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The Children’s Advocacy Center of Franklin County and North Quabbin (CACFNQ) is an equal opportunity employer whose mission is to provide children and families in need with healing and compassionate care—through trauma-informed therapy—to help children achieve their full potential and to unite the community in disrupting the cycles of child abuse and the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) through prevention, education, and outreach efforts.

Accredited by the National Children’s Alliance, the CACFNQ also works with a Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) that includes the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, the Department of Children and Families Greenfield Area Office, the Department of Public Health Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (Pediatric SANE), and municipal, state and federal law enforcement agencies to provide a team response to reports of child sexual abuse, serious physical abuse, commercial sexual exploitation, and trafficking.

Position Summary

The Child Sexual Abuse Prevention (CSAP) Coordinator is a dynamic, energetic, and dedicated human service professional, facilitator, and trainer who will lead the CACFNQ’s prevention program, which includes implementing the Handle with Care initiative in Franklin County, and providing in-depth assessments, recommendations, consultations, training, and customized support to youth serving organizations (YSOs)—including the schools of Franklin County and North Quabbin—on the elements of CSAP prevention. The CSAP Coordinator must have reliable transportation to travel to meetings, including some that may be held outside of Franklin County.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Develop CSAP outreach and education and training materials and implement related outreach, education, and training to YSO’s, including schools.
• Provide CSAP assessments with proposed action plans to YSOs utilizing the Safe Kids Thrive (SKT) planning tools, developed by the Massachusetts Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Advisory Council.
• Support administrators of YSO’s with coaching and technical assistance to implement the SKT prevention elements.
• Organize and facilitate roundtable discussions for YSOs to share successes and challenges when implementing the prevention elements
• Create and maintain a database of CSAP partners and YSOs with contact information and summaries of their missions, successes, and challenges when implementing the SKT prevention elements.
• Implement the Handle with Care initiative, recently launched in Franklin County, to include program development, training development and implementation, data tracking and reporting, and meeting facilitation.
• Stay current on professional training requirements.
• Manage related grants, including routine reporting, and
• Other relevant tasks, as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, Masters level preferred, in public health, education, organizational change and leadership, social work, psychology, or related field
• Professional experience working within YSOs
• Training experience
• Working knowledge of risk and protective factors relating to child sexual abuse as well as child welfare
• Demonstrated effective oral and written communication, as well as strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Word, Excel, Google docs and sheets, and other database software.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of child and youth physical and sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitation trafficking dynamics
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams, education and training, and systems advocacy
• Experience working with people from diverse backgrounds
• Exemplary interpersonal skills with children, teens, caregivers, and colleagues
• Strong organizational management skills
• Demonstrated positive experience working in a team environment

Benefits

• Employer-supplemented health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid vacation days, holidays, and sick time

To apply: Please send a cover letter and resume to Executive Director, Carol Conragan, cconragan@cacfranklinnq.org.