Parent Liaison- Early Intervention, FSW-Days at UMass Memorial Health – Leominster, Massachusetts

Position Title: Parent Liaison- Early Intervention, FSW-Days

Location: Leominster, MA

Time Type: Part time

Remote Type: Hybrid 1-2 Working Caregivers (Onsite 1 - 2 days)

Job Category: Therapy Services

Job Family: Behavioral Health

Job Type: Flexible Substitute

Req ID: R26103101

Description:

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Exemption Status:
Non-Exempt

Hiring Range:
$20.00 - $30.51
Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details:
Friday, Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Scheduled Hours:
8:30am - 4:30pm

Shift:
4 - Mixed Shift, 7.5 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:
0

Cost Center:
71000 - 0850 Early Intervention

Union:
SEIU Local 509 Community Health Link

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

1. Engages families by sharing their own journey through creation and distribution of a monthly EI newsletter with information relevant to families. Helps to model collaborative interactions between the family and the variety of relevant individuals in the larger system of support (extended family, friends, other providers, school personnel, and/or state agency representatives).
2. Coordinates educational opportunities to enable parents/caregivers of an enrolled child or children to participate in workshops and other available support services.
3. Serves as a mentor to parents, caregivers, and parent volunteers to improve the ability to effectively advocate for their child or children by hosting regularly scheduled meetings.
4. Works to build strong relationships with enrolled child or children, their families, and outside agencies by attending meetings such as Transition Planning Conferences for transition from EI to Public School, or with other community partners as needed.
5. Maintains updated e-mail list for distribution of Program and DPH required paperwork, surveys, data collection, and reports.
6. Assists in the maintenance of a positive and collaborative working environment where all employees of CHL and enrolled child or children and their families feel welcome, supported, and comfortable.
7. Effectively communicates with families, colleagues, and community members in a manner that is sensitive to their racial/ethnic/cultural/class backgrounds.

II. Position Qualifications:
License/Certification/Education:
Required:
1. High School diploma, GED, or HiSet.
2. Satisfactory CORI background check.

Experience/Skills:
Required:
1. Current or former parent of a child enrolled in early intervention.
2. Basic computer skills including, but not limited to, email, Word, and Excel.
3. Ability to demonstrate clear and consistent boundaries.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

About Us:

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver. No matter their responsibilities or title, every employee or "caregiver" fills an important role for our patients and their families every day. Who is a caregiver? It's not just the person who delivers the care. It's all the people who make it work ... and make it better. Caregivers give everything that helps patients heal, from expertise to extra attention. They give clean, comfortable rooms. Fast, accurate answers. And an easier, less stressful experience. They give warm, reassuring smiles, and helping hands. We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, our community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.