Bilingual Early Intervention Coordinator

The mission of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for homeless and at-risk families, children, and individuals throughout Colorado. The Coalition advocates for and provides a continuum of housing and a variety of services to improve the health, well-being, and stability of those it serves.

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless currently seeks a Bilingual Early Intervention Coordinator to oversee and maintain all services for the Early Intervention Services Program and provides services that promote the healthy physical, emotional, educational, and social growth of children experiencing homelessness, prenatal to 6 years of age. The program acts as a link between children/families and needed services. The Early Intervention Services Coordinator promotes the developmental growth and social-emotional progress of children and ensures that they receive the skills and preparation needed to enter school ready to learn. This position also provides support services to children and families using trauma-informed care and promotes equity through community engagement. This position is located at 2111 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205 and reports to the Program Manager.

Coalition Benefits

In addition to the unique challenges and extraordinary rewards of our work, eligible Coalition employees enjoy a rich benefits package, including:

• Choice of HMO or PPO health insurance coverage options: full-time employees contribute only 1% of their earnings for their own HMO health coverage and no more than 4% of their earnings for coverage of eligible dependents. We're proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage.
• Choice of dental insurance or discount plan.

• Vision insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care / dependent care / parking expenses.
• Free basic life and AD&D insurance coverage.
• Employee Assistance Program, a problem-solving resource available to you and your household members.
• Dollar-for-dollar retirement plan matching contributions up to 5% of earnings with 3-year vesting.
• Extensive paid time-off, including 9 holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and three weeks of vacation for new full-time employees in their first year.

The effective date for your benefits will be the first of the month following your date of hire.

Essential Job Functions

• Responds to all referrals in a timely manner and consults with referral source as needed to further discuss the needs of the family.
• Follows up on referrals by reaching out to parent/caretaker to discuss program and concerns. This may include providing outreach services to families experiencing homelessness in parks, motels, shelters, encampments, and transitional housing.
• Identifies needs of children through observation, screenings, evaluations, and parent/caretaker consultation to determine next steps.
• Ensures that families have a clear understanding of the program. Completes comprehensive assessment and case plan with all families.

• Refers families to appropriate programs within the community (such as Community Centered Boards for early intervention services, Head Start centers, pediatric medical providers, school district Child Find programs, etc.)
• Develops and maintains a relationship with parents and children through regular face-to-face visits and phone contacts.
• Develops understanding of barriers to services and resources that families face. Work directly with families and community partners to establish services and ensure continuity of care.

• Completes Electronic Health Record documentation in a timely and accurate manner.
• Maintains compliance with agency and HIPAA standards, including completing Releases of Information and registration paperwork.

• Assist in coordination of Healthy Kids Fair at Stout Street Health Center.
• Initiate and maintain relationships with community partner agencies to promote coordination of care.
• Initiate and maintain relationships with other departments within CCH that work with families eligible for Early Intervention program, including Stout Street Health Center and Department of Outreach & Engagement Services.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Employee must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of self or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications Summary

• Master's degree in mental health, social work or related field or Bachelors degree with equivalent experience required.
• Previous experience in implementing programming for young children and families who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless, knowledge of Medicaid and CHP+ enrollment procedures, and knowledge of early childhood education/development preferred.

WHERE A CANDIDATE IS PLACED IN THE COMPENSATION RANGE DEPENDS ON TOTAL RELEVENT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is committed to delivering services, making employment-related decisions, selecting volunteers, and selecting vendors without regard to age over 40, race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, military status, or any other applicable status protected by law.

• Denver, CO, USA