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Coordinator, Foster Youth Services Position Description
 
Print Position description:      Salary Schedule A
 

 

 

 

 

TITLE:

Coordinator, Foster Youth Services

CLASSIFICATION:

Non-Represented Management, Certificated/ Classified

 

 

 

 

SERIES:

Coordinator I

FLSA:

Exempt

 

 

 

 

JOB CLASS CODE:

4995

WORK YEAR:

12 Months

 

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT:

Foster Youth Services Department

SALARY:

Range 9

Salary Schedule A

 

 

 

 

REPORTS TO:

Assistant Superintendent, Community, Health, and Education Support Services

BOARD APPROVAL:

BOARD REVISION:

05-15-00

07-15-02

 

 

 

 

 

 

BASIC FUNCTION:

 

Manage, control, and coordinate the Foster Youth Services Program; develop, coordinate, and implement strategic plans and grants for Foster Youth Services; provide assistance and support to the Community, Health, and Education Support Services (CHESS) Division in implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the Foster Youth Services Program.

 

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES: (Incumbents may perform any combination of the essential functions shown below [E]. This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, knowledge, or abilities associated with this classification, but is intended to accurately reflect the principal job elements.)

 

Manage, control, and coordinate the Foster Youth Services Program; develop, coordinate, and implement strategic plans and grants for Foster Youth Services; provide assistance and support to the Community, Health, and Education Support Services (CHESS) Division in implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the Foster Youth Services Program.  E

 

Conduct research, planning, and proposal writing for the Foster Youth Grant and other outside funding opportunities.  E

 

Develop and coordinate Foster Youth Services Department budget and accounting requirements.  E

 

Coordinate LEA Medi-CAL reimbursement and billing processes for Foster Youth Services Department.  E

 

Analyze data, and compile reports to improve the effectiveness of the Foster Youth Program in the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD).  E

 

Assist with making presentations to SCUSD staff, community members, parents, and potential funding sources regarding Foster Youth Services.  E

 

Assist with development, coordination, and implementation of Community, Health, and Education Support Services and Foster Youth Services marketing campaigns.  E

 

Provide counseling, tutoring, and mentoring services to district foster youth.  E

 


Supervise Foster Youth Services Department staff to achieve annual objectives.  E

 

Develop effective relationships with community agencies and organizations in the foster youth arena to improve SCUSD Foster Youth Services.  E

 

Perform related duties as assigned.

 

TRAINING, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

 

Any combination equivalent to: bachelor’s degree, and two years increasingly responsible experience with foster youth.

 

LICENSES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS: 

 

Valid California driver’s license, and provide personal automobile; Administrative Services Credential preferred, but not required.

 

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:

 

KNOWLEDGE OF:

Effective management practices and supervision techniques.

Interpersonal skills using tact, patience, and courtesy.

Foster children challenges and potential solutions.

Foster Youth Services management strategies, funding opportunities, and community contacts.

Planning, organization, and coordination needed for Foster Youth Services.

Budget preparation, control, and fund-raising.

Oral and written communications skills.

Current applicable laws, codes, regulations, policies, and procedures.

School district organization, operations, policies, and procedures.

Policies, objectives, and terminology of CHESS Programs.

Operation of a computer terminal and data entry techniques.

 

ABILITY TO:

Manage, control, and coordinate the Foster Youth Services Program.

Develop, coordinate, and implement strategic plans and grants for Foster Youth Services.

Allocate funds to sites or programs.

Communicate options, limitations of funding, and program development.

Establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, parents, and the public.

Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Read, interpret, apply, and explain rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.

Analyze situations accurately, and adopt an effective course of action.

Operate a computer terminal to enter data, maintain records, and generate reports.

Meet schedules and timelines.

Plan, organize, and evaluate work.

Prepare comprehensive narrative and statistical reports.

Multi-task as needed.

 

WORKING CONDITIONS:

 

SAMPLE ENVIRONMENT:

Office and school environment; driving a vehicle to conduct work.

 


SAMPLE PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

Hearing and speaking to make presentations, and exchange information in person and on the telephone; dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard; seeing to read and prepare documents and reports, and view computer monitors; sitting or standing for extended periods of time; kneeling, bending at the waist, and reaching overhead, above the shoulders, and horizontally; lifting light objects.

 

Coor Foster Youth  (263)

APPROVALS:

 

Bernice Hardee, Chief Personnel Officer

 

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James Sweeney, Superintendent

 

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