CUA 5 Strengthening Families Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Description : Salary : $43,775

Job Type : Full Time (40 hours / week), Non-Exempt

Work Schedule : Mondays through Fridays from 8 : 30 am to 5 pm

Location : CUA 5 - 3300 Henry Avenue, Suite 600, Philadelphia, PA 19129

ABOUT APM AND CUA

Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM) is a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, PA providing human services to the community including early childhood education, foster care & adoption, child welfare, mental & behavioral health, community and economic development, housing, violence intervention, and services to community schools.

CUA stands for Community Umbrella Agency. CUA 2 covers the 24th and 26th Police Districts and CUA 5 covers the Logan and Olney police districts.

JOB SUMMARY

The Strengthening Families Coordinator will work closely with the Case Management, Prevention and Intervention Teams to establish ongoing collaborative relationships with community organizations that are responsive to the needs of the children, youth and families within our CUA service area. The Strengthening Families Coordinator encourages our community to make “small but significant change,” that support resilience, how to obtain access to concrete goods, making connections, enhancing parental knowledge and social / emotional capacities. The Strengthening Families Coordinator will utilize the Parent Cafés and community events to engage our families in making positive changes.

Some responsibilities are :

• Establishing positive, collaborative working relationships and linkages among Child Welfare providers and community service providers
• Function as part of the larger CUA Team responsible for achieving the target goals of improving safety, permanency, and well-being of children, youth and families that we serve
• Facilitate Parent Cafés and other support groups
• Develop and conduct Strengthening Families orientations and workshops for the CUA and community
• Helping organize and effectively engage families and community with participating in agency events
• Participating in all appropriate trainings, Prevention & Intervention workshops and meetings
• Train parents to become table host for the Cafés
• Assist the Community Liaison and Directors with building community partnerships within our catchment area
• Work with the Community Liaison and Directors to conduct outreach and develop community mapping strategy
• Conduct follow up calls regarding participation for CUA events
• Document all activities that are preformed within six business days or as directed by the chain of command
• May perform other duties as assigned.

BENEFITS

Requirements :

APM is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

If hired, you will be asked to submit FBI fingerprint results, Child Abuse clearance, Criminal Record clearance, and Medical Exam and TB test results along with other documentation.