ERSEA Specialist​/Position

Base pay range

$19.00/hr - $19.00/hr

Family Service Association of San Antonio, Inc. provided pay range

This range is provided by Family Service Association of San Antonio, Inc. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

The Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment and Attendance (ERSEA) Specialist works with agency staff in the development, implementation and monitoring of Early Head Start/Head Start ERSEA activities: eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance of Early Head Start/Head Start participants. The ERSEA Specialists supports the monitoring, analysis, and reporting of ERSEA data, ensuring all Head Start services are in compliance with regulatory and licensure requirements;

and assists in the blending of administration and program to promote maximum efficiency of services delivery within Head Start programming.

• Reports to:
  
  ERSEA Coordinator or designee
• Directs:
  Volunteers, interns, or other resources acquired to support data needs
• Other:
  Works cooperatively with all staff to accomplish the mission, goals, objectives and performance measures of the program and agency

• Healthcare and Human Services Environments:
  Ability to explain issues and advancements in the healthcare and human services industries.
• Achievement Orientation: A concern for surpassing a standard of excellence. The standard may be one's own past performance; an objective measure; outperforming others; challenging goals, or something that has not been done previously.
• Community Orientation:
  Ability to align one's own and the organization's priorities. Addresses community needs in an evidence-based and holistic manner, one that addresses the social determinants of health through a trauma informed lens. The ability to understand the demographic, cultural, political and regulatory implication of decisions.
• Professionalism and Ethics:
  The demonstration of ethical and sound professional practices. The desire to act in a way that is consistent with the values and mission of Family Service Association. Displays courtesy and sensitivity with staff, families, children and community partners. Respecting others point of view through engagement and interests.
• Interpersonal Understanding:
  Ability to understand other people as well as to accurately hear and understand the unspoken or partly expressed thoughts, feelings, and concerns of others. It measures increasing complexity and depth of understanding of others and includes cross-cultural sensitivity through a trauma-informed care lens.

To perform this job satisfactorily, an individual must be able to perform each essential performance requirement satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the training, experience, knowledge, and skills required for this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions listed above.

• Applied Associates degree in family child sciences, early childhood, systems management, family and child sciences, social work or related field required, with demonstrated competence in database maintenance and integrity attained through on-the-job training, required. Bachelors degree in education, early childhood education, social work, or related field preferred.
• Current Pediatric CPR and First Aid Certification.
• Proficient with and have working knowledge of Child Plus, Microsoft Office Operating Systems, word processing, spreadsheets and databases; basic understanding of database systems and their utilizations.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to work on multiple projects and meet multiple deadlines through effective time management.
• Must be knowledgeable of Head Start Performance Standards, Head Start Act, and Texas Department of Family Protective Services Minimum Rules and Standards.
• Demonstrated knowledge of agency and community resources and services, understands cultural differences and is sensitive to the implications of culture…