Spec, Health & Child Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

Position Title: Specialist, Health & Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)     

Employee Type: Full-Time Regular

Supervisor Title: Program Director

Division: Head Start, U.S. Programs

 

Save the Children

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach places – over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you’re creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

 

The Role

The Specialist, Health & Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is responsible for assisting with ordering and record keeping of nutrition and food services; overseeing meal orders and deliveries, meal monitoring, invoices, and inventory management, providing guidelines for high-quality meals, and ensuring all meals meet the nutritional guidelines. Other key responsibilities include supporting the comprehensive health and nutrition service program promoting prevention and early intervention.

We are seeking a Specialist, Health & CACFP, who, under supervision of the Program Director, ensures nutrition services are provided in accordance with State and Federal guidelines. In this role, you will work in collaboration with the management team to ensure quality program delivery to children and families and achieve the highest program standards.

You will be responsible for creating and nurturing strong collaboration with staff at all levels and ensuring that program standards, compliance, and quality are at the highest standards, and are required to ensure the safety and security of children and families that you encounter, adhering to the agency’s values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity, and Integrity.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)
*not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

• Monitors health and nutrition services within assigned location(s). Provides guidance and technical assistance to Head Start/Early Head Start program staff.
• Participates and/or conducts screenings on children, including children with disabilities, as well as in developing individual service and health plans. Monitors records to make sure are up to date on preventive and primary health care.
• Writes, reviews and revises food services Work Plan annually. Monitors compliance with the CACFP requirements and the Head Start Performance Standards in the applicable content areas and sub-areas.
• Monitoring and oversight of CACFP data.
• Analyzes data and completes reports related to CACFP services.
• Work with other members of the Management Team to ensure comprehensive and integrated child and family services in the areas of nutrition.
• Support educational staff in embedding health and nutrition as a basic part of all educational curricula for both children and families.
• Assist in the monitoring and reporting services to ensure high quality services and positive child outcomes, and status on meeting school readiness goals.
• Attends case coordination meetings with other staff in order to fully integrate services.
• Works cooperatively with staff person responsible for fiscal AP/AR in monitoring the CACFP program and completing the application for sponsorship. Oversight of menus and food service programs. Checks menu books for complete, appropriate, accurate documentation. Conducts kitchen monitoring reviews.
• Accounts accurate and timely documentation of attendance and point of service meal counts.
• Follows appropriate nutritional meal planning and accurate meal production records.
• Prepare monthly submission in an accurate, timely, and complete manner to submit CACFP claims.
• Eats periodically in each classroom to monitor food acceptance, portions and appeal.
• Participate in the Management Team to provide ongoing planning, strategic planning, monitoring, program evaluation and assessment.
• Ensures that families are included in the education, well-being and development of their children and works directly with staff to support this.
• Coordinates with the Health and Nutrition content area of the Head Start regulation; and Head Start Program Performance Standards. Attend home visits, parent conferences or health when requested or as necessary; other tasks as needed.

Training and Technical Assistance

• Collaborate with other content area specialists/managers and local partners to develop a comprehensive training plan which meets or exceeds Hea