Community Resource Specialist

Job title: Early Childhood Educator & Community Resource Specialist

The Early Childhood Educator & Community Resource Specialist is a vital role at the West County First 5 Center, responsible for engaging with the community to increase awareness among Black and African American families with young children about Center programs and providing educational activities and resource connections to all participants at the Center. This position serves as a bridge between the Center and the community, fostering warm, welcoming relationships; delivering parent/child interactive classes; and offering personalized parenting support alongside information on available community resources.

Benefits

• Pay rate of $27/hr - $27.75/hr
• 16 paid BACR holidays
• Up to 3 weeks vacation and additional sick time
• Medical, dental, vision, mental health/wellness benefit, life insurance, hospital indemnity, flexible spending...

Summary/Objective

This position is the Agency’s direct contact with persons seeking assistance with crisis and emergency needs. This position will greet clients, answer phones, and provide direct services to families and individuals by assisting in application completion, gathering of documents, prescreening for program eligibility, and data entry for households seeking services from CAN.

Essential Functions

• Interview clients (in the office, at outreach locations, or partner agencies where appropriate) to gather information required to determine income and program eligibility based upon program requirements and to identify other unmet needs of the individual or family.
• Assist households in the completion of CAN’s universal application as well as SNAP application.
• Assist households in the gathering of documentation needed to determine eligibility for assistance.
• Refer individual or family internally...