Children Service Coordinator
Hope House
Job Description
POSITITON: Children Services Coordinator
REPORTS TO: Executive Director
POSITION SUMMARY:
- Provides Comprehensive case management services for children ages 0 to 18 residing at Hope House, including intake assessment and orientation with parent and child.
- Coordinates with adult case management regarding social history of family.
- Works with multidisciplinary team for staffing each case.
- Maintains necessary documentation, provides role model supervision for children and adults residing at Hope House.
- Plans and develops child –centered play therapy activities for children.
- Monitors and conducts pre and post assessment of client’s participation.
- Maintains ongoing (chronological order) progress notes in each respective case record.
- Indentifies client needs and makes appropriate community referrals.
- Works with parent-child in identifying case goals and works with them to help facilitate success.
- Understands and maintains client confidentiality at all times.
- Provides follow up services for clients.
- Supervise Child Care Providers and the day to day operation of Hope House child care.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must have a bachelor’s degree in human services or behavioral science field.
- Should have experience in client casework, preferably in residential setting.
- Must possess strong interpersonal skills and communicate well with both children and adults.
- Must be available for flexible hours including evenings and weekends when necessary.
- Must have concern for the population served and facilitate empowerment based options for clients.
- Would prefer someone with working knowledge of services in Central Louisiana area.
- Must be able to provide information and confidential referrals to meet client needs.
- Maintains client confidentiality.
- Have a working knowledge and/or experience in facilitating child-centered play therapy activities.
- Must be able to document pertinent information in client case records in timely manner.
- Must participate in case staffing with multidisciplinary team.
- Must possess a valid Chauffeur’s Drivers License or be willing to obtain one.
RESPONSIBLITIES:
- Provide for intake of new child residents (ages 0 to 18) to the program.
- Complete admission intake assessment and obtain pertinent information for case record within 48 hours of intake (following Monday on weekends).
- Work with parent on family social history.
- Provide orientation for parent and child to the children service programming.
- Review children center guidelines for participation.
- Provide individual case management for each children age 0 to 18
- Complete family history questionnaire identifying any history of problems with child.
- Work with Hope House Adult Case Management on filling in any gaps in social history.
- Update case plans as needed and participate in multidisciplinary case staffing.
- Identify age appropriate goal areas with child and mom – set timelines.
- Meet with each child and mom a minimum of once per week.
- Work with Hope House Case Management on discharge planning for each family.
- Act as an advocate on behalf of residents; assist them in accessing local systems for assistance and specific needs – confidential community referrals.
- Maintain progress notes in chronological order per case.
- Identify any issues or concerns at case staffing meetings. Position is a mandated child abuse reporter. Follow Hope House protocol for reporting.
- Facilitate safety planning with each child and parent.
- Facilitate Child Centered Play Therapy Activities
- Plan and implement age appropriate child centered play therapy activities four times weekly between the hours of 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
- Work with RPSB Teacher in coordinating tutoring and children services activities.
- Document progress of child participation in activities in case record.
- Seek community partnerships to enhance activities that will expose Hope House children to the arts, music, theatre, etc.
- Facilitate age appropriate activities that focus on visual, cognitive, adaptive, motor, social, and communication for children not enrolled in school ages 3 to 5 at least two times weekly from 10 a.m. until 12 noon.
- Facilitate pre and post testing or assessments for each child enrolled in children service programming.
- Work with approved volunteers generated through Volunteer Coordinator and supervise them while working in children programming.
- Maintain grant reporting documentation and statistics required for child centered services.
- Supervise Hope House Child Care Provider and Services
- Develop curriculum and schedule for child care activities and supervise implementation.
- Work with Child Care Providers in coordinating child care activities.
- Ensure the safety and well being of all children put in child care.
- Coordinate and conduct child care staff meetings and training.
- Review and approve Child Care Provider time sheets, leave request.
- Review Child Care logs, sign ins, and records to confirm they are accurate and current.
- Plan for future growth of program
- Establish need based on statistics.
- Develop plan of action.
- Present ideas to Executive Director.
- Assist with public relations and outreach efforts
- Make presentations as assigned.
- Assist with special events as requested.
- Maintain professional credentials
- Attend appropriate seminars , conferences, etc. as available and as funding permits.
- Maintain any continuing education hours required by are of degree.
- Participate in staff development and attend required staff trainings.
- Assist with on-call responsibility
- Rotate on call responsibility with other designated professional staff.
- Maintain appropriate documentation required for on call staff.
- Coordinate with Executive Director and Supportive Service Manager
- Bring to the attention of the Executive Director and/or Supportive Service Manager any problems with clients, staff or volunteers.
- Perform all other duties as assigned by the Executive Director and/or Supportive Service Manager
- Works 100% in the program.