Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Placement Coordinator

Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Program Administration

This position provides: Review of Refugee Arrivals Data System (RADS) referrals, ensuring that URM placing agencies are responding to referrals in a timely manner. Coordination with placement provider agencies and county departments of human/social services that provide services to URM Program youth to support sustainable placement. Collaboration with community agencies that serve refugee and immigrant populations to help build cultural and social connections for URM Program youth and URM placing agencies to provide culturally competent services. Training facilitation and partnership opportunities between refugee and youth service providers in the State.

Summary of Job Duties: Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Program Administration This position provides support to URM placing agencies, coordinates placements of URM, works with LFSRM and other community partners to facilitate URM community referrals, and facilitates the distribution of resources to providers. Monitoring and Technical Assistance This position implements federal policy impacting Colorado's ORR-eligible youth and ensures that Colorado's ORR-eligible youth programs comply with current policy and rule from the Office of Refugee Resettlement and the Children's Bureau. Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Minimum Qualifications: Experience Only: Six (6) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position OR Education and Experience: A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned equal to six (6) years.

Preferred qualifications: Bilingual - Spanish Prior experience with URM

Conditions of Employment: Full Background CDHS employees (all Direct contact with vulnerable persons): CBI name check and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks, Professional License verification (licensure requirements), Drug Screen, PREA (Division of Youth Services), Trails check (direct contact with children), CAPS (direct contact with adults Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers)

This position requires State of Colorado residency at the time of application (unless otherwise identified in the posting), and residency within the state throughout the duration of employment in this position. Motor Vehicle Check, if the employee will drive a state-owned vehicle, either in an ongoing capacity while performing their normal day-to-day job duties OR on occasion for training/meetings/client visits/etc. Must possess a valid, non-restricted Colorado Driver's License or a non-restricted U.S. Driver's License for positions within 30 miles of the CO state border Out-of-State Driver's License holders must obtain a valid, non-restricted Colorado Driver's License within 30 days of employment start date. Occasional in-state or out-of-state travel may be required to facilitate meetings, conduct site visits, and to attend meetings or conferences Special Qualifications Must be able to be Case Work Supervisor Certified within 6 months of employment Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must (1) disclose that information on the application (2) provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position, (3) provide the employee number from the applicant's prior State employment. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.