Children's Program Coordinator-Family Supportive Housing, Duluth
Summary
Coordinates on-site children's programming for families in permanent supportive housing, working with case managers, community agencies, and children's program staff in Duluth.
Center City Housing Corp. is a statewide leader and innovator of affordable supportive housing, and at CCHC we believe that affordable housing isn’t just a place to live, it’s a place where life can start moving forward.
This is a full-time job with benefits including paid sick and vacation time,and health, dental, life, and long-term disability insurance.
Overview:
This position works closely with the Case Managers to provide comprehensive services to parents/guardians and their children living in permanent supportive housing. The Children’s Program Coordinator provides programming on site for children from birth through teenage, facilitates parent/guardian groups addressing the needs of children, and refers to community services. As a member of the service team, the Children’s Program Coordinator works in partnership with the Case Managers to provide whole family supportive services. In addition to other duties, the Children’s Program Coordinator provides supervision and direction to the children’s program staff. The role of the Children’s Program Coordinator is to work closely with community agencies to develop positive relationships to include but not limited to the Public School District, and other community support systems. This position also works with the Site Director to implement grant-funded activities and complete programming evaluation.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Provide daily coaching to the children’s program staff. Assist with the recruitment, hiring, and training of staff.
2. Regularly work in the programs for each age group including programming for school aged children.
3. Ensure that the grants associated with children’s programming are carried out as designated by each grant source.
4. Meet individually with each family as they enter our family supportive housing program to assess the needs of the children and provide service support for the entire family.
5. Determine early identification of social/emotional/developmental needs and referrals to appropriate agencies.
6. Complete the ASQ: SE assessment on all children in the program.
7. Create individual plans for all children in the program with input of parents/guardians.
8. Evaluate progress of all children in the program.
9. Maintain documentation as it relates to the assessments.
10. Teach and educate other program staff on behavior modification techniques and options for individual children as needed.
11. Teach problem solving, conflict resolution, and social skills to children.
12. Involve children in social change activities relating to their lives.
13. Provide opportunities for children to further their cultural identity.
14. Provide monthly childcare for community meetings.
15. Maintain regular open communication with parents/guardians.
16. Enter client information into database such as COR Advantage, and assist with the preparation of data reports.
17. Keep incident/accident reports.
18. Maintain budget as assigned by supervisor.
19. Report any suspect abuse to supervisor.
20. Attend regular meetings with management and team.
21. Participate in on-site monitoring by funding sources.