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About the Role
Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) seeks a Family Worker for the Baby College & 3-Year-Old Journey Program to help break the cycle of intergenerational poverty through comprehensive programming. This role provides direct counseling, assistance, and support to children and families, focusing on early intervention and preparing children for school.
Responsibilities
- Provide supportive casework counseling to up to 12 families through weekly home visits, including parenting workshops/lessons and office-based assessments.
- Facilitate and provide instruction on early childhood care to a parental group.
- Execute lesson plans explaining best parenting strategies and practices.
- Administer the use of developmental and social-emotional screening tools for children.
- Utilize the Touchpoint philosophy and other early childhood parenting techniques.
- Monitor and evaluate children’s overall development and make appropriate referrals for support.
- Participate in weekly supervision with the Family Service Coordinator.
- Connect families to community-based and governmental resources and escort them to appointments.
- Ensure timely and accurate completion and submission of all case notes and documentation.
- Participate in all agency functions and project activities.
- Recruit families between cycles to ensure maximum program participation.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Associate's degree required or Bachelor's degree preferred, with relevant work experience.
- Some knowledge of child welfare and ACS (Administration for Children’s Services).
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
- Willing and able to work hours based on client needs, including Saturdays.
- Expertise in the Harlem community and locations where parents are connected.
- Demonstrate sensitivity, tact, and professionalism.
- Comfortable working outside of the office in the Harlem community.
Skills
- Child welfare knowledge
- ACS knowledge
- Oral communication
- Written communication
- Community knowledge (Harlem)
- Sensitivity
- Tact
- Professionalism
- Bilingual (English/French or English/Spanish) a plus
- CPR/AED certification a plus
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Full-time
Education Level
- Associate's degree
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $42,000 - $45,000 per year
Benefits
- Highly competitive base salaries
- Paid time off
- Employee referral bonus
- Career advancement
- No-cost health insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- Additional voluntary benefits
- Wellness discounts
- Commuter benefits
- Financial wellness perks
- Discounts on flights, hotels, theme parks, concert tickets, and more.
About the Company
- Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) is a world-renowned education and poverty-fighting organization based in New York.
- HCZ's mission is to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty with comprehensive, on-the-ground programming that builds up opportunities for children and families to thrive in school, work, and life.
- The Baby College program addresses the needs of young children and families through a nine-week series of parenting workshops for expecting parents and those raising a child up to three years old.
- All Baby College services are free, and families receive breakfast, lunch, incentives, and child care during the program.
- The Baby College covers subjects including brain development, discipline, immunization, safety, asthma, lead poisoning, parental stress, and parent-child bonding.
- The primary goal of The Baby College is to provide families with information and support to raise happy, healthy children who enter school ready to learn.
Equal Opportunity
- Harlem Children’s Zone is an EOE.