Director of Single Moms Community Program

DIRECTOR OF SINGLE MOMS COMMUNITY PROGRAM

Department

Single Moms

JOB SUMMARY

The Director of the Single Moms Community Program is responsible for providing education and family support to single mothers to enhance their quality of parenting. The program aims to help single mothers within identified communities/ geographic areas to increase their understanding of child development and the emotional needs of their children, improve attachment, reduce behavioral problems, and therefore increase parenting skills, promote safety, well-being, and permanency of the children within the home. This position will implement the program with fidelity via evidence-based models.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS

• Plan, coordinate, and teach the evidence-based model curriculums that address the intellectual, emotional, developmental, cultural, social, and physical needs of the single mom and her children.
• Assess the single moms’ family needs and provide developmentally appropriate information, guidance, and support.
• Assist single moms in improving the family support system by increasing protective factors and enhancing access to concrete support.
• Assist in increasing the single moms’ ability to problem-solve and advocate for themselves and their children.
• Provide a supportive learning environment to single moms while facilitating the evidence-based models-curriculum at the various church and community sites!
• Facilitate recruitment of new single mom participants through effective community outreach efforts and maintain an active caseload of classes per cycle as pre-determined by the evidence-base model.
• Actively recruit additional single moms to be included on a wait list to ensure annual goals of moms and children served are achieved.
• Collaborate with the external engagement team to identify and develop partnerships and relationships with local churches, various community agencies and other constituents with access to the single m