**[Function:[To provide and coordinate services, connections to resources and referral information to families with young children participating in the First Teachers Program.

　　[This is position is made possible by funding from The Department of Early Childhood Education. The position's establishment and continuance is dependent upon the availability of funding from this and/or other resources.

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　　Provides world-class customer service including effective communication with internal and external customers.

　　Actively initiates the planning, coordination, implementation, and reporting of family visit and parent support services for families participating in the First Teachers Home Visitation program.

　　Conducts individualized home/community visits at least bi-weekly using the PAT curriculum ensuring integrity of the model and the implementation of all essential requirements of the program.

　　Builds and maintains strong rapport with families, encouraging, supporting and promoting healthy parenting skills and relationships.

　　Provides and maintains complete, updated and accurate documentation on each child and family, ensuring program compliance with regulatory and funding partner agencies.

　　Accurately enters all program activities and assignments into the Penelope and ETO database systems within the specified timeframe requirements.

　　Plans, coordinates, attends and leads parent group connections with content focused on parent-child interaction; development-centered parenting, and/or family well-being;

　　Completes developmental, health, vision and hearing screenings for each enrolled child monthly and annually; as required by PAT and the Department of Early Childhood Education.

　　Actively assists in linking families to community resources and services provided by Goodwill and other community partners to address issues related to education, financial wellness, healthcare, housing and other basic needs.

　　Provides follow up support on referrals, information and resources provided to families through those linkages.

　　Communicates regularly with supervisor and reports progress, problems and works as a team to help find solutions to achieve positive program outcomes.

　　Promotes program awareness and participation through community networking, involvement with local agencies, parents, other organizations and service providers involved in early care and education of young children.

　　Recruits and enrolls eligible families and maintains a consistent caseload in accordance with agency and program funder requirements.

　　Participates in initial intake interviews, assessments, and other eligibility activities for enrolling new families as appropriate.

　　Communicates regularly with supervisor, First Teacher team members, Goodwill mission services staff and community partners ensuring that all enrolled families are aware of and have access to services according to Goodwill expectations and consistent with the PAT Model.

　　Maintains accountability of inventory of supplies, materials and equipment essential to the operation of the program and follows proper procedures for new acquisitions and purchases.

　　Participates in planning, developing and coordinating yearly program calendar which reflects a variety of enriching, educational and extracurricular activities for children, families and team members.

　　Maintains effective communications with First Teacher coordinator, parent educators, other Goodwill staff, parentsand community service providers through attendance and active participation in meetings and conferences, use of emails, newsletters, memos, etc.