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Inside Higher Ed · 4 days ago

Family Training Coordinator

Greensboro, NC

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Inside Higher Ed is a prominent institution dedicated to higher education. The Family Training Coordinator will provide leadership and coordination for training, credentialing, and technical assistance within the Family and Youth Support and Education Program, focusing on developing interactive training opportunities for families and service providers.

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Responsibilities

Develops and sustains a training and credentialing curriculum for Family Support Partners, Family Navigators, and Family Partner Coordinators

In partnership with local family organizations, provides workshops addressing the mental health needs of children and youth with serious emotional disturbance (SED)

Supports the development of parent/family support providers, including training and credentialing

Coordinates and provides training and technical assistance to grassroots family and youth-driven recovery support service organizations in areas including, but not limited to, the following: Organizational development, Non-profit management, Community development, Business practices, Services financing, Respite care, Sustainability, Leadership development, and Recovery programming

Identify and link families to partners across the State to address identified needs

Develop peer support networks across the state

Develop leadership and advocacy skills among families

Link families with state networks representing adult and youth mental health consumers

Develop and update content monthly and disseminate information via program website, electronic newsletters, integrating information from ongoing technical assistance and collaboration with key federal, state, and local partners (e.g., SAMHSA, NC DMH/DD/SAS, System of Care Collaborative, etc.)

Collaborate with the PI develop the content of the statewide needs assessment

Conduct stakeholder interviews and focus groups

Collaborate with the evaluator to translate quantitative and qualitative data into goals and objectives for the scope of work as well as develop the ongoing program evaluation

Qualification

Family Peer Specialist CertificationTraining DevelopmentTechnical Assistance CoordinationCross-agency CollaborationLeadership ExperienceWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationOrganization Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree; or equivalent combination of training and experience

This position requires that the employee has relevant lived experiences related to personal and/or caregiving/family experience with a Serious Emotional Disturbance for at least 12 months

This position required that employees have experience working in some form of paid or unpaid Youth/Family Peer Specialist, Navigator, Partner, or other similar roles

Applicants should be able to demonstrate experience with skills in the following areas: written and verbal communication skills, organization, and cross-agency collaboration and coordination