What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safe Babies Community Coordinator position at United Community Action Network?
The Community Coordinator connects partners across systems so that families involved in the child welfare system receive aligned, coordinated, wraparound services. You will be a consistent, strong advocate for the developmental needs of infants and toddlers, emphasizing the critical role of early caregiver-child relationships, and you will elevate parent voice throughout the child welfare process.
What You Will Do
- Build relationships with community partners to promote coordination, alignment, and integration of services, using effective communication about the Safe Babies Approach.
- Coordinate, plan, and facilitate Active Community Team (ACT) and Site Implementation Team (SIT) meetings, with a focus on reducing disparities and promoting equity.
- Coordinate Family Team Meetings (FTM): invite all necessary participants, provide task-oriented agendas, model a strengths-based approach, and distribute clear written summaries of goals.
- Empower parents to voice their thoughts, ideas, and concerns and to advocate for themselves and their children during FTMs.
- Share information about resources, assessments, evidence-based services, and supports for infants, toddlers, and families, and strengthen referral processes, program alignment, and peer-to-peer learning.
- Carry a caseload of up to 20 families, and attend and convene individual family service meetings for case-managed families.
- Use data trends and de-identified information from the Safe Babies Approach database to inform strategic planning, identify training needs, and work to close gaps in services and knowledge.
- Ensure program intake aligns with Safe Babies Approach standards.
- Participate in local and state initiatives that build community capacity, and in all required training.
- Work with community partners to strengthen families and prevent repeat involvement with Child Welfare.
- Communicate professionally and contribute to a positive, team-oriented culture, and complete other duties as assigned.