Buckeye Elementary School District #33  Job Description

TITLE: Parent Awareness and Outreach Technician

REPORTS TO: Family Resource Center Coordinator

JOB DESCRIPTION:  Full-time position to work in the Family Resource Center providing Community Information and Referral Services, Facilitating Parent/Child Interaction Classes, Conducting Community Outreach, and participating in Community Events in the greater Buckeye area.  This is a 40 hour per week, 12-month position, which is grant funded by First Things First.  

 JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must obtain and maintain a AZ DPS IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card
• High school diploma or GED
• Associates degree or higher in Early Child Development or Early Education preferred
• Two (2) years’ experience working with children and families required
• Experience in early childhood education, family studies, social work or related field.
• Strong communications skills
• Bilingual (preferred),and present in a professional manner
• Computer literate with proficiency in Google, Microsoft Office, Excel, the internet, and social media.
• Possess and demonstrate a high level of confidentiality
• Able to work and travel independently and has reliable transportation

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, and is not a comprehensive listing of all duties and responsibilities performed by the incumbents of this class.)

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Become familiar with the mission, values, and goals of the Family Resource Center (FRC), First Things First (FTF), and Buckeye Elementary School District (BESD).
• Become fully informed of the FRC programs and services and effectively share this information with parents/ caregivers, families, community members, community leaders, non-profit organizations, business owners, administrators, etc.
• Provide excellent internal and external customer services while performing all related FRC duties and identify ways to improve these interactions.
• *Become knowledgeable of the surrounding community and available resources families need to support children’s health and development; health services; food/clothing or supplies; developmental screening and referrals; early literacy; early intervention, quality child care; respite and crisis care; transportation; housing child protection; and adult education. Confidently present information to individuals, and groups, build rapport, and establish positive interactions.
• Must treat individuals with dignity and maintain a high level of confidentiality, and demonstrate the ability to work independently.
• Actively participate as a team member to accomplish the FTF mission, carry out the goals of the FRC.
• Follows procedures to refer families/individuals to appropriate programs and services. Records referrals appropriately and provides accurate data for quarterly reports.
• Provide community outreach to increase families’ awareness of positive parenting, child development, knowledge of FRC programs and services, and other community services to support their child’s overall development and family success.
• Raise Early Literacy awareness by distributing FRC literature in the community to other social service agencies, apartment complexes, churches, medical clinics, businesses, daycare centers, etc. physically, by email, text, and social media using devices provided by the District/FRC.
• Participate in continued training, certification, *and professional development in order to meet the Arizona Standards of Practice for Family Resource Centers in order to provide the highest level of service in advocating for healthy child development, early childhood literacy, and successful families.
• Facilitate interactive parent/caregiver playgroups, Kindergarten Readiness classes, early STEM classes, and other workshops focusing on early literacy and engaging parents in purposeful activities with their children.
• Travel within Buckeye and to outlying communities to provide information, literature, and resources to increase awareness of early childhood development, health, etc. Outlying communities include Arlington, Harquahala Valley, Palo Verde, Rainbow Valley, and Tonopah.
• Represent the FRC at neighborhood, school, community partner, city, health & resource fairs, carnivals, and other community events. This will include occasional evenings, Saturdays and 
• Performs other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to perform successfully the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands, fingers, and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk and hear. Must be able to sit for extended periods of time, stand, walk, operate computer equipment, give verbal instructions regarding directions, procedures and perform duties in a professional environment.

The employee may be required to lift up to 50 pounds while handling office equipment, supplies and incoming mail. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. While performing these duties the employee could be exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time, including temperature changes and heat over 100 degrees. The noise level in the work environment is generally moderate.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is moderate to moderately high during the school day. There may be periods of recurring stress in the performance of this job.

EVALUATION: Annual evaluation per district policy.