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Title/Position:
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Bilingual Family Coaching Specialist -Haitian Creole and English
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Location:
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Roxbury, MA
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Reports to:
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Senior Director of Family Partnerships
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FLSA Class:
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Full time, non-exempt position
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Starting Salary:
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$58,670-$61,468
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Date Written:
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June 2024
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Our Mission
Horizons for Homeless Children is a local non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of young children experiencing homelessness in Massachusetts and helping their families succeed by providing high-quality early education, opportunities for play, and comprehensive family support services. To support our mission, we also advocate on behalf of young children, train educators and human services providers, and provide research on the impact of early education on children experiencing homelessness. Our staff of 100-130 is a dedicated, passionate, diverse, and playful group. At Horizons, each team member is an important part of our mission.
Summary of Position
Within our early childhood education center, young children between the ages of two months and five years old are learning and developing in NAEYC-accredited classrooms. From the moment that a child begins their education at our center, Family Coaching Specialists play an active role in partnering with parents in setting goals that support the success of the family as a unit.
As a Family Coaching Specialist, you’ll offer parents/caregivers strength-based, culturally inclusive, comprehensive coaching services that support parents on their journeys out of homelessness and poverty.
Responsibilities
Parent Partnership and Coaching
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Collaborate with parents to set and advance goals in education, employment, family stability, finances, and wellness. Coach parents in learning to develop SMART goals and actions steps. Reflect with parents on their progress, identifying skills that have enabled success and skill areas for growth. Support the development of executive functioning skills that will support parent’s economic mobility journey.
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In collaboration with classroom educators, conduct yearly home visits to better understand the family’s strengths, needs, and progress.
Promotion of Parental Resilience and Well-being
Parent Skill and Capacity Building
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With other members of the FPP team, offer on-site workshops, classes, groups and resources in a variety of domains.
Other Duties
Where and when you’ll work
This is a 40-hour, full-time position that’s exempt from overtime. You can expect to work a hybrid schedule Monday through Friday with at least 4 days on-site and 1 day working from home during regular business hours. Our office is located: Edgerley Family Horizons Center at 1785 Columbus Ave, Roxbury, MA.
Starting salary range, compensation, and benefits
$58,670 – $61,468 is the starting salary range for this position. Your starting salary will fall within that range depending on your competencies, experience, and skillset.
Your total compensation package includes the following benefits:
- Health coverage options designed to be as comprehensive and affordable for you as possible, with Horizons covering between 70-75% of premiums (a value that ranges from an additional $8,000 – 20,000 per year based on your enrollment choices).
- While you have a choice between an HMO and PPO plan for medical coverage, most employees pay $99.89 for individual, $199.79 for 2-person, or $314.21 for family coverage per bi weekly paycheck and never pay more than $300 for individual or $600 for 2-person/family toward deductibles.
- Paid leave coverage is offered through Massachusetts’ Paid Family and Medical Leave. Horizons covers both medical and family contributions at 60% (100% for employees who earn less than $50,000 annually) with up to 26 weeks of paid leave available based on eligibility and approval.
- Horizons’ additionally offers 1 week for paid parental leave for welcoming a child into your family through birth, foster, or adoption, that often covers the waiting period for PFML to begin.
- Visit The Benefits of Working at Horizons for more details on the rest of our benefits package
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
We recognize the value of looking within to ensure our policies, practices, and culture are aligned with Horizons’ vision. Creating a more equitable world has always been at the center of Horizons’ mission, but in the last several years we’ve recommitted to the role Horizons plays in rectifying some of the problems we see and wish to address. Visit our DEI page to learn more about what that looks like at Horizons.
For more information about Horizons, please visit www.horizonschildren.org
