substance use homelessness lack of basic needs and access to community an extensive array of services TOA provides opportunities for individuals to stabilize fragile situations and then works with them to achieve is client-focused with extensive experience working with diverse client populations. TOA programming includes four key sectors of service:
- Mental Health & Wellness
- Community Building
- Family & Early Childhood Education
- Economic Resources
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Please submit a cover letter and resume along with your application.
Thank you!
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Organizational skills
- Classroom Experience
- Data Collection
- Microsoft Publisher
- Special Education
- Adult Education
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Teaching
- Curriculum Development
- Administrative Experience
- Public Speaking
- Writing Skills
About Company
A Southern Maine nonprofit that helps people through crisis support, mental health and substance use care, family supports and early childhood education, community building, and access to basic needs.
