Child Fatality & Prevention Coordinator

This position serves as the Child Fatality Review Coordinator for the Southern region of Indiana which serves 32 individual counties.

Candidate City Must Resides In Any of The Counties: Bartholomew Brown Clark Crawford Daviess Dearborn Decatur Dubois Floyd Gibson Greene Harrison Jackson Jefferson Jennings Johnson Knox Lawrence Martin Monroe Morgan Ohio Orange Owen Perry Pike Posey Scott Spencer Sullivan Switzerland Vanderburgh Warrick Washington

Cities Like Or Any One From the Above Southern Indiana Region:

• Evansville (Vanderburgh County) 47708
• Jeffersonville (Clark County) 47130
• Columbus (Bartholomew County) 47201
• New Albany (Floyd County) 47150
• Seymour (Jackson County) 47274
• Clarksville (Clark County) 47129
• Jasper (Dubois County) 47546
• Vincennes (Knox County) 47591
• Bedford (Lawrence County) 47421
• Madison (Jefferson County) 47250

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Local CFR teams are required by IC 16-49 in all Indiana Counties and the Division of DFP supports the teams through coordination; working with community leaders to maintain and enhance their review teams developing partnerships with child health and safety organizations; and implementation of CFR team recommendations in order to prevent child mortality and morbidity.

The SCFRC will serve as one of three program liaisons--Northern Central and Southern-- for the Division of Family Health Data and Fatality Prevention (DFP); and Indiana community stakeholders. The SCFRC will work in Southern Indiana to assist with monitoring the progress of the IDOH s priorities and DFP s objectives and assist with the creation and maintenance of CFR infrastructure. This will include technical support of local CFR teams building networks of DFP partnerships and with the planning implementation and evaluation of programs. The SCFRC will assist local CFR teams and community partners to promote prevention messaging and practice throughout Indiana. This may include assessing community strengths and identifying gaps in services assisting with collaboration efforts and making recommendations to the DFP division director for strategic program planning.

DUTIES

Assist with the creation of an infrastructure and communication network for fatality review teams

*Assist in the coordination of Child Fatality/Fetal-Infant Mortality meetings

*Assist with the administration of the electronic data collection system used by the local CFR teams and the statewide CFR committee

*Assist in the coordination of the statewide CFR committee activities meetings data collection and report assembly

*Establish collaborative relationships/partnerships with potential partners that could include both public and non-profit agencies as well as individuals within the community.

*Develop a regional training network to support and facilitate local and regional initiatives in order to strengthen fatality review and prevention efforts

*Assist with data collection through local fatality review teams and others

*Collaborate with DFP team members and participate in statewide reviews

*Assist with gathering and maintaining records

*Routine reporting of program activities

*Perform other duties as assigned

*Support and promote DFP initiatives

*Participate in activities of professional development team building and self-care

DIFFICULTY OF WORK

This position requires significant attention to detail and the ability to work with internal and external partners. The incumbent must also be able to resolve problems logically develop ideas interpret policy and have superb oral and written skills. Because of the nature of the work the incumbent needs to have the ability to keep confidentiality. Incumbent will be indirectly exposed to difficult subject matter including details related to child mortality.

RESPONSIBILITY

Because of the independent nature of the work incumbent bears the responsibility for maintaining a high level of work ethic personal accountability and initiative. Incumbent also will represent IDOH/DFP to the community partners and therefore has the responsibility to demonstrate professionalism when working with communities. Incumbent exercises extensive judgment and creativity to adapt agency s goals and procedures. Incumbent must develop programs and policies to handle new or unusual situations that impact upon the program area and ultimately the entire agency. Incumbent investigates and maintains comprehensive datasets of fetal infant and child death and informs leadership about new deaths.

Inappropriate decisions or delays in completing assignments may affect federal grant requirements and monetary disbursements. Releasing inaccurate or confidential information to staff the public or other agencies can cause potential loss of federal grant money legal action embarrassment to the agency and undesired focus of medias attention if statewide data do not meet national standards and are therefore excluded from national statistical publications.

PERSONAL WORK RELATIONSHIPS

Incumbent represents IDOH/DFP to numerous internal and external partners statewide and advises Division Director on matters of major impact to ensure conformity with agency priorities.

Question 1 : Candidate must reside in Southern Indiana or South-Central.

Question 2 : Position is remote with travel to the Indianapolis office approx.1 time per month and field work requiring extensive travel within the 33 counties of the So. Region of Indiana.

Question 3 : Candidate is required to be on-site at the Indianapolis office to obtain equipment and for training at least for the first day.

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

Candidate

Experience

Last Used

Bachelors degree in social work public health or related field.

Required

1 Years

Prior experience in child welfare public health or related area.

Required

1 Years

Prior experience with data collection analyzing data and identifying trends.

Required

1 Years

Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office; Word; Excel; PowerPoint; experience with software for data analysis and willing to learn other programs

Required

1 Years

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Required

1 Years

Prior experience preparing detailed reports summarizing findings and recommendation.

Required

1 Years

Prior experience providing training and education to professionals involved in child welfare and protection.

Required

1 Years

Strong organizational skills.

Required

1 Years