What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Resources Coordinator position at Northwest Center?
Northwest Center Early Supports is hiring for a Family Resources Coordinator (FRC)!
As a Family Resource Coordinator, you will play an integral role in helping children (aged 0-3) with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) access the therapeutic services they need. You will work with a dynamic team and assist them by scheduling home visits with new clients and ensuring a smooth transition into Northwest Center’s care. You will be providing a meaningful impact on your community by connecting children and families with Early Support services.
About Northwest Center Kids:
Northwest Center Kids Early Supports is a unique program at the intersection of educational support and medical support for children with disabilities. Our multidisciplinary team is highly skilled, collaborative, and innovative, serving a diverse community. We serve children in their homes, childcare, and community settings in person or via telemedicine. Our providers aim to create a collaborative partnership with the families we serve, utilizing strengths and a relationship-based approach focused on equity and family priorities. Family capacity to support their child’s development and advocate for their needs is built through reflection, information sharing, and modeling.
This position falls under a collective bargaining agreement with the UFCW 3000 union.
Location: Seattle, WA (Hybrid)
Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Wage Range: $26.25 - $39.52 per hour
Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Wage Range: $26.25 - $39.52 per hour
What we can offer:
- Hourly, full-time position, including documentation time
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance, effective the month after 30 days of employment
- 17 Accrued Paid Time Off Days Annually
- 25 Paid Break and Holiday Days Annually
- Parental Leave & Paid Compassion Leave
- Retirement 401(K) with a company match
- Employment Assistance Program (EAP) via Spring Health
- Mental Wellness Program including six free therapy sessions per year
- Physical Wellness Reimbursement Program - $25 per month
- Student Loan Contribution Program - $50 per month
- Pet Insurance Discount Program
- Opportunity to become a mentor or mentee through NWC’s Mentorship Match program
- Paid professional development and continuing education - $450 per year
- Highly skilled, dedicated, and well-established collaborative team
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Tuition discount at NWC Early Learning Schools after one year of employment
Check out the entire list of benefits Northwest Center has to offer here: http://www.nwcbenefits.com/
Job Duties:
- Using coaching strategies to support caregivers and coworkers
- Developing supportive relationships with children, parents, and other family members
- Conducting visits within the child’s natural environment (home, community childcare, NWC childcare, and other community-based settings)
- Keeping the team up to date with community resources
- Receiving referrals and organizing visits with each family
- Preparing, scheduling, and leading Intake meetings and Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) meetings every six months
- Working from residential homes and childcare facilities throughout the Greater Seattle area
Requirements:
- AA Required, BA Preferred
- Prior experience working within different data systems preferred
- Experience working as a Family Resource Coordinator preferred
- Early Supports or working a caseload, including clients aged birth to three, experience preferred
- Strong interpersonal skills to include, but are not limited to, a positive attitude, strong listening skills, and problem-solving skills
- Relevant education or experience in case management, social work, social welfare, family studies, infant mental health, early childhood development, or special education
- Must have or obtain current CPR and First Aid certifications
- Valid WA driver's license and personal mode of transportation
- Candidates with experience providing services in a non-English language experience desired
Northwest Center is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us at jobs@nwcenter.org.
At Northwest Center, we do not just accept diversity and inclusion — we celebrate it, support it, live it, and flourish in it to benefit our employees, the community, and our clientele. We believe that our strength lies within our diversity and the forward motion towards a day when people of all abilities can learn and work together.
We believe that curiosity and critical thinking are essential to the dialogue and improving decision-making, planning, resource allocation, and how we treat others. Our goal is to create and implement more equitable practices, policies, and culture. To be equitable means to value and respect individuals from all cultural backgrounds, genders, races, identities, and abilities. Northwest Center is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, including disability and veterans’ status.