Internal ) Criminal Justice Coordination - Community Resource Coordinator

* This position is for current El Paso County employees ONLY*

Bachelor’s degree in social work, behavioral science, human services or related degree, plus a minimum of one (1) year of experience in adult case management and program development, community outreach, volunteer coordination, with two (2) years of experience working with migrants, the homeless, justice involved or a low income population preferred.

Orany other equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Must have or obtain by date of hire a valid driver's license applicable to job responsibilities, with a driving record acceptable to the County of El Paso.

In order to access the County’s network and systems, a personal mobile smart device is required by the hire start date.

• Identifies local resources available for transitional resources for jail inmates and coordinates the transition from jail to appropriate resources that best fit the needs of the inmates;
• Reaches out to governmental, faith-based, nonprofit service providers and local business; establishes and maintains collaborative working relationship with community resource providers; provides extended outreach resources available to El Paso County’s homeless and justice involved population;
• Coordinates the flow of information on inmates eligible for community reentry services information from the El Paso County Jail;
• Acts as liaison to and builds strong relationships with law enforcement personnel, City and County officials and departments, County Reentry personnel, community providers, schools, labor organizations, non-profits, businesses, and civic groups;
• Facilitates and coordinates supportive activities with homeless providers, law enforcement agencies and other community partners, including employment assistance programs, job readiness training, financial education, and parenting and life skills;
• Reviews programs and eligibility requirements, conducts outreach to current and potential partner agencies; monitors social action, data collection and program evaluation;
• Conducts regular meetings or case conferences with case managers; coordinate efforts to build a comprehensive understanding of individual homeless agencies and/or justice involved reentry client and their needs;
• Conducts cross training and cross-orientation of staff from partner agencies serving El Paso County homeless and justice involved reentry clients and those participating in supportive housing programs to promote a shared knowledge and understanding of available community resources;
• Conducts interviews of various types of clientele as assigned, to include justice-involved and homeless individuals; determines eligibility for services; makes appropriate referrals; completes necessary paperwork; enters data utilizing systems;
• Assists clients by managing use of services, and expediting service delivery through linkage activities;
• Completes data entry of relevant demographic and legal information in databases and spreadsheets to ensure accurate and real time availability of information about status of cases;
• Maintains quality assurance of case files;
• Conducts re-arrest checks and notifies appropriate staff on participant status;
• Completes database quality assurance audits; ensures program data is entered according to program standards and timelines;
• Provides participant support to facilitate engagement in services;
• Collects, tracks and enters data into HMIS for monthly HUD reporting;
• Collects information for high utilizer database for monthly reporting to stakeholders;
• Interprets and applies regulations for grants in an accurate manner;
• May, upon request, generate…