Community Practice Coordinator (1552) (Multiple Positions)

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Community Practice Coordinator (1552) (Multiple Positions)

Working Position Title Community Practice Coordinator (1552) (Multiple Positions)

The Department of Psychology is committed to building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environments for all of our students, staff, and faculty. NIU’s geographical reach extends beyond its main DeKalb campus to satellite campuses in Naperville, Rockford, Hoffman Estates, and Chicago as well as to students online.

Position Summary

The Community Practice Coordinator [ CPC ] will work in collaboration with judicial and child welfare agencies, community partners, and stakeholders to plan, implement, manage, and support the evaluation of the local Safe Babies Court Team ( SBCT ). To effect system and practice change, the CPC is a champion for the voice of infants and toddlers and a support for family engagement for parents participating in Early Childhood Court Teams.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Plans and provides coordination and facilitation of monthly Child and Family Team Meetings and written clinical documentation to the Court Team

• Coordinates and facilitates clinical staffing with the support of DCFS clinical consultation to identify clinical needs and review clinical treatment, barriers and family well-being outcomes.

• Identifies and addresses service gaps in communities through community partnerships; coordinates with case management processes through identification and acquisition of effective and evidence-based interventions to support identified child and family needs
• Creates connections with community partners to recruit for and develop an Active Community Stakeholders Team.
• Develops relationships with community providers to explore referral processes and problem solve methods to expedite access

• Provides leadership for advance preparation for court hearings and represents the manager and director through participation in weekly court hearings; works with the local judiciary, child welfare leadership and Zero to Three to model practice that enhances a highlighted focus on the unique developmental needs of infants and toddlers and their families.
• Coordinates support of Judicial Leadership in the convening and facilitation of the monthly Court team meetings to promote collective impact for systems change.

• Coordinates the training of partners through the assessment of learning needs and provides individual and team level education and coaching for implementation of Safe Baby Court Team ( SBCT ) core priority concepts and integration of evidence-based child welfare practices as required to achieve specified outcomes.

• Facilitates coordination of the Core Court Team’s training and continuous quality improvement by supporting strategic decision-making and interpreting operational policies and processes. Engages in the evaluation of the Court Team’s effectiveness by collecting and interpreting data and on-going reflection of practice through data exploration and strategic planning to improve practice outcomes.
• Responsible for the facilitates the use of resources for obtaining case level data collection, analysis and reporting protocols to be used with assigned agencies and by the evaluation team.

• Administers the assessment of the Court Team’s training and Technical Assistance needs and serves as a point of contact with the National and local content matter experts for the provision of educational opportunities to meet those needs.
• Provides program knowledge through active participation in monthly Networks and Community Coordinators virtual practice calls with other Court Team communities.
• In collaboration with DCFS , responsible for implementing program priorities in the implementation of program evaluation and research activities.

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Masters’s degree in social work, child development, or related field.
• Three (3) years of work experience in infant/early childhood development or infant/young children’s mental health, or case management, or related field.
• Demonstrated experience with systems change and/or community collaboration.

Additional Requirements

• Working knowledge of infant/toddler social-emotional development and impact of abuse and neglect.
• Knowledge of historical trauma, intimate partner violence, mental health, substance use disorders, social health determinants, and developmental and intellectual disabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker ( LCSW ), Professional Counselor ( LCPC ), Clinical Psychologist.
• Five (5) years of relevant work experience.
• Working knowledge of infant/toddler social-emotional development and impact of abuse and neglect.
• Knowledge of historical trauma, intimate partner violence, mental health, substance use disorders, social health determinants, and developmental and intellectual disabilities.
• The position requires the individual to be in person, so the ability to travel to Winnebago county court is necessary.

In accordance with applicable statutes and regulations, NIU is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, religion, age, disability (physical and mental), marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender (identity and expression), political affiliation, or any other factor unrelated to professional qualifications, and will comply with all applicable federal and state statutes, regulations and orders pertaining to nondiscrimination, equal opportunity and affirmative action.

ADA Accommodation

NIU remains committed to ensuring that its recruitment and application procedures include full opportunities for applicants with disabilities. Employment opportunities will not be denied to anyone because of the need to make accommodations for a person’s disability during either the application or interview process.