Family Services Manager (School-Based)
POSITION SUMMARY STATEMENT
UWCM is well known for its Family Center programming, where high school student-parents participate in an array of supportive services designed to remove barriers on their path to high school graduation. The Family Center offers individual and group counseling, parenting workshops, case management, high quality early childhood education for their infants and toddlers, and transportation to and from school, all at no cost.
The Family Services Coordinator’s role is to manage, coordinate, and administer clinical/social work supportive services for high school student-parents, their children and their external supports, who participate in Family Center programming.
The Family Center operates within UWCM Neighborhood Zones, geographical regions, where we listen deeply to residents and co-create solutions using an asset-based framework.
OBJECTIVES
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Included but not limited to):
55% Provide High-Quality supportive services
25% Communication
20% Processes and Procedures
INTERACTION (Internal and External):
Internal: Interacts with UWCM central staff and UWCM neighborhood staff on a regular basis; provides information as needed, participates on staff committee/team activities; develops cooperative and effective working relationships with Neighborhood Zone staff, including Impact Strategies team members and other UWCM colleagues.
External: Interacts with volunteers, community partners, collaborators, and other organizations on a regular basis to respond to inquiries. Interacts with High School staff and BCPS district staff on a regular basis to coordinate Center admissions.
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS (required education, years of experience, skills, and abilities):
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Frequent walking, standing, squatting, running, and jumping are required. Ability to lift 50 pounds, reach above the shoulders, bend forward from the waist, bend at the knees and stand for extended periods of time. Ability to push, pull, force exertion up to 50 pounds.
The hands are regularly used to write, type, and key and handle or feel small controls and objects. The employee must frequently talk and hear. There is use of a computer. Employee is frequently seated on the floor while performing the duties of the position. May be exposed to such occupational hazards as communicable diseases, blood pathogens, and aggressive or combative program participants.
TO APPLY
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume via email to:
United Way of Central Maryland
Attention: Human Resources
1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 340
Baltimore, MD 21230