Job Description

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (FACE)
235 work days
FTE: 1.0
Salary Range: $50,279- $61,017

Essential Functions and Objectives:

The Family and Youth Assessments Coordinator supports DPS’ efforts to provide students, parents and families with information and skills to support economic self-sufficiency. The Family and Youth Assessments Coordinator will collaborate with the Manager of Adult Self-Sufficiency Services to oversee the service coordination and program implementation of the Center for Family Opportunity. The Family and Youth Assessments Coordinator is broadly responsible for advancing the training and development of social emotional support services for families to achieve their individual goals.

– Individuals and Families are economically stable and have their basic needs met.
– Program goals and benchmarks are achieved
– Successful implementation of an integrated services model which successfully addresses family financial stability
– Opportunities are created to build positive relationships with students and DPS families by leveraging partnerships with non-profits, faith communities, neighborhoods, businesses and philanthropic groups
– Advance the development of case management services
– Establish a culture of excellent customer service
– Oversee Community Learning Circles and training sessions for school leaders, teachers and parents district-wide on best practices for social emotional health in supporting families
– Provide professional development to FACE teams, teachers and staff districtwide on person-centered case management best practices
– Coordinate training with parents across the district on social emotional learning building a trainer of trainers service delivery model
– Supervise team of 2-4 staff overseeing case management
– Manage Family Success Plan processes and procedures ensuring families receive high quality services
– Provide strategic coordination among multiple school sites in the region to provide social emotional support systems to families within the region
– Provide coaching and direction to a team providing mental health and social emotional screening ensure that clients have access to appropriate services
– Work in conjunction with partner agencies and program evaluators to ensure measurable impact outputs and outcomes and identify areas for program quality improvement
– Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Experience & Other Qualifications:

– LCSW preferred
– Three (3) –Five (5) years’ experience in Case Management
– Experience in mental health screening
– Experience with crisis protocols
– Proficient computer skills essential (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Data Management)
– Valid Colorado driver’s license
– Able to perform well and multi-task in an interruption-driven environment
– Able to work collaboratively
– Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing circumstances
– Excellent presentation and communication skills: verbal, written and interpersonal
– Understanding of confidentiality laws and practices in a team environment
– This position will require flexibility with work hours in order to meet the schedule-related needs of parents, including early mornings, evenings and weekends

Education Requirements:

– Master’s degree in social work from an accredited college

About Denver Public Schools:

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation.  DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.

Under the leadership of Superintendent Tom Boasberg and guided by the tenets of The Denver Plan, DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth.  Learn more at dpsk12.org.

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

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Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 40,000 - 60,000.

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