Community Coordinator (Georgia THRIVe)

PURPOSE OF POSITION: Community Coordinator (Georgia THRIVe)

The Community Coordinator is a key role between Easter Seals North Georgia and Georgia THRIVe to address
systematic gaps for infant and toddlers involved, or at risk of involvement, within the child welfare system. The
Community Coordinator will collaborate with families, Gwinnett County Judicial and Child Welfare, and
community programs to implement the Safe Babies Approach and evaluate the local Infant Toddler Court Program
initiative.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (include but are not limited to):

BEHAVIOR STANDARD

• Maintains a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner enabling strong

relationships with customers, clients, co-workers, and management.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Convene community partners and stakeholders to fully implement the Safe Babies Approach
• Coordinate collaboration among community stakeholders
• Facilitate Active Community Team (ACT) meetings
• Meet the ongoing educational and training needs of local partners and stakeholders
• Promote systems change for the prenatal to three populations and their families through cross-sector

collaboration

• Recruit and enroll families into the Gwinnett THRIVe Program
• Facilitate service coordination for program participants
• Meet with families weekly to assist with achieving their goals and maintain regular contact
• Facilitate Family THRIVe meetings with families, attorneys, child welfare, and local service providers
• Attend court hearings and provide updates on family progress and challenges
• Assist with the development and maintenance of family prevention plans
• Ensure documentation, reports, and records are completed and submitted according to requirements
• Participate in nationwide Community of Practice calls with other Community Coordinators
• Participate in regular meetings with the Georgia THRIVe state leadership team and the national Zero to

Three leadership team

• Travel within the county for court, family visits, community resources, and required program trainings and

conferences

PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS

• The ability to stand for sustained periods of time.
• The ability to sit for sustained periods of time.
• The ability to walk for sustained periods of time including responding quickly to safety concerns
• The ability to use hands and fingers to feel, operate a computer, and perform picking, pinching and whole hand

or arm handling tasks.

• The ability to climb stairs.
• The ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, sit on the floor, or crawl as needed.
• The ability to reach, extending arms in any direction.
• The ability to push or pull objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
• The ability to talk in order to accurately exchange information.
• The ability to hear in order to accurately exchange information.
• The ability to see clearly in order to maintain child safety and supervision, use a computer, and for extensive

reading and writing.

• The ability to work in indoor conditions.

QUALIFICATIONS: Community Coordinator (Georgia THRIVe)

• Ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary group across agencies and with a team across multiple

agencies throughout the county and the state

• Bachelor Degree in social work, child development, sociology or relative field, preferred.
• Familiarity with Gwinnett County community and local resources including early intervention, medical care,

education, mental health, and behavioral health

• Understanding of issues related to child abuse and neglect, intimate partner violence, substance use disorders,

mental illness, and trauma

• Experience providing trauma-informed services to families
• Highly collaborative management style
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Performs other duties as assigned.