Program Coordinator - Crawford County Independent Living
Program Coordinator - Crawford County Independent Living
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Description
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PROGRAM SUMMARY:
Crawford IL offers comprehensive welcoming and youth-oriented services and space for transition age youth with current or past connections to child welfare. Crawford IL helps youth to feel welcomed safe and supported while offering the services and connections to help them face the challenges of adulthood including education employment financial literacy housing health mental health and substance abuse personal relationships parenthood and legal assistance. Crawford IL brings these offerings together in one location through a combination of:
- Core services and supports.
- Specialized services offered on-site through sub-contracted agencies.
- Teaming with other DHS programs.
The following objectives will be achieved:
- Provision of high-quality programming.
- Assurance of a capacity sufficient to meet the needs of the target population.
- Excellence in youth engagement in supportive programming.
- Streamlined collaboration among agencies that serve the target population.
- Improved efficiencies in service delivery to the population.
- Assurance of client access to co-located services and flexible hours.
- Focus on youth outcomes particularly in the following areas:
- Graduating high school.
- Increasing youth enrollment in post-secondary education.
- Obtaining and retaining self-sustaining employment.
- Permanent and stable housing.
- Promoting health outcomes and discouraging teen pregnancy.
- Enhancing life skills that are critical to achieving self-sufficiency.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Interact with youth in a supportive compassionate manner.
- Build strong consistent relationships with young people.
- Thoroughly communicate with all team members.
- Responsible for the organization and compilation of all outcome data gathered by all direct care staff and advocates.
- Serve as a liaison to partner agencies.
- Develop coordinate and promote a variety of programming and services.
- Provide development and marketing support.
- Organize plan and coordinate various youth related projects and administrative projects.
- Support the programs social media and online presence.
- Support youth by providing transportation to programming activities or other necessary appointments
- Promote the philosophy and mission of Auberle in the provision of all responsibilities.
- Promote the Continuous Quality Improvement philosophy and maintain all Quality Improvement goals and objectives.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and respect for the cultural diversity of consumers volunteers staff and other stakeholders throughout the provision of services.
- Assure compliance with Council of Accreditation (COA) Standards Sanctuary Principles and Values State Regulations County Contracts and Agency Policies and Procedures.
- Perform such other duties as the CEO and COO may direct.
Qualifications
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QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:
- Commitment to and passionate about serving transition age youth.
- Bachelors degree preferred and a preferred minimum of one year of experience working with youth and young adults (Special consideration will be given to individuals that have pervious Department of Human Services- DHS- system involvement as a client.)
- Valid Pennsylvanias drivers license vehicle registration and insurance.
- ACT 33/34 and FBI Clearances
- Random drug testing may be conducted to maintain a safe and drug-free workplace.
- Meets the required Skills and Abilities described herein
TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Requires working flexible hours including evenings weekends and holidays.
- Work is performed in an office environment.
- Requires travel to youth homes and throughout the community.
- Involved exposure to tobacco smoke domestic animals household pests and other conditions common to domestic environments.
- Constant contact with staff and non-staff (e.g. client families referents staff from other agencies).
REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Possess and communicate a passion for Auberles Mission of helping children and families.
- An innovator capable of creating or seizing opportunities to improve service effectiveness and client outcomes and build strategic partnerships with other organizations.
- Demonstrate a commitment to diversity inclusion and staff development valuing a diversity of perspectives and encouraging input from all team members.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellence in multi-tasking with passion for excellence and a work ethic to support it.
- Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing to ensure full compliance with agency and governmental regulations.
- Demonstrate exceptional organizational and time management skills.
- Technology skills including Outlook Word Excel and PowerPoint.
- Proven ability to exercise discretion and maintain client and employee confidentiality.
Apply Here:
If you are mission-driven passionate about helping others and eager to succeed we encourage you to apply. To join our team please apply at more about us at
Auberle is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race color national origin sex disability age or any other characteristic protected by law.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
