Emotional Well-being Coordinator

Friends Center for Children; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Friends Center for Children is in search of an Emotional Well-being Coordinator who will partner with families to support their child’s development in a nurturing environment. The role includes providing direct educational support services and ensuring positive caregiver relationships while honoring cultural diversity. This full-time position offers a range of benefits, including health insurance and paid time off.

Benefits

Health Insurance

403B Retirement Plan

10 days PTO plus holidays

Tuition Reimbursement for ECE coursework

Emergency Financial Hardship Support

Free Teacher Housing

Qualifications

• 3 years of post-masters experience preferred.
• Fluency in English and Spanish strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of child development, parenting, and family systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional mental health support to children, families, and staff.
• Counsel families seeking parenting skills, employment, education, etc.
• Support classroom teachers and consult with them to individualize programs.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Time management skills

Education

Master in Social Work or Human Services

Bachelor in Social Work, Human Services, or related field

Job description

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Emotional Well-being Coordinator

Friends Center is an early childhood education center providing year-round, full-time care for children ages 3 months to 5 years. We offer a child-centered, hands-on learning experience in a safe and nurturing environment. At the Center, children learn through creative play and a wide range of developmentally appropriate activities. We are a non-sectarian organization whose value-based curriculum is guided and enhanced by its foundations in the Quaker principles of community, equality, peace, simplicity, truth, and stewardship. As a cooperative organization, parents and teachers at the Center work together to create a diverse and supportive community. Our mission is: educate children, empower families, inspire teachers, engage community, embrace diversity, embody equity.

An Emotional Wellbeing Program is a set of attitudes and practices that support optimal personal and interpersonal functioning at the Friends Center. We are attentive to how trauma can interrupt natural physical, mental, and emotional growth processes. Our aim is to recognize the effects of adverse childhood experiences on children and to counterbalance those effects. Likewise, we recognize the residual effects of individual and cultural trauma on the adults in our community. We impart possible pathways to healing and life-long learning, leaning into partnerships with other community services. An Emotional Well-being program reflects the goal of the Friends Center to provide tangible, interpersonal, inspirational, and spiritual support to all members of the Friends Center community.

Position Summary: Friends Center for Children is looking for a mental health/human services professional who will partner with families to enhance their child’s physical, social, emotional, and educational development. The Emotional Well-being Coordinator will support families in building positive, caregiving relationships with their children while honoring each family’s home culture, language, and self-identified needs. A Friends Center Emotional Well-being Coordinator will provide direct service educational and support services to enrolled families and Staff members with the support of the Administrative and Management Teams.

Reports to: Program Director and Executive Director

Classification: FTE - Exempt

Hours: Full time; 40hrs some evenings and occasional weekend hours

Salary Range: $40-60K

Benefits: Health Insurance; 403B Retirement Plan, 10 days PTO in addition to 20 center closings (holidays and the week between Christmas and New Year’s), Paid Professional Development, Tuition Reimbursement for ECE coursework, Emergency Financial Hardship Support (teacher loans or grants), Emotional Wellbeing Hardship Support, FreeTeacher Housing, and Tuition reduction for Teacher Children attending FCfC.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To promote the mission of Friends Center by providing professional mental health support to children, families, and staff members, with outreach to the community.

Operate within an Emotional Well-being Team structure with EWB Program Director and colleagues

Participate in 1 hour of supervision weekly

Participate in 5 hours of team meetings weekly

Support children and families

Identify needs and resources

Provide 1-1 support to children

Counsel families seeking parenting skills, employment, education, housing, food security, transportation, awareness of trauma, stressors & resources

Collaborate to build school-family connections; make home visits

Organize opportunities for family education

Support classroom teachers and milieu

Consult with teachers to individualize the program to accommodate children’s needs

Guide trauma-informed assessments of behavior and the choice of interventions

Support developmentally appropriate expectations and structure in the classroom

Model interpersonal skill-building and emotional regulation techniques

Collaborate re: methods of supporting emotional intelligence and social skills

Provide well-being information, short-term counseling, and referrals for staff members

Support Professional Growth Plans in the area of Emotional Well-being.

Oversee Staff Support Program

Outreach to the community

Develop wrap-around referrals for children, families, and staff

Support the development of new resources as needed

Supervise social work and human service interns

Promote balancing the well-being of the individuals and the institution

Provide human service outlook regarding policies and procedures

Contribute to staff development and community messages re: cultural oppression, bias, peaceful play, safety protocols, staff cooperation and climate, ethics, relationship building/repairing, team-building, emotional intelligence, diversity, Quaker foundations, and practices.

Foster safety awareness and practices

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES: to perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily and must possess the following minimum qualifications:

Qualifications:

Master in Social Work or Human Services preferred, Bachelor in Social Work, Human Services, or related field required

3 years of post-masters experience preferred

Fluency in English and Spanish strongly preferred

Knowledge of child development, parenting, and family systems

Clinical experience with children/families

Supervisory experience

Practice in an educational milieu preferred

Skills and Abilities:

Strong interpersonal skills and excellent organizational and time management skills

Demonstrate an understanding of team approach and communication

Contribute to a positive atmosphere and demonstrate positive interactions with patients/families and colleagues

Develop and utilize community resources

Develop content for staff training/professional development

Track behavior, develop individual plans, and document observations

Link with clinicians for wrap-around care

Provide parenting education opportunities

Support classroom by modeling, 1-1 care for children in need

2 Gen work: supports families with housing, transportation, food insecurity, services, etc.

Counsel families and staff

Foster social-emotional learning (RULER)

Physical Requirements:

Vision and hearing within normal range so as to be able to provide sight and sound supervision

Ability to lift and carry 40 lbs.

Traveling up/down a flight of stairs, standing and sitting for long durations, typing for continuous hours on a computer keyboard, and reading information on a computer

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

• Industries

  Individual and Family Services

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