ParentLink Family Support Specialist (Part-Time)

Position located in Columbia, MO.

Qualifications: Master’s degree in counseling, child development and family studies, social work, education, health administration, or related field. Applications will also be accepted for those currently pursuing a Master’s degree in the listed fields.

Duties: Analyze family requests, provide support and referrals; Complete data intake/entries; Stay apprised of research; Work with professionals across Missouri; Conduct follow-ups; Identify gaps and barriers in services; ParentLink offers parenting information and support to all Missourians using a variety of methods.

The position will be 8-28 hours per week, we are hiring for daytime and evening hours.  Pay is $16 to $21 an hour. Send your resume and letter of interest to Christina Torbet at torbetc@missouri.edu.

ParentLink Kinship Specialist

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in counseling, child development and family studies, social work, education, health administration, or related field.
• At least 5 years of experience working with vulnerable families, such as grandparents and other kin caregivers.
• Willing to travel to meet face-to-face with clients in Central MO (Cooper, Cole, Randolph, and Boone) on a regular basis; statewide occasionally.

Duties: Analyze requests related kinship family concerns and provide appropriate problem-solving support, research-based information, and referrals to services; Stay apprised of research; Work with professionals across Missouri; Identify gaps and barriers in services. 

Hours & Pay: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm; $18.50/hr. This is a benefit-eligible position. 

Submit Applications Here: Prospective Employee or Current MU Employee

ParentLink Public Relations Assistant (Part-Time)

ParentLink, in MU’s College of Education, is hiring a part-time Public Relations Assistant to coordinate the promotion of ParentLink projects and services around the state. This may include online public education through ParentLink’s website and other social media, tracking inventory of promotional items and coordinating new orders, organizing and maintaining promotional items, and guiding distribution efforts in collaboration with staff. Excellent communication skills, ability to work as a team, attention to detail, organizational skills, as well as proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel are a must. Experience and basic knowledge of promotions/marketing and online and social media promotions is preferred. Pay is $14 to $17 an hour. Interested? Send your resume and letter of interest to Christina Torbet at torbetc@missouri.edu.