Mary's Center is a federally qualified health center that served over 35,000 men, women and children in 2014. We provide comprehensive health, dental, social, and education services to underserved, underinsured, and uninsured individuals in the D.C. metropolitan region. Our mission is to build better futures through the offering of these services. We embrace culturally diverse communities and provide them with the highest quality of care, regardless of ability to pay.

Briya Public Charter School (Briya) serves as the Education Department of Mary’s Center. Briya provides a year-round, dual-generation family literacy program to over 500 immigrant families annually. Starting from the critical years of infancy, Briya combats generational cycles of under-education and poverty through a two generation model that provides children with high-quality early childhood education classes, helps parents foster their children’s language and literacy skills from birth, and simultaneously provides parents with the critical literacy and job skills needed to sustain a career. The family literacy model includes infant and toddler care, pre-kindergarten, and adult education/family literacy classes with wrap around comprehensive health and social services. The adult education component includes English as a Second Language, digital literacy, parenting classes as well as Parent and Child Together (PACT) time. Briya also provides workforce development options for parents including Child Development Associate (CDA) credential training,  Medical Assistant training, and a  National External Diploma Program to provide adult learners with a high school diploma. In addition to a long tradition of partnering with Mary’s Center (since 1996), Briya also collaborates with several community organizations to enhance and supplement classroom learning. Briya is a high performing charter school, regularly meeting 100% of our Public Charter School Board accountability plan targets for both adult education and early childhood education.

Briya Public Charter School (Briya), in partnership with Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Care (FQHC in Washington DC), is seeking a Bilingual Family & Student Services Coordinator to join our dynamic family literacy public charter school. Our school is unique not only because we integrate adult education and early childhood education, but also because of our commitment to assist the families we serve in overcoming any barriers they face. Briya is well positioned to meet the needs of our students through our deep partnership with Mary’s Center. Briya is housed within Mary’s Center, a full primary care setting, and Mary’s Center provides Briya students with wrap around services including mental health care, dental care, social services, WIC, and assistance accessing SNAP, TANF, and other social supports. Briya utilizes a Student Support Team to help families gain access to services they might need. The Bilingual Family & Student Services Coordinator would serve as an integral member of this team focused on bringing holistic care to families as well as referrals to community partners.

The Bilingual Family & Student Services Coordinator is responsible for:

• Providing support to families with special social service needs including:  
• Brief problem-specific case management in conjunction with education team and other staff members as appropriate;
• Home visits to families who cannot be contacted or have special situations/emergencies;
• Outreach to students in crisis situations, including relevant family members in planning;
• Provision of services in natural settings such as home, school, court, or other social services agencies;
• Participation in attendance meetings with students as requested by the Adult Education Coordinator;
• Gathering information from referral sources, electronic medical records (eCW) and other pertinent sources in completing the assessment (including outside agencies)
• Reporting incidents of child abuse and neglect and participation as an active member of the intervention team to assist families in modifying behaviors or conditions that may have contributed to the abuse and neglect.
• Appropriate documentation of referrals and outcomes, including maintaining monthly statistics and providing reports as needed;

• Referring students for services at Mary’s Center and outside agencies as appropriate.  Serve as the liaison for students and service providers. 
• Provide follow-up on referrals.
• Assist with orientation and organization of orientation tours of Mary’s Center;
• Share referral opportunities through regular posting on bulletin boards and staff communications; Keep referrals folder updated with agency contact information;
• Organize special presentations from partner organizations about available services;
• Document all contacts, referrals and other necessary information on timely basis;
• Assist in coordinating donations from Mary’s Center and the community such as the turkey giveaway, holiday gifts, the coat distribution, and the Mary’s Center cookie distribution to agencies.
• Serve as liaison between the school and the food commodity office to coordinate food pick-ups. Coordinate with commodity office, Octavio, Carlos (van), Darren (warehouse), and teachers/staff (adding students to list of participants)

• Providing transitions counseling by assisting students with questions about employment and jobs, and assist students with their educational goals when they are outside of Briya’s services.  

Student Events/Activities:

• Provide leadership and coordination of the Student Council.  Ensure that elections are held following the school guidelines and that timelines are met.  Ensure that student representatives’ photos are posted in all classrooms.  Coordinate the preparation of student council meetings and ensure that minutes are taken and recorded at each meeting for school documentation.

• Coordinate one or two service projects for students and staff each year.

• Participate in the planning and development of the parenting and Parent and Child Together (PACT ) time classes,.

• Assist in coordination of the planning and implementation of the student recognition and graduation ceremonies.

• Work with the school administration to plan and organize the school field trips.

• Serve as the school liaison between Briya and the DC Public Libraries and coordinate the library visits 

• Serve as the school liaison between the Sitar Center and Briya for classes and registration.

• Work with community schools coordinator to support mental health support groups.  

Other Duties

• Recruitment – Recruit families who qualify according to the established guidelines with special emphasis during the summer and early fall (up to the count date).

• Registration – Assist in the planning and implementation of registration.

• Work with the monitoring teams who visit the sites.

• Attend and participate in all staff meetings and trainings. May assist in taking minutes. 

• Maintain monthly statistics and provide reports as needed

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Student Services Manager

Education and/or Experience 

Qualified candidates will have at least three years of experience working in social services or education with immigrant communities.  Successful candidates will have excellent communication skills in English and Spanish (Amharic a plus).  Candidates will need excellent interpersonal, problem-solving, analytical and organizational skills.   Successful candidates will have Masters or Bachelors in Social Work, Education, Special Education or its equivalent.   

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