Share Email Opening Title Parent Referral and Grants Specialist, Early Childhood Education  Position Parent Referral and Grants Specialist, Early Childhood Education   Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time   Base Wage Competitive compensation package based on education level.   Description Summary Coordinate management and distribution of funds for early childhood professionals for quality improvement, training, and professional development within the service delivery area. Provide technical assistance to early childcare and education providers. Assists parents/guardians and families with child care consumer education and referrals. Essential Functions include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Coordinate the Quality Improvement Fund Programs. Develop and distribute all quality improvement funds information and applications in accordance with Illinois Department of Human Services guidelines. Serve as contact for information related to quality improvement funds, including technical assistance to early childcare and education providers. Promote quality improvement funds throughout the SDA both in-person and through management of online website and social media content. Responsible for distribution of quality improvement funds in accordance with guidelines set by the Illinois Department of Human Services, Child Care Resource & Referral of Midwestern Illinois, and SAL Family & Community Services. Manage all grant documentation, ensuring documentation is complete and up-to-date in accordance with guidelines. Monitor quality improvement funds budget and spending. Compile statistics required by Illinois Department of Human Services and prepare reports as required and requested. Collect and enter data on state website as related to quality improvement funds activities. Conduct intakes of parents/guardians/families seeking child care education and referrals for care in-person and by phone. Collect and enter information on parents/guardians/children in standard and computerized format of statewide CCR&R system. Utilize database system to provide customized child care referrals based on information collected in intake process to determine appropriate child care referrals. Communicate identified referrals for child care and appropriate consumer education information to parents/guardians and families. Maintain up-to-date consumer education information including information on child care options, costs, subsidized care, licensed capacity and quality indicators for distribution to parents/guardians and families via mail/electronic information distribution. Ensure required follow-up contact is made within contract timelines to measure parents'/guardians' success in their children care search and satisfaction with education and referral services. Support data specialist with updates to provider information as needed. Compile statistics required by Illinois Department of Human Services and prepare reports as required and requested. Collect and enter data on state website as related to referral and consumer education activities. Provide training facilitation as needed as part of CORE department team.   About the Organization Mission SAL Community Services (SALCS) strengthens children, families, and individuals to build and enhance thriving communities. About Us SALCS operates Skip-a-Long Child Development Services - early care and education centers in Iowa and Illinois, The Home Child Care Network - a network of licensed and license-exempt home child care providers in both the Quad Cities and Peoria areas, Open Door - a crisis assistance program funded by IDHS to help individuals and families in crisis navigate local social services, SAL Child Care Connection - the child care resource and referral program in Peoria, IL, the Child Care Resource and Referral of Midwestern Illinois that serves the Illinois Quad Cities and surrounding counties, and Early Head Start Child Care Partnerships that serve Rock Island, Henry, and Mercer Counties in Illinois. SALCS is at the forefront of public policy and issues regarding early care and education and individual and family social services, and is dedicated to making sure all families have what they need to be successful, regardless of financial means.   EOE Statement SAL Community Services is an equal opportunity employer and believes in equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. Accordingly, all employment decisions are based on the principles of equal opportunity. These decisions include recruitment, selection, promotion, transfer, discipline, compensation, benefits, training and other personnel actions involving persons in all job titles and shall occur without regard to actual or perceived race, creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, religion (or for requesting an accommodation for a religious belief), sex, age, ancestry, national origin, genetic information (as defined in Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)), military status or discharge status, veteran status, qualified disabled veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, transgenderism, marital status, citizenship status, familial status, physical or mental disability (or for requesting an accommodation for a disability), association with a disabled person(s), medical condition (including HIV or AIDS status, cancer related or genetic characteristics) arrest record (unless doing so violates contractual, funding, or licensing requirements), order of protection status, pregnancy (including conditions related to childbirth or breast feeding), homelessness or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.   Location Child Care Resource & Referral of Midwestern Illinois   Exempt/Non-Exempt Non-Exempt   Open Date 7/17/2019   This position is currently not accepting applications. 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