What are the responsibilities and job description for the Future Opening: Fatherhood & Community Outreach Coordinator position at MOTHERLY INTERCESSION INC?
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Client Recruitment and Retention
a. When interacting with clients or the community, serve as an ambassador and advocate for the agency including attendance at community events.
b. Responsibly represents the agency with a high standard of professionalism.
c. Works with the Deputy Director to schedule sites and to recruit parents.
d. Recruit local businesses and corporations to donate incentives to program participants.
e. Following up with individuals who express an interest in services or programs.
f. Works on recruiting and retaining clients of Genesee Health Plan, and the Motherly Intercession RACS Program and Strengthening Incarcerated Families (SIF)
2. Client Support
a. Communicate and advocate effectively for positive healthy behaviors among participants.
b. Other duties as assigned. Works across disciplines, within the agency and throughout the community, to help clients achieve their goals, strengthen families, and keep children safe.
c. Assists in crisis intervention, urgent referrals to other agencies and resources and ongoing case management.
d. Serves as a liaison with parents, caregivers, jail staff, schools, counselors, and other agency professionals.
3. Program Coordination
a. Organizes, leads, and instructs program participants in the parent curriculum lessons.
b. Prepare engaging activities and lessons for instruction.
c. Research, gather and create lessons, activities, and curriculum content for other topics that interest parents.
d. Effectively teach and assist other facilitators as needed in the implementation of the curriculum.
e. Adhere to training requirements to ensure program and curriculum fidelity.
f. Collect and review all required paperwork.
g. Effectively meet the desired number of workshops and services performed for the specific program requirements.
h. Responsible for generating program reports detailing the status of the program and maintaining data and demographic information on clients and potential clients. Analyzes and reports information as requested consistent with confidentiality requirements.
i. Assist administration with additional program reporting as needed.
j. Track and maintains program attendance, survey results and activity records.
k. Maintain files and reports as requested.
l. Enter program data in accordance with grant requirements.
m. The Fatherhood & Community Outreach Coordinator works with all staff to advocate and promote the agency and its programs.
n. Responsible for communications and outreach to various agencies, organizations, and individuals to recruit and coordinate care for clients who could benefit from agency programs and services
o. Responsible for providing information, and recommendations as requested, to the Executive Director, other Directors, and other staff as directed.
p. Works to achieve annual organizational and individual goals and objectives as established by the agency.
q. Comply with the Personnel Policies.
Qualifications
Education
AA or bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work, psychology, education, or similar field preferred.
Maintain current knowledge of recent developments in the field including local developments and national research and best practices.
Experience
· A minimum of three (1) years of experience working in a similar position, preferably in a nonprofit setting.
· Demonstrated knowledge of administrative tasks including phone etiquette, message taking, record keeping, filing (digital and paper)
· Computer (including word processing, spreadsheets, database management, and social media literacy.
· Demonstrated leadership and initiative in implementing a program.
· Able to exercise situational decision-making skills.
· Experience in writing and preparing reports is essential.
· Demonstrated dependability.
· Demonstrated ability to work with a wide range of people, developing and maintaining rapport with the supervisor, other staff, students, caregivers, staff at partner agencies, and others.
· Excellent self-starter and must be self-motivated.
Compensation: $21.00 per hour
Our History
Motherly Intercession originated as a grass roots organization in 1999 by Shirley Cochran. She and her husband wanted to identify one family to support at Christmas. Shirley went into the Genesee County Jail in search of one mother who would not be home with her children at Christmas. She distributed an application among the incarcerated mothers and two weeks later received request for support from twenty three incarcerated mothers, which represented fifty eight children throughout Genesee County. Unable to select just one family, Shirley solicited assistance from thirteen friends and family members who helped to raise enough funds to support all of the families that year.
Upon completion of the service project, the group began to search for service providing agencies in the community to refer the families to for additional services. They quickly learned there were no agencies in Genesee County that specifically targeted this population, and realized the community had an enormous gap in service for the incarcerated families. Troubled by the magnitude of the problems the young innocent children were facing, the group changed their focus to the Children of Incarcerated Parents (CIP’S); Children who have a parent (Mother or Father) who is currently or was previously incarcerated. Motherly Intercession received its’ temporary 501C (3) status in 2001 and evolved to a formal nonprofit after receiving its’ permanent 501 C (3) April 20, 2006.
Upon completion of the service project, the group began to search for service providing agencies in the community to refer the families to for additional services. They quickly learned there were no agencies in Genesee County that specifically targeted this population, and realized the community had an enormous gap in service for the incarcerated families. Troubled by the magnitude of the problems the young innocent children were facing, the group changed their focus to the Children of Incarcerated Parents (CIP’S); Children who have a parent (Mother or Father) who is currently or was previously incarcerated. Motherly Intercession received its’ temporary 501C (3) status in 2001 and evolved to a formal nonprofit after receiving its’ permanent 501 C (3) April 20, 2006.
Our Mission
The mission of Motherly Intercession is to empower children, and foster a stronger community by preventing the cycle of inter-generational incarceration.
Our Vision
Motherly Intercession's vision is for children of incarcerated parents to realize their parents' destiny does not have to be their destiny, and start to chart a successful career path for themselves.
Salary : $21