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FAMILY SUPPORT SPECIALIST
Professional Overview
Compassionate Family Support and Resource Coordinator dedicated to strengthening and empowering families.
Core Qualifications
  • Community outreach expert
  • Strong communicator
  • Detail-oriented
  • Team player
  • Excellent interpersonal skills

Accomplishments
Led parent/child playgroups to help parents regain and improve their parent-child bond.
Created and developed literacy bags for families with young children.
Education
Bachelor of Science : Child Development Family Life EducationUniversity of Wisconsin - City, State
Child Development Magna Cum Laude Family Life Education
Concentration in Family Education
Experience
Family Support Specialist
October 1997 to April 2008
Company Name - City, State
  • Conduct regular home visits with first-time parents using the Parents as Teachers curriculum with a caseload of 40-60 families.
  • Maintain written client files in an organized and uniform manner.
  • Perform Developmental screenings with each child.
  • Assess family needs, make appropriated referrals and coordinate services.
  • Complete and submit monthly statistical reports on a timely basis.
  • Provide training to volunteers, student interns, and new team members as requested.
  • Plan and facilitate workshops, group meetings and family events.
  • Develop and update program forms for staff.
  • Promote and encourage team building.
Family Support Specialist
October 1993 to September 1997
Company Name - City, State
  • Conduct regular home visits with families with children enrolled in Head Start to encourage partnership building with parents.
  • Offer parents opportunities to develop and implement family relations.
  • Follow-up with families and resources to insure appropriate intervention and services.
  • Provide opportunities for parents to enhance their parenting skills.
  • Develop relationships with community partners.
  • Perform recruitment and enrollment task.
  • Maintain a caseload of 40-50 families.
  • Conduct monthly parent meetings.
Personal Information
APPLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT Appleton, WI Birth-Five Site Resource Coordinator April 2008 - Present Identify and communicate with families within my five schools attendance area with children in the Birth-Five population. Meet and conduct "Welcome Visits" with families in their homes to introduce them to school and community resources that are available to families with children in the Birth-Five population. Promote district and school events appropriate to children in the Birth-Five population within my schools community. Participate in school events appropriate to Birth-Five population. Facilitate participation of age appropriate families in the districts 3-5 year old screening and kindergarten registration activities. Respond to family questions. Write a monthly newsletter - "Birth-Five Buzz", which is distributed to 100's of Birth-Five families. Wrote and applied for three different grants from Community Foundations for: Parent Resource Libraries in four schools, Literacy Bags for families to check out and for monies for a math night event for Birth-Five families. We received monies for the 1st and 3rd grant. Wrote and conducted a Birth-Five family/parent survey. Plan and implement weekly PIWI and play groups. Plan and implement monthly Park Days during the summer months for Birth- Five families.
Skills
interpersonal communication, client, forms, team building, meetings, recruitment, workshops, written
Additional Information
  • APPLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT Appleton, WI Birth-Five Site Resource Coordinator April 2008 - Present Identify and communicate with families within my five schools attendance area with children in the Birth-Five population. Meet and conduct "Welcome Visits" with families in their homes to introduce them to school and community resources that are available to families with children in the Birth-Five population. Promote district and school events appropriate to children in the Birth-Five population within my schools community. Participate in school events appropriate to Birth-Five population. Facilitate participation of age appropriate families in the districts 3-5 year old screening and kindergarten registration activities. Respond to family questions. Write a monthly newsletter - "Birth-Five Buzz", which is distributed to 100's of Birth-Five families. Wrote and applied for three different grants from Community Foundations for: Parent Resource Libraries in four schools, Literacy Bags for families to check out and for monies for a math night event for Birth-Five families. We received monies for the 1st and 3rd grant. Wrote and conducted a Birth-Five family/parent survey. Plan and implement weekly PIWI and play groups. Plan and implement monthly Park Days during the summer months for Birth- Five families.
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  • University of Wisconsin

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  • Family Support Specialist

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Science : Child Development Family Life Education

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