Nature of Position:

The Bilingual School Coordinator will be working directly with the truancy program supervisor, supporting them with various tasks. They will be familiar with school, court and CPS systems. They will collaborate with other professionals and resources within schools and the community. They will be using different databases and tracking systems to record therapeutic files, referrals, clinical hours, fiscal records, assessments, and others. This professional will need to go into schools, court, DHS offices and various other locations to support school-based treatment. The coordinator will support clinicians who work with difficult to reach, traumatized, and/ or disengaged individuals/families, The School Program Coordinator will offer Spanish translation services to various GCC staff and clients.

The majority of this work will be located at the Griffith Centers office in Northglenn, CO. Some travel to outside meetings (schools, court etc.) will be necessary.

Qualifications:

1. A Bachelor’s Degree in Communications or other related field

2. Must possess a valid state driver’s license and be able to drive on behalf of the company

3. Must pass a background check and drug screening

4. Bilingual (English/Spanish)

5. Able to work with sensitivity to the cultural and/or socioeconomic diversity of the agencies clients and staff

Job Expectations/Responsibilities:

1. Maintain effective interpersonal relationships with school professionals and staff, child protective services staff, judicial court professionals and other parties

2. Maintain contacts, as necessary, with all person/agencies that may have an effect upon child/family functioning in order to coordinate service delivery and develop resources to aid effective discharge planning.

3. Attends various professional meetings as needed, including; school meetings, judicial court meetings, department of human services meetings, grant meetings and others meetings as assigned.

4. Utilizes tracking systems that include referrals received and assigned, clinical hours, discharged clients, file audits, fiscal records, Medicaid billing and grants.

5. Will offer translation services to various Griffith Centers’ clinicians and staff who work with Spanish speaking clients via various modalities including in person, tele-platforms, phone and e-mail, and document translation.

Essential Functions:

1. Must be able to walk up and down stairs.

2. Lift and/or move up to 10-25 pounds.