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Children's Health · 1 day ago

Program Coordinator, Injury Prevention

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Children's Health is dedicated to making life better for children through innovative health solutions. The Program Coordinator for Injury Prevention will be responsible for developing and overseeing safety initiatives and programs aimed at reducing injury risks for children in the community.

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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Designs, implements and evaluates evidence-based injury prevention programs for the agency, community and other professionals to ensure program effectiveness

Develops and sustains partnerships with community and at Children's to assess needs and to develop and implement broad-based solutions/programs

Develop and present injury prevention programs designed to increase awareness and knowledge about safety to community groups and Children's staff to affect change related to injury risk to children. Analyze injury registry data and assist community needs to aid in development of safety initiatives

Provide educational consultation for staff and the community on community/organizational development, outreach, lead agency marketing, training, program evaluation and behavioral change

Pursue external funding opportunities to underwrite program operational expenses

Develop and promote and/or market education materials and information that is accurate, culturally appropriate, and educationally sound

Advocate at the local, state, and national level to improve child safety legislation in an attempt to raise the quality of life for children

Mentor volunteers and interns pursuing a Master's degree and help manage execution of program

Serve as administrator for internal and external programs (i.e., Safe Kids Dallas, Safety Advocates, Know Before You Go, etc)

Coordinate and participate in child passenger safety fitting stations on and off campus weekly

Consult with Research Scientists to evaluate programs and collaborate on scientific publications

Perform patient consults and education in multiple risk areas as needed (i.e., Trauma admissions, SPICA casted patients, children with special medical conditions and other services as requested)

Qualification

Injury prevention programsCommunity partnershipsData analysisBilingualCourse designChild Passenger Safety Technician CertificationProgram evaluationInterpersonal skillsMentoring