Research Coordinator/Parent Educator position – NOW FILLED

UPDATE: THIS POSITION IS NOW FILLED.

Children’s Bureau is seeking candidates for the position of a full-time Research Coordinator/Parent Educator. This person will work with the Tulane University School of Public Health and the City of New Orleans WIC clinics on a CDC-funded randomized controlled trial studying the effectiveness of implementing low cost parenting interventions designed to reduce risk of child physical abuse and promote positive parenting in broad segments of the population.

As the Research Coordinator, this position is responsible for:

• ensuring all research activities follow established protocol
• conducting and supervising data entry on participant records
• training and supervising Research Assistants
• managing and coordinating staff schedules
• coordinating and co-facilitating weekly meetings
• maintain and leading effective communications with research team and WIC staff
• assisting in other team management and/or study responsibilities as assigned

As the Parent Educator, this position is responsible for providing Triple P (level 2/brief session only) to parents who enroll in the study and are randomly selected for this intervention.

Eligible candidates must have graduate level education in public health, social work, education, counseling, psychology, or a related field. Candidates should be committed to high research quality and integrity as well as offering high quality services to parents. Candidates should have strong written and verbal communication skills, a high level of attention to detail and personal organization, and experience working with parents and families. They should also be proactive, a strong team player, and have reliable transportation.  Position is available immediately and will remain open until filled.

If interested, please send your resume’ and cover letter to jobs@childrens-bureau.com and to Dr. Cathy Taylor, study PI (ctaylor5@tulane.edu). Please put “TIPPS Research Coordinator/Parent Educator” in the subject line.

Date:  July 8, 2015

Practicum: 2015 Blueprint for Safety Project

The New Orleans Health Department’s Blueprint for Safety Project is offering a graduate level summer internship. The Blueprint for Safety is a singular philosophically based model policy that coordinates each criminal justice agency’s response to domestic violence; including, 911, Law Enforcement, the Sheriff’s Office, Prosecution & DA Victim Advocates, Probation & Parole, Court Administration and the New Orleans Family Justice Center. The intern who fills this position will assist the Project’s Interagency Coordinator in facilitating the criminal justice agencies’ implementation of the New Orleans Blueprint for Safety.

Practicum: NOLA FOR LIFE collective efficacy survey

The Violence Prevention Team is seeking a full-time intern to lead the development of a collective efficacy survey^[1]and an implementation strategy for administering the survey in NOLA FOR LIFE focus neighborhoods.

NOLA FOR LIFE is Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s Comprehensive Murder Reduction Strategy, an aggressive response to a decade-long struggle with one of the highest homicide rates in the country. The plan aims to dramatically reduce murder among young African American males in the city, and while in its first two years there has been an emphasis on stopping the shootings, the strategy is preparing to move into its next phase, which emphasizes the need for prevention. NOLA FOR LIFE is an ambitious plan that provides a unique opportunity for cross-sector collaboration and a means for ensuring healthy futures for all New Orleanians.