Family Access Coordinator

About the role

Sabathani Community Center's Health Equity Department works to reduce health disparities and improve access to care for community members through direct service, care coordination, and community education. The department's programming is designed to meet residents where they are, with a focus on culturally responsive, trauma-informed care. Sabathani Community Center is seeking two Family Access Coordinators to help establish and lead a new prevention services program for families involved in, or at risk of becoming involved in, the child welfare system.

Responsibilities

• Support the establishment of a new prevention service for families involved in, or at risk of becoming involved in, child welfare.
• Help build and demonstrate agency capacity to deliver the prevention service in alignment with state and federal requirements.
• Complete all required training for prevention service implementation and ensure own readiness to serve the child welfare population.
• Stay current on relevant RFP and funder requirements, including Minnesota's Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) framework.
• Develop and strengthen a formal partnership with Hennepin County Child Protection and other relevant county or tribal child welfare agencies.
• Implement coordinated referral pathways between Hennepin County Child Protection, Sabathani's Supervised Visitation program, and internal family support programs.
• Use warm handoff procedures to support timely family engagement and reduce delays in service initiation.
• Monitor referral flow and family engagement through routine program review and supervision.
• Integrate prevention services into Sabathani's existing continuum of care, including Supervised Visitation, housing stabilization, Maternal Health Matters, and mental health services.
• Cookordination across Sabathani programs to ensure families experience prevention services as a cohesive, connected system of support rather than separate or duplicative services.
• Cookordinate with Family Support Specialists delivering structured in-home visits to ensure alignment between referral, intake, and service delivery.
• Help coordinate funding resources and support planning for a sustainable infrastructure that may allow the program to leverage federal FFPSA funding in the future.
• Support mutually beneficial funding coordination that does not interfere with or supplant existing state, federal, local, or private funding sources.
• Help create training and information-sharing opportunities on prevention service best practices, referral processes, eligibility determinations, and documentation.
• Share agency best practices with partners to enhance how prevention services are delivered to the child welfare population.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Human Services, Public Administration, or a related field required; Master's degree preferred.
• Experience: Minimum 3+ years of experience in child welfare, family support services, prevention programming, or a related field.
• Experience: Experience building or managing partnerships with county or tribal child welfare agencies strongly preferred.
• Experience: Experience coordinating referral systems or cross-program service delivery preferred.
• Experience: Experience working with families involved in, or at risk of, the child welfare system strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• Knowledge, Skills And Abilities: Working knowledge of child welfare systems, prevention services, and family support best practices.
• Skills: Strong relationship-building skills, with the ability to develop and sustain partnerships with external agencies.
• Skills: Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to coordinate across multiple programs, partners, and funding streams.
• Skills: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively via oral and written means, including with funders and partner agencies.
• Skills: Ability to exercise sound, independent judgment and maintain appropriate boundaries and confidentiality.
• Software: Working knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel; experience with case management or data tracking systems a plus.

Skills

• Valid MN Driver's License and access to reliable transportation preferred.
• Must pass a criminal background check.