Community Engagement Specialist

The Achieving Reunification Center (ARC), a non-profit entity, has served parent/caregivers with children placed in an out of home placement through Department of Human Services since 2005.  The vision of the Achieving Reunification Center (ARC) is that all families with children in out-of-home placement have access to resources and supports to achieve timely family reunification.

The Community Engagement Specialist (CES) is responsible for both engaging the Philadelphia community to increase awareness about ARC services, engage new ARC referrals through those efforts as well as ARC referrals submitted by Community Umbrella Agencies (CUAs) so that they enroll in ARC programming.  The CES will partner with CUAs, Philadelphia Family Court as well as participate in community agencies and events throughout Philadelphia to engage the public, educate about ARC services, and obtain new referrals to ARC. CES will also make the initial contact with parents who have been newly referred to ARC by CUA agencies to address reunification needs. This involves helping parents to understand the reason(s) for the referral, what they can gain by accessing ARC programming, and getting them to commit and enroll in ARC. The CES will also conduct enrollments in the community and at the ARC offices.  The primary objective is to increase parent referrals and provide an immediate response to the new ARC referral, prior to the case being assigned to the Reunification Support Coaching unit.

Full time benefits package including:

The candidate for this position may be subject to any of the following screenings as part of the pre-employment process: Motor Vehicle Report (MVR), PA Criminal Background Check, PA Child Abuse Clearance, FBI fingerprint, and drug/alcohol screen.