EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Children, Youth and Family Coordinator

Hours of Work:hours per week Monday-Friday. Work hours are 8:30 am - 5:00 pm with
occasional evenings and weekends. We are currently operating on a hybrid
schedule with the opportunity to work a combination of onsite and remote
schedule. On site work Mon, Tues, and Wed from 3:30 – 5:30 pm required.
Onsite work may vary between EFAA housing sites. Regular and timely
attendance is an essential function of this job.

Reports to: Children, Youth and Family Program Manager

Worksite: EFAA Office,Yarmouth Ave, Boulder and a variety of EFAA housing sites
throughout Boulder County

About EFAA

EFAA’s mission is to provide stabilization services, innovative programs, and transformative advocacy to
strengthen families and create a thriving community. For overyears, EFAA has provided a local safety
net to vulnerable households and has increasingly developed deeper programming to more systematically
reduce poverty, prevent homelessness, build family resilience and create a more equitable community.

Position Summary

The goal of this position is to foster resiliency and strong, positive social and emotional development of
children experiencing homelessness and or are facing multiple risk factors with a focus on equity. The
Children, Youth and Family Program Coordinator will focus their work on supporting EFAA’s targeted
initiatives, programs, and trainings for low-income and ethnically diverse children & their parents residing
in our Housing Programs as well as to EFAA’s participant families.

The focus areas for EFAA’s Children’s Youth and Family Program are to ensure participant families have
access to health care, strengths based/trauma informed parenting skills/support, access to prosocial
activities, school success and social and emotional well-being.

Essential Functions

1. Coordinate and/or facilitate child, youth, and parent focused trainings and classes as identified
by the CYF Manager.

2. Improve CYF connection and coordination with community resources, including local schools,
childcare, mental health support, parenting classes, summer camps, community activities, etc.

3. Support the CYF Program manager on the design and implementation of the support group-
based behavioral health initiative for participants; facilitate the program as determined.

4. Support the CYF Manager in the implementation of expanded childcare referrals; facilitate
services as determined.

5. Facilitate summer camp and other year-round pro-social activities to Basic Needs families;
support the CYF manager in coordinating providers.

6. Compile and regularly share relevant child-focused resources with Children, Housing and Basic
Needs Resource Navigators.

7. Assist with developing and participating in the afterschool activities program for children in the
EFAA Housing program.

8. Participate in family-focused community events (goal of one everymonths), in coordination
with the Housing program with the goal of creating community, networking among the families
and increasing healthy parent-child interactions

9. Assist in the coordination of volunteers.
10. Attend all appropriate staff meetings.
11. Assist in the identification and introduction of national best-practices as they related to CYF

programming.
12. Take proper safety precautions, anticipate unsafe circumstances and act accordingly to prevent

accidents. Adhere to and practice EFAA Safety Rules and COVID protocols. Ensure volunteers
and supervised staff adhere to EFAA safety rules at all times.

The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and that additional tasks may be
assigned as necessitated by organizational demands.

Skills/Competencies

• Degree in child development, education, human services or equivalent experience required.

• Ability to communicate and work effectively with a wide variety of people. Experience in group

• Verbal and written Spanish language proficiency required.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
• Attention to detail and an ability to manage multiple projects. Experience in event and project

• Clean driving record.

• Requires computer skills in MS Office and MS Teams. Strong Excel experience with solid knowledge

of formulas and functions preferred.

• Requires a valid Colorado Driver’s License and private transportation.
• Commitment to EFAA’s mission diversity, equity and inclusion.

Working Environment, Physical Activities and Equipment Used:

Physical agility to perform all aspects of the job including standing, sitting, walking, the use of stairs,
ability to lift up tolbs. Typical office environment. Regularly uses computers for data input and other
work.

Employee must take proper safety precautions, anticipate unsafe circumstances and act accordingly to
prevent accidents; adhere to and practice EFAA Safety Rules.

• Employer paid Simple IRA contributions
• RTD Ecopass
• Language bonus for bilingual English / Spanish speaking employees
• Family friendly policies and practices
• A commitment to professional development and training