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Oversees the operating strategies and budget management for Philanthropy, Facilities, Operations, Human Resources, and Program development. Responsible for developing collaborative partnerships with parents, public and civic groups as well as social agencies and local governments.

Sarasota, Florida Area

Sarasota, Florida

The Family Support Manager leads Educare New Orlean’s Family Support staff and the interdisciplinary team in the engagement and involvement of families in Educare through activities, practices and services that support parents as the primary nurturers, experts and teachers of their child in order to promote and sustain their child’s learning, development and academic and life success. The primary focus for the work of the Family Support staff is the parent/child relationship, engaging around that relationship at every opportunity with parents, and with other members of the Educare interdisciplinary team.The Family Support Manager must oversee direct services to participants, develop and implement programs that will result in positive growth and empowerment of participants. This position directly relates to the active supervision, training and adherence to regulatory policies and procedures as it relates to Performance Standard and state licensing requirements. The family support manager provides direct supervision of 4 family advocates.The Family Support staff has specific and intentional responsibility in the following three areas of work with families: •Activities/strategies that promote and enhance the parent-child relationship: Collaborate with the Educare interdisciplinary team to promote families’ understanding of their child’s behavior in the context of both typical child development and parents’ own responses. This approach can be utilized in all instances of parent-child interaction, including promoting positive behavior to support transitions and separations.•Activities/strategies that engage parents in discussions about their child’s emotional and cognitive growth and development and provide parents information and opportunities to learn about concrete things they can do to promote their child's learning.

New Orleans, Louisiana

• Develop and sustain collaborative relationships with an assigned caseload of families and serve as their primary point of contact on behalf of their child’s and their own involvement in Educare. Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to promote families’ understanding and management of their child’s behaviors, including positive approaches to discipline, as well as management of their own emotional responses. Lead work with families to identify child and family strengths and areas of need, i.e., the Family Assessment, and to develop goals to promote and enhance the three goals of Family Support as part of the Family Partnership Agreement process. Participate in the recruitment, enrollment, and orientation of families entering Educare

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Provide targeted case management and wrap around services to early childhood through 3rd grade children throughout Hillsborough County. Maintain caseload capacity of 20 families. Monthly TCM billing. Work to develop positive partnerships with schools and service providers. Research, link, coordinate and monitor services for families. Development of a family support plan and goals. Complete assessments upon intake. Ensure concurrent and timely documentation and that charts reflect services being rendered. ASO certified. Avenues trained for Agency’s electronic record system. Knowledge of community resources. Maintain accessible schedule through outlook at all times.

Tampa

• Targeted case management certified; adults and children. CFARS and FARS certified. Maintained maximum capacity of 20-client caseload. Worked with children from birth to 18 years old with diagnosed psychiatric illness and behavioral concerns. Weekly in home visits. Coordinate services between medication case managers, psychiatrists, and therapists. Performed monthly wellness visits to Statewide Inpatient Psychiatric Program (SIPP) facilities in Orange, Pasco, Manatee and Hillsborough County. Completed psychosocial assessments upon intake. Development of service plan and goals for clients. Awarded agency’s Employee of the month award for November 2012

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Targeted case management certified. Maintained maximum capacity of 25 family caseload. Worked with children who demonstrated difficulties in school as well as behavioral concerns. Performed monthly TCM billing. ASO trained. Attended monthly trainings on varying topics. Assisted with Developmental screenings. Provided case management and wrap around services to children birth through 5th grade. Extensive knowledge of community resources. Worked both in home and in Hillsborough county school system. PECS basic training certified. Awarded agency’s Productivity award May 2012

Master'S Degree, Educational Leadership And Administration, General

Graduate Certificate, Childrens Mental Health

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology