Child First Care Coordinator

About the role

The Child First Care Coordinator provides home-based support services to families with high-risk children, regarding behavioral or emotional problems, parenting issues, and life stressors. The position involves working collaboratively with a Mental Health and Developmental Clinician, engaging in various training and community partnerships, and maintaining detailed case records.

Responsibilities

• Provides outreach and engagement to clients upon referral to the program.
• Supports families with weekly face-to-face direct service hours, including support, advocacy, and assistance with positive parenting, safety planning, basic life skills, and parenting a child with special needs.
• Collaborates with the Child First Clinician in a team approach.
• Engages actively in all aspects of the Child First learning collaborative, including in-person or live remote training, distance learning curriculum, and specialty training.
• Maintains up-to-date case records on each client family, including weekly contact reports, service agreements, evaluations, and termination summaries, as well as timely data entry to meet funder requirements.
• Engages children and caregivers in supportive play to further goals around increasing development and improving the relationship; engage identified client and/or other children in the home in supportive play to ensure privacy for sessions.

Requirements

• Minimum Education and Experience: Associates in child development, psychology, nursing, or human services; one year of experience with families and children; a combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Minimum Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Valid driver’s license and state mandated levels of auto liability insurance; eligibility for CPR/First Aid Certification.
• Skills and Abilities: Access to transportation for travel to New London, Windham, and Middlesex counties (DCF Region 3); ability to work two late nights per week and possibly weekends; familiarity with Microsoft Suite and ability to learn new technological platforms; experience with EHR preferred; excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills; self-awareness and critical thinking skills.

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package including flexible schedules, hybrid eligibility, competitive salaries, generous paid time off, medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) plan with 6% employer contribution, paid life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and additional voluntary benefits.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility.