Family Liaison/Child Care Aide

Location: On-site – Turlock, CA

About the Role

As a Family Liaison/Child Care Aide at our Turlock Family Resource Center in the Family and Community Division, you will utilize your experience and skills to deliver parent-child curriculum via classroom instruction, workshops, events, and activities for new parents to learn about parenting their young children. You will also help build their social support while empowering them to become part of a strong parent community.

About Aspiranet

Aspiranet is a mission-driven social services agency with a proud legacy of supporting California communities since 1975. We are committed to ensuring that every child is loved, every family is supported, and every individual has the tools to succeed. Our six divisions span foster care and adoption, transitional aged youth, residential, intensive home-based services, behavioral health, and family and community. Every role at Aspiranet contributes to something greater, helping to create a future where opportunity, hope, and healing are within everyone’s reach.

Responsibilities

Family and Community Liaison

• Recruit and engage families in Center services through building and strengthening relationships with community partners.
• Identify potential referral sources (community partners) in the center’s catchment area.
• Develop new and maintain existing family referral sources (resource library) to help families with common parenting and early childhood concerns; provide on-site initial contact with potential participants, when indicated.
• Provide information about Center programming and referral processes to collaborative community partners.
• Hold events, workshops, and open houses at the Center to increase enrollment and advance early childhood initiatives in the community.
• Distribute marketing materials, class in a bag, center calendars, etc., to community partners.
• Provide on-site intake at referral agencies as required.
• Participate in outreach events and represent the Turlock Family Resource Center at community fairs and other events.
• Develop, evaluate, and revise family & Community Liaison/outreach plan.
• Work with Center staff to see that new enrollments are appropriate for center services.
• Demonstrate curiosity and responsiveness to cultural differences, maintaining a perspective of cultural humility in all transactions.

Child Care Aide

• Provide care and supervision to children whose parents or caregivers remain on the premises attending classes or workshops.
• Engage children in child watch in age-appropriate learning activities.
• Prepare and provide snacks for children, when indicated.
• Prepare and clean the Child Watch area before and after sessions.
• Complete required paperwork.
• Attend required meetings and training.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Possess a High School Education.
• Strong engagement and relational skills.
• Proficient at providing community outreach and engagement activities of all kinds (i.e., social media, community events, flyers, etc.).
• Proficient at providing care and supervision for young children.
• Oral and written proficiency in Spanish and English.
• Proficient computer skills including Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, Internet Explorer, and experience with Customer Relationship Management Software a plus.
• Meets all state-required conditions of employment as set forth by Community Care Licensing for a Licensed Community Care facility; i.e., Fingerprint and Child Abuse Index clearance, TB/Health Physical, valid CDL, and clean driving record.

Schedule

Full-time, non-exempt position. Shift: Tuesday & Wednesday 11:00 am–7:30 pm and Thursday–Saturday 8 am–5 pm with occasional modified hours as needed.

Pay

The base hourly range for this position is $20.00–$22.00 for employees hired in the Central Valley area. The pay range provided represents the typical range or starting rate for candidates hired within the Central Valley region. Candidates hired in other California locations may have different starting rates based on the cost of living and market data variations. Factors that may be used to determine your actual starting rate include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, the market data for your work location, and internal comparisons to other employees in similar roles.

Work Environment & Physical Demands

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions. This position typically operates in a residential care setting. The noise level is generally moderate and remains within OSHA’s established safety levels.