Health Manager

The Health Manager ensures that children and families in our program have resources and services for the healthy development of children to ensure staff implementation of prevention and early intervention practices related to health safety and nutrition to oversee the delivery of health and nutrition services within the program and comply with health safety and nutrition components of EHS / HS performance standards and California Department of Education standards.

Primary Responsibilities Include :

• Ensure that all children enrolled in the program have all appropriate health screenings receive any needed health care and have a medical home for ongoing source of care. Arrange for payment of medical services for children who are uninsured or under-insured and their parents cannot afford to pay. Coordinate dental visits monitor services and follow up referrals. Provide parents an opportunity to become advocates regarding their childs health and community health issues
• Coordinate with managers / specialists to ensure that the specific needs of each identified child are in the review of IFSP / IEP as needed
• Partner with Center Managers in evaluating center environments for health and safety concerns. Monitor practices in centers regarding health safety and nutrition issues to ensure compliance with Head Start / Early Head Start performance standards : understand all contractual requirements regarding health mental health and nutrition; ensure that program deliverables are met. Prepare and submit program reports working with Center Managers to ensure that follow up activities are accomplished. Evaluate Health and Nutrition goals and restructure or revise as needed.
• Ensure program compliance with Wu Yee policies licensing pertinent laws guidelines Head Start Performance Standards as it relates to health safety and nutrition in all program areas
• Conduct department need assessments related to health safety and nutrition needs. Provide training to staff and parents on health safety and nutrition policies and best practices and serve as internal consultants to staff.
• Participate in tri-annual program monitoring and annual self-assessment process. Evaluate program data to determine efficacy of programs and develop or revise program policies as needed. Review data entered into our data system to ensure accuracy completeness and timeliness and that necessary corrections are made
• Collaborate with and do outreach to health services agencies to form formal and informal partnerships to meet the needs of the families and children in the program.
• Oversee food service operations including reports vendored services budgets and monitor compliance with USDA Child Care Food Program and Head Start regulations. Oversee the identification of nutritional needs of children and families using integrated screening system and observations.
• Lead the programs the Health Services Advisory Committee in partnership with the other two Head Start Grantees in San Francisco.
• Represent Head Start / Early Head Start program and Wu Yee Childrens Services in a positive and constructive manner in all dealings with staff government officials funders the public and in all public forums
• Support the Health Safety and Supervision regulations and monitor for injuries unusual incidents and supervision of children on an on-going basis. Provide training and consultation for staff when needed.

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Benefits & Compensation :

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records to apply for any open position in which they feel qualified. Wu Yee Childrens Services is an equal opportunity employer.

NOTE : This description is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties responsibilities or requirements for the position. This position may change or assume additional duties at any time. The employee may be requested to perform different and additional duties as assigned.

Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 80000 - 108139