FRYSC Coordinator located at BES/MES

Trimble County Public Schools

Position/Job Description

Purpose:  To establish and maintain an atmosphere of collaboration among the existing school and community resources, and to organize and implement programs and services that support the Family Resource Center core components and that meet the needs of students and their families.

Reports To:  Principal and Director of Pupil Personnel

Qualifications:

1. Shall have a working knowledge of computers.

2. Shall have demonstrated people skills to indicate ability to function in a team oriented environment.

3. Must have a high school diploma or GED Certificate (college degree preferred).

4. Must have three years of related work experience. (Additional education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.

5. The ability to travel between sites.

    

Essential Performance Responsibilities and Duties:                                                                             

1. Complies with all required mandates concerning the Family Resource and Youth Services Centers including, but not limited to, program evaluation, budgeting, required reports, and information dissemination.  Family Resource Center core components are:  Full time child care for children two and three years of age, After school child care for children ages 4-12 and full time during summer and days when school is not in session, Families in Training, PACE-like Family Literacy, Support and Training for child day care providers, Referrals to Health Services.  Youth Services Center core components are:  Referrals to Health and Social Services; Employment Counseling, Training, and Placement; Summer and Part-time Job Development; Drug and Alcohol Abuse Counseling; and, Family Crisis and Mental Health Counseling.  Combination centers must address core components for Family Resource Centers and Youth Services Centers.
2. Responsible for the implementation of day and evening programs/activities to address student, family, school, and community needs.
3. Monitors programs/activities for effectiveness and efficiency.
4. Revises programs/activities based on the degree to which identified needs are being met.
5. Collaborates with appropriate agencies to provide services for students, parents, families, the school, and the community.
6. Maintains communications with SBDM committees, local Advisory Council, local Board of Education, and the community.
7. Develops, implements, and evaluates yearly action components for the Family Resource and/or Youth Services Center grant.
8. Supervises, evaluates, and provides appropriate training for center staff.
9. Makes home visits as needed.
10. Ensures legal and ethical standards are maintained to safeguard the privacy, rights, and dignity of individuals and families served by the center.
11. Maintains and protects Family Resource and/or Youth Services Center records in accordance with federal and state laws.
12. Develops and maintains program budgets in a timely manner based on the MUNIS system.
13. Establishes and conducts community and school surveys to assess needs.
14. Conducts center program evaluations as needed.
15. Informs and seeks input from local Advisory Council according to mandates, policies and procedures.
16. Participates in necessary and mandatory trainings, and in district, regional, and state meetings.
17. Assists in developing additional community resources to help assure the growth and development of children.
18. Seeks additional funds/materials through grants and/or gifts.
19. Complies with all regulations and procedures of local district.
20. Performs other duties for the center as directed by the superintendent or designee.
21. Provides positive leadership for center staff.
22. Creates an inviting environment for staff, students, community, and families.

Knowledge and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Grant writing.
• Other written communications.
• Budgeting and planning.
• Oral communications.
• Collaboration and working with others.
• Community and resources.
• Technology.
• Health and safety regulations.
• District organization, policies, and objectives.
• Correct English usage, grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary
• Correct office practices, procedures, and equipment
• Basic arithmetic.
• Record keeping skills.
• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience, and courtesy

Ability to:

• Lead and supervise staff.
• Seek resources (financial and human).
• Maintain consistently friendly manner.
• Operate a variety of standard office equipment.
• Maintain records and files according to policies and procedures.
• Understand oral and written directions.
• Work independently with little direction.
• Meet schedules and timelines.
• Train and provide working directions to others.
• Effectively communicate orally and in writing.
• Use power point, word, and spreadsheet databases.
• Maintain payroll records.
• Effectively facilitate meetings for clients and families.
• Change and learn.

Physical Requirements: Moderate Work

• Ability to lift at least 30 pounds

  Physical Activities:

• Ability to bend, carry, climb, reach, sit, stand, walk, and drive.

• Ability to push, pull, or lift exerting up to 50 pounds of force.

• Repetitive Motion – substantial and continuous movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

• Talking – expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.

• Hearing Acuity – perceiving speech and other environmental sounds at normal loudness levels.

• Visual Acuity – seeing at a level which allows reading of numbers and text, operation of equipment, inspection of machines, etc.

• Vision

  • Peripheral – observing an area that can be seen up and down or right and left when eyes are fixed on a given point.

     

    Working Conditions:  The worker is subject to both environmental conditions as activities occur both inside and outside.

     

    Salary:  Commensurate with the school district’s Classified Salary Schedule

     

    Note:  This description of performance responsibilities is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct or control the work of employees under his/her supervision.  The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of a similar kind or level of difficulty with the job description.

Salary : $40,141 - $54,663