Careers
Current Openings
Development & Communications Associate
The Development & Communications Associate supports the organization’s fundraising, grant management, and communications efforts. This position is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Development Office, providing administrative support to the Director of Development to ensure efficient departmental operations. The Associate also supports the Foundation & Grants Officer by assisting with private and government grant administration, including tracking deadlines, preparing materials, and maintaining grant records. In addition, the Associate assists with communications and marketing initiatives, including email marketing, social media, website updates, and the creation of communication materials to increase awareness and engagement.
Infant Toddler Specialist
The Infant Toddler Specialist (Coach & Trainer) is a field-based professional responsible for providing individualized coaching, consultation, technical assistance, and professional development to licensed child care programs serving children from birth through age three. Working collaboratively with family child care providers, child care centers, Early Head Start programs, and community partners, the specialist promotes continuous quality improvement through evidence-based coaching practices, including Practice-Based Coaching (PBC) and Facilitated Attuned Interactions (FAN).
Early Childhood Coach & Trainer -Special Projects
The Early Childhood Coach is a field-based professional responsible for supporting licensed child care programs through individualized coaching, consultation, technical assistance, and professional development. Working collaboratively with family child care providers, center-based programs, school-age programs, and community partners, this position strengthens program quality through evidence-based coaching practices, high-quality professional development, and quality improvement initiatives using evidence-based coaching practices, including Practice-Based Coaching (PBC) and Facilitated Attuned Interactions (FAN).
Family Resource Specialist
The Family Resource Specialist supports families and caregivers of children ages birth to 12 years in identifying and accessing parent education, quality child care, and other programs. The Family Resource Specialist provides three (3) key services and responsibilities.
Community Alignment Specialist – Contractual
This position manages, coordinates, and participates in the development of community resources in partnership with both public and private agencies within the assigned community. This position will participate in existing coalitions and, when needed, establish viable partnerships to plan programs, services and supports designed to meet the needs of families with newborns. This position will collaborate in the development and implementation of the marketing and public relations efforts of Family Connects Maryland. This position will also establish and maintain communications between community resources, physicians, nursing personnel, and other health care professionals regarding program objectives, policies, and procedures and compile/ maintain records.
Community Health Nurse – Contractual
This position provides short term home visiting to all families with newborns delivering at Sinai Hospital. The home visiting nurse will support and assess family needs in 12 domains of physical and psychosocial wellbeing and facilitate referrals and connections to community agencies.
Family Support Specialist – HFA
This position provides strength-based family support services in cooperation with families of children prenatal-3. This work requires that the FSA, by means of weekly in-home visits, partners with families to identify needs, develop plans of action, and mobilize resources that build family effectiveness. FSA’s are required to maintain a caseload of 15-25 families.
Child Care Teacher
This position is responsible for providing skilled childcare to children who enroll at Kids Care Plus. The Teacher will implement daily activities that promote learning, independence, and social interactions.
Family Support Specialist – PAT
Under the direct supervision of the Parent Educator Supervisor, the Parent Educator provides parent education, developmental information, and family support to parents through personal home visits to promote the healthy development of children from pregnancy to kindergarten. Parent Educators utilize the nationally recognized Parents as Teachers curriculum to deliver quality home-based early childhood education, developmentally age-appropriate resources and effective child-parent interaction techniques.
Director – Family Support Center
Family Support Program (FSP) Director—also referred to as Director or PD is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Center, including program development, implementation, evaluation, reporting, staff supervision, budgeting, fundraising, and facilities management. The Director ensures smooth operations and alignment with Center policies and philosophy.
Community Education Specialist – Family Education
This position provides training, technical assistance, and ongoing support for parents, volunteers and community partners in The Family Tree’s evidence-informed models, with the goal of strengthening family functioning preventing child abuse and neglect. The role focuses on building knowledge and skills in child and youth development, as well as effective behavior management, across Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and surrounding areas. The position actively engages parents to enhance their capacity and confidence in supporting their children. Work hours are flexible and responsive to the needs of the community.
Service Coordinator – Family Support Center
This position is a core component of the Family Resource Center, designed to help families identify their strengths, meet their needs, and achieve their goals. It is not a stand-alone task—it operates in collaboration with all other Center staff and is driven by the expressed needs and priorities of the participating parents.
The Family Tree is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Family Tree is dedicated to the protection and nurturance of children and families and, as such, judgement of individuals on the basis of personal characteristics is inconsistent with our mission. The Family Tree is committeed to the laws and intent of Equal Employment Opportunity in hiring and promotion. We recruit, hire, train, pay, promote, discipline and terminate our employees without regard to age, disability, economic status, ethnicity, gender, marital status, national origin, race, color, religion, creed, sexual preferece, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic information or any other impermissible factor, in accordance with applicable laws. In providing services to our clients and working with volunteers, The Family Tree treats all ppeople fairly and without regard to age, disability, economic status, ethnicity, gender, marital status, national origin, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or genetic information.
Benefits
The Family Tree offers competitive salaries, as well as excellent benefits such as:
Health Insurance
- All full-time employees or part-time employees who work 24 or more hours a week and their dependents are eligible to participate in the health insurance benefits.
- Employees are eligible for enrollment on the first day of the month following their hire date.
- CareFirst Blue Choice HMO HRA
- CareFirst Preferred Dental 4
- CareFirst Vision Option 3
Life Insurance
- Employees working at least 20 hours per week, automatically receive, at no cost, basic life and AD insurance in an amount equal to $25,000
Holidays
- 14 Paid Holidays per year for full time and eligible part-time employees
Vacations
- During the first two years of employment, employees earn 10 days per year for full-time employees, 5 days for part-time.
- Two years to four years of employment, 15 days per year for full-time employees and 7.5 per year for part-time.
- Four years to fourteen years, 20 days per year for full-time employees and 10 for part-time.
- Fifteen years and each year thereafter, 25 days per year for full-time employees.
Sick Leave
- 10 day per year for full-time Employees
- 5.71 days per year for part-time employees
Personal Leave
- Up to 4 days (28 hours) given to allow for employees to attend to important personal business during working hours for full-time employees and 2 personal days for part-time employees.
Bereavement Leave
- 5 days with pay per occurrence for a death of immediate family of a full-time employee.
- 2.5 days with pay per occurrence for a death of immediate family of a part-time employees
Jury Duty
- All full-time regular employees who are required to report for jury duty will receive their regular rate of pay for ten (10) working days.
Retirement BenefitsThe Family Tree offers all employees the option of deferring a portion of their salary, pre-tax, to plan for their retirement. Employees are eligible to participate after their introductory period (first 90 days). This is not an employer contributory plan.For more information, please contact:
Human Resources Manager
Phone: 410-889-2300 ext. 1197
Fax: 410-637-8385