Parent Leadership Specialist

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On-site

Head Start 0-5

• Description\
• Child Start is looking for a Parent Leadership Specialist to become
  
  

part of our team. This role involves managing the organization,

training, and educational activities of the Parent Committees, Policy

Council, and parent engagement initiatives at the Head Start location.

The specialist will facilitate and engage in all meetings and related

activities of the Parent Committee and Policy Council. Additionally,

they will solicit applications for community representatives to the

Policy Council and forward these applications for review by the Board.

• Demonstrate commitment to mission, values, and policies in the
  
  

performance of daily routines.

• Present a positive image of the agency to members of the community.
• Promote consistent exchange of information program-wide; provide
  
  

respectful verbal and written communication while maintaining

confidentiality.

• Consistently maintains strict child, family, and staff
  
  

confidentiality while applying the highest ethical standards to

themselves and others.

• Represent Child Start and the Head Start program in community-wide
  
  

human services initiatives.

• Promote continuous quality improvement and quality assurance efforts
  
  

for the agency.

• Educates parents in advocating and supporting children in ways that
  
  

are supportive, constructive and further their goals as a family.

• Analyzes parents needs, by site, to individualize specific trainings
  
  

on resources (i.e., bus routes, English as a second language,

immigration laws). Initiates referrals as needed.

• Tracks, monitors and organizes all parent-training requests such as
  
  

financial literacy, parenting classes, etc.

• Works with Site Supervisors to ensure available meetings space for
  
  

parent committee meetings.

• Communicates with both parents and staff to ensure agendas and
  
  

schedules are known and in accordance with HSPS requirements.

• Supports Family Service Manager in planning and developing
  
  

consistent parent committee meeting agendas, across all sites, to

ensure effective communication and education.

• Facilitates translation services for program meetings, as needed.
• Trains policy council members in applicable Performance Standards,
  
  

Roberts Rule of Order, and effective decision making.

• Leads the Parent Committee elections and ensures all sites and
  
  

program options are represented at Policy Council.

Must have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States

for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship.

This is not a remote position, must be able to commute daily to Wichita,

KS.