Housing Specialist II
About the role
This professional part-time position will co-coordinate the parent education program in Arlington County. Employee will utilize strong organizational and communication skills, apply knowledge of human/child growth and development, and program development to coordinate County parent education programs.
Responsibilities
- Developing linkages with schools, training private providers, parents, and citizen groups
- Identifying trends in the parenting field and ensuring that County programs are meeting the needs of the community
- Developing assessment tools
- Responding to telephone requests for information
- Screnning and enrolling class participants
- Cooking outreach to participants to ensure attendance, including arrangements for transportation if needed
- Cooking follow-up services to participants including linkages to community agencies
- Evaluating parenting curriculum to ensure that it is responsive to clients served
- Arranging and coordinating child care program for participants’ children while participants attend classes
- Arranging and coordinating parenting classes in Spanish and English
- Initiating contracts for class trainers and child care providers and monitoring their performance
- Creating and submitting various reports evaluating parenting classes and parent education activities in the County
- Monitoring program budget and expenditures
- Researching and developing funding sources
- Working with internal program managers to implement a comprehensive County-wide parent education program
- Publishing a quarterly newsletter
Requirements
Minimum Requirements: Oral proficiency in Spanish and English plus a Bachelor’s degree in Child Development, Social Work, Counseling, Child Psychology, Education or a related field and two years’ experience in program development, administration and/or management in a social services field.
Qualifications
Additional qualifying related experience may be substituted for the education requirement on a year-for-year basis.
Skills
Desirable: Preference may be given to candidates with one or more of the following:
- Experience developing, monitoring or evaluating parent education programs
- Experience writing grant applications and grant reports
- Proficiency in the use of word processing, spreadsheet and/or database management software
Benefits
Not specified
Pay
Not specified
Schedule
20 hours per week. Hours can be flexible with schedule to be determined at time of hire. Generally work will be within the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., but some evening work to attend meetings or monitor classes will be required.