Posted: 1/5/2012

POSITION TITLE: Community Liaisons
NUMBER OF HIRING: 5 part time contractors
LOCATION: South King County
CULTURAL/LANGUAGE SUPPORT: Ethiopian, African American, South Asian, Korean, Samoan and Russian/or Ukrainian
PROGRAM: Multicultural Community Parent Resource Center

Summary: The Community Liaison is a contractor, who will work to fulfill contracted assignments. The Community Liaison will work independently and report directly to the Project Director. The Community Liaison assists diverse families who have children ages 0-26 served in special education and educators in Kent, Federal Way, and Highline School Districts. The Community Liaison provides language support for Open Doors' activities and events such as translating flyers, assisting in parent training workshops and family events and helping Open Doors in collecting family data. [More info...]

Posted: 1/5/2012

POSITION TITLE: Family Support Specialists
NUMBER OF HIRING: 3 part time staff (16 – 20 hours/week)
LANGUAGES: Support for families who speak Spanish, Vietnamese and Somali
PROGRAM: Multicultural Community Parent Resource Center

SUMMARY: Coordinate all parent training workshop related activities, help families navigate complex systems, provide language and cultural support, assist families access resources, information and services, support volunteers Parent Mentors and other community volunteers to support multicultural families, organize inclusive family events, conduct home visits, collaborate with school educators to develop multicultural youth transition plan, partner with professionals to serve their clients with disabilities, advocate for multicultural families of children with disabilities, keep records and document activities, meet with and report to the Project Director regularly. [more info...]