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BSD PED - Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
About the Department
In the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago, we strive
to provide the highest level of complex care for children from diagnosis
and treatment to conducting research to find promising new therapies
with a focus on teaching. We are committed to advancing the frontiers of
knowledge, and the education and training of future clinical
pediatricians, subspecialists, educators, clinical investigators and
physician-scientists. The Department of Pediatrics is a dynamic,
stimulating place to work, and because we are focused on growth and
improved excellence, our staff have particularly challenging and
rewarding roles.
The Section of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics strives to become
a Center of Excellence in the complex diagnosis and management for
diverse disabilities with origin in childhood, which include children
with motor, communicative, sensory, developmental, genetic,
neurological, learning, behavior, and feeding disorders. The Section
plays important roles in supporting children who are survivors of
neonatal intensive care and pediatric intensive care critical illness.
As coordinated family-centered population health care is the
transforming principle for future health financing initiatives, the
Section is uniquely positioned to address care coordination, management
pathways, and collaboration with community providers to advance both the
quality and value of efforts to improve outcomes for vulnerable child
disability populations with a spectrum of developmental and behavioral
disorders.
The University of Chicago Medicine REACT Program is a Community
Treatment & Services Center in the National Child Traumatic Stress
Network that provides services to patients and families affected by
community violence.
Job Summary
The REACT Program Outreach Manager will provide outreach and information
about program services in a variety of UCM and community settings in
order to raise awareness about the REACT Program and to recruit
facilitators of and participants in community-based programming.
The REACT Program Outreach Manager will work closely with program
leadership on design, training, recruitment, and implementation of two
innovative program models: MANifest and Talk, Touch & Listen.
MANifest (Cartman, n.d.) is an African-centered workshop series for
Black boys and men (ages 14-24) modeled in the cultural traditions of
west African rites of passage. Participants attend 12 weekly groups, the
primary aims of which are to enhance self-awareness, facilitate critical
analysis of messages about Black manhood and historical trauma, and
increase mental health literacy.
Talk, Touch & Listen While Combing Hair (TT&L; Lewis, 2015) is a
community-based Parent Caf curriculum and caregiver/child group
developed by Dr. Marva Lewis. TT&L is a strengths-based brief
intervention that strengthens caregiver-child relationships via
observations of hair-combing interactions. TT&L uses a train-the-trainer
model based on two decades of research on parent-child interaction
during hair combing routines, and trauma of colorism in relationships
with child and community.
The REACT Outreach Manager is responsible for implementing
administrative activities of the program, including working with the
Project Director to track all program services and activities, data
collection, and program evaluation; coordinating grant-related meetings
and phone conferences; coordinating the UCM REACT Family Advisory Board;
and grant reporting to SAMHSA, as required. This includes administering
SAMHSA surveys and satisfaction surveys to program participants,
coordinating and tracking the administration of these surveys by other
REACT staff, nd compiling survey results for the purpose of grant
reporting and program evaluation.
This at-will position is wholly or partially funded by contractual grant
funding which is renewed under provisions set by the grantor of the
contract. Employment will be contingent upon the continued receipt of
these grant funds and satisfactory job performance.
Responsibilities
The REACT Program Outreach Manager will provide outreach and information
about program services in a variety of UCM and community settings in
order to raise awareness about the REACT Program and to recruit
facilitators of and participants in community-based programming.
The REACT Program Outreach Manager will work closely with program
leadership on design, training, recruitment, and implementation of two
innovative program models: MANifest and Talk, Touch & Listen.
Track program services and activities.
Programmatic data collection and evaluation.
Coordination of program meetings and phone conferences.
Coordinate grant needs and reporting for SAMHSA.
Administer SAMHSA surveys and participation satisfaction surveys;
coordinate and track administration of surveys; compile and analyze
survey results.
Uses in-depth knowledge and experience to administer the delivery of
services to prog