Community Navigator Families of School-Aged Children

Community Navigator for Families of School-Aged Children

• Required background in education, community, and/or social services
• Experience in community and family engagement
• Facilitation skills for workshops and meetings
• Proficient in data collection, recordkeeping, reporting skills, and computer skills
• Working knowledge of DeKalb County resources
• Travel for outreach, training, and networking events
• Ability to work both independently and in a team setting
• Possess empathy for, and a strengths-based attitude about, children and families
• Work within a trauma-informed framework with cultural competence
• Submit to and pass a Criminal History Record Information fingerprint check

• Co-lead the implementation of IRIS (the local support network and inter-agency referral system), including monitoring incoming, outgoing, and intra-agency referrals
• Lead community saturation of the Developmental Assets for Youth Success (DAYS) initiative (a research-based approach to building assets in youth)
• Engage with community partners that support families and children who are seeking community services
• Follow up with community partners or clients to ensure connection to services
• Develop positive relationships, serving as a resource for schools, families, and agencies
• Recruit organizations to become part of DAYS and IRIS
• Provide technical support to users of IRIS
• Represent the ROE at Outreach Events
• Use information technology and other means to map and keep up-to-date about the current availability of services and supports
• Work with multiple ROE teams to coordinate services
• Provide data for program evaluation
• Continuously learn and build skills by participating in conferences, workshops, and meetings
• Other duties as assigned

Call Amanda Christensen at the DeKalb ROE for additional questions.

Reports to: Coordinator of School Services and Coordinator of Early Learning Programs

Work schedule: 4-5 days per week; 12 months

Compensation: $23.00– $ 25.00 /hour; IMRF; pension benefits; limited paid holidays and sick/personal time; health insurance supplement.