Family Support Liason

Brooklyn Bilingual School – Family Support Liaison

Job Title: Brooklyn School-Based Family Support Liaison

Department: Prevention Services – Bushwick, Brooklyn Site

Reports to: Program Site Director

Date Posting: 2/5/2026

Date Available: Immediately

Salary Range: $66,000 - $70,000 Based on experience, degrees, and language skills

Work Hours: 35 hours

Location: In-person, Bushwick, Brooklyn

Deadline to Apply: End of March 27, 2026

To Apply:

Please submit a resume and cover letter that highlights your qualifications for this position to Tiffany Rosario [email protected]

About Coalition for Hispanic Family Services (CHFS):

CHFS is a community- based, family-focused organization of color providing an array of services to children and families in North Brooklyn and Western Queens. For over 34 years, CHFS has worked with vulnerable populations that include children in foster care, seriously emotionally disturbed children, youth, and families at risk of abuse and neglect. Our strength-based model also supports progressive youth development programs, family support services and community school partnerships. The provision of accessible, high-quality family focused services to families of color is central to our holistic approach of strengthening families in a culturally competent manner. Our family- centered work serves to strengthen communities one family at a time.

About Program:

CHFS’ School-Based Family Support programs offer a series of support services to vulnerable children and families living in Brooklyn, School District 32. The scope of these services includes, but is not limited to individual and family counseling, advocacy and general referral services, concrete support, recreational family activities, educational support, medical and mental health referral and support.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Responsible for outreach to partner-school staff and partnership building

· Responsible for family outreach and engagement efforts to promote program services

· Be the primary contact for parents, school personnel, school and community-based providers inquiring about services and making referrals

· Help foster connections between families and school staff as sources of support and resources, and cultivate trust between families, students and schools

· Identify emerging needs in schools, communities, and among children and families

· In collaboration with the SD, school staff, and parents, co-design strategy and planning for school-based offerings

· Develop/maintain an ongoing school presence for parent/school access to services/resources

· Provide direct supervision of one Community Pathway Caseworker

· Collaborate in implementation of service initiatives for the program to meet all programmatic requirements and standards, including but not limited to, monitoring program census and utilization, timely client-family engagement, meeting family contact requirements, family goal achievements, timely family conferences, and ongoing appropriate casework documentation

· Is trained on and co-facilitates the Triple-P Positive Parenting group

· In partnership with program leadership, participates in the Collaborative Quality Improvement work groups to address program improvement needs

· Participates in Case Conferences to discuss family case progress, and develop intervention strategies to improve family outcomes

· Meets with SD for supervision to discuss partnership building, program outcomes, intake/referrals, cross-system issues, and support

· Complete management reports as required

· Attend ACS and agency in-house trainings as required

· As maybe required, attend community events, forums, coalitions to increase program visibility and knowledge of community resources

· One to two late nights, as may be required

· Availability on Saturdays, as may be required for program/school events

· Complete special projects as assigned by the AED, or Site Director

QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates must have a minimum of a master’s degree in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling. At least two years in a supervisory role in Foster Care, Prevention services, school-based services, or related field. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are also required, as well as being computer literate, dynamic in persona, comfortable in large social settings, and capacity to be independent with general job responsibilities. Experience in running groups, and community outreach is also highly preferred, as well as being Bilingual in Spanish.

NOTE: Job descriptions and specifications are not intended and should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills or working conditions associated with a job. They are intended to be an accurate reflection of the principal requirements of the position.

SALARY: 66K-70K to start, commensurate with experience, degree/license, language, and skills set.

Pay: $66,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person