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Berean Baptist Head Start Family Community Engagement Specialist in Marion, Alabama
**[General Summary:
[Under the general direction of the Head Start Director; has primary responsibility for planning, organizing, and implementing the Family and Community Engagement Service area; recruits and enrolls children; develop and implement individualized family partnership agreements with parents; acts as a community liaison for the agency.
**[Essential Functions:
[1. Organize, facilitates, and conducts meetings and training sessions for staff and parents. [2. Conducts home visits on enrolled families as needed. [3. Assists parents in developing individualized short-and long-term goals and in accomplishing them. [4. Organizes and participates in agency meetings. [5. Participate in community boards, councils, advisory groups, etc. [6. Organize and facilitates all Parent Committee meetings according to federal guidelines. [7. Attends pre-service/in-service training and maintains ongoing efforts for professional development. [8. Maintains organized records of activities related to the Family Partnership area, including but not limited to, family ties. [9. Coordinates efforts to encourage community members and parents as volunteers. [10. Attends all center staff meetings and management team meetings. [11. Identifies community agencies and resources which provide services to families, establishing and maintaining cooperative relationships with them. [12. Acts as an advocate for Head Start families and promotes their ability to advocate for themselves. [13. Assist parents in fund-raising activities. (Follow fundraising policy) [14. Ensures the delivery of social services, emergency, and non-emergency services, directly or through referrals. [15. Coordinates the development and update of the Community Resources Directory. [16. Responds to children's three-day absences and follows up according to the procedure. [17. Submits accurate and timely reports as requested by the director or agency. []{style="
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