Community Outreach Senior Representative

Job Details

Job Title: Community Outreach Senior Representative

Department: Social Work | Faculty Affairs

Serve as a School-Family-Community Coordinator for the Community and Youth Collaborative Institute (CAYCI) in the College of Social Work as part of a broader five-year project to adopt a full-service community school (FSCS) approach in a highly impacted elementary school in Columbus City Schools.

Additional Job Description

This role requires a person with knowledge, skills, and competencies in collaborating and coordinating stakeholders, services, and programs to support student, school, and community success and well-being. Day-to-day activities will include planning, integrating, coordinating, and facilitating activities across each of the full-service community schools (FSCS) pillars: 1) integrated student support, 2) expanded/enriched learning time and opportunities, 3) family and community engagement activities, and 4) collaborative leadership strategies.

This includes but is not limited to supporting the implementation of student interventions, programs, and services related to academic learning, early childhood education, support for transitions, family and community engagement and supports, social, health, nutrition, mental health services and supports, postsecondary and workforce readiness, and community partnerships/programs.

Community Schools Coordinator also will actively participate in the adoption, training, and facilitation of evidence-based social-emotional skills strategies and interventions and supervise student employees and interns to support the overall learning support system.

Community Schools Coordinator will work under the day-to-day direction of the School Principal to coordinate, align, and enhance school- and community-resources to support student learning and well-being, family stability, school success, and a strong neighborhood, as well as outcomes identified in the School Improvement Plan of the school and its partners. The Community Schools Coordinator will apply clinical social work principles, data analysis, and evidence-based interventions to coordinate student, family, and community supports that remove barriers to learning and improve educational outcomes. Community Schools Coordinator will lead school and community needs and resource assessments annually to identify and respond to top priority needs.

Other roles and responsibilities

• Cultivate partnerships, build relationships, and develop resources to address top priority needs in the school and community organizations.
• Work to align and integrate programs and services offered by individual partners for youth and families through weekly meetings with partners in the building.
• Apply continuous quality improvement practices by reviewing outcome data, identifying service gaps, and implementing target improvements to programming and partnerships.
• Provide implementation support and consultation to partners and staff to align practices with research-based frameworks in youth development, family engagement, and trauma-informed care.
• Coordinate comprehensive parent/caregiver/family engagement with comprehensive strategies at the school and in the Linden Community abroad.
• Manage the Family Resource Center at the school and oversee the relationship between community partners and the school to maintain partnership compliance and the active supply of resources with school community needs
• Coordinate parent/caregiver and family engagement activities with others to bring community members to the school building for meetings, events, or programming.
• Coordinate a system of support (in partnership with school social worker, Assistant Principal, and other support staff) to ensure individual students and families receive in- and out-of-school support, and address well-being and out-of-school barriers to learning.
• Utilize evidence-based screening tools (e.g. attendance, behavior, SEL, and family needs indicators) to inform intervention planning and appropriate tiered supports within MTSS.
• Serve as Task Supervisor for OSU MSW/Field Placement students and perform other responsibilities, ensuring quality field education teaching and learning
• Provide short-term, goal-oriented individual and small group interventions aligned to evidence-based or evidence-informed models to address social-emotional, behavioral, and access-to-care needs.
• Implement recruitment and retention strategies to identify and engage youth and their families in programs and activities.
• Collect, manage, and analyze quantitative and qualitative data related to attendance, behavior, participation, and family engagement to assess effectiveness of interventions and programs.
• Translate data findings to actionable recommendations for school leadership, district personnel, and community partners to inform strategic planning and resource allocation.
• Support grant and initiative evaluation through data disaggregation by subgroup, contributing to analysis and reporting.

This position also requires some availability to support community outreach opportunities on evenings and weekends. This position will perform other duties as requested by the Principal Investigator. The position is contingent on continuous external funding.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. 4 years of relevant experience required.

Desired Qualifications

Master's Degree in Social Work. State of Ohio Social Work licensure (LSW or LPC). Advanced degree in relevant field may be desirable. 4-8 years of relevant experience preferred.

The salary range for this position is $58,700.00 to $77,200.00 annually. Actual salary dependent on candidate's experience, internal equity, and available funding. This position is contingent upon continuous external funding and will end on or before December 31, 2028.

Responsibilities

• 30% Coordinate school-community partnerships and facilitate FSCS project implementation
• 20% Provide Integrated Student Supports, Evidence-Based Social-Emotional Interventions, Expanded and Enriched Learning Time and Opportunities, and Family and Community Engagement Strategies
• 20% Implement and supervise students (e.g., interns, volunteers, student employees) who provide individual, group and school level social work interventions with students to address non-academic barriers to learning
• 20% Data collection, analysis, and reporting for continuous improvement, evaluation planning and grant accountability
• 10% Other Duties