Service Coordinator - Be@School at PWCC

Who We Are

Phyllis Wheatley Community Center (PWCC) has proudly served the Minneapolis Community since 1924 and was the first agency in the Twin Cities committed to meeting the human services needs of a growing African American community. For many Blacks, PWCC was a safe port in the midst of a racially segregated city. Although our community remains chronically underserved today, our organization is dedicated to breaking barriers, fostering opportunities, and creating equity and equality for the African American community.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

At PWCC, we believe in the transformative power of education and restoration and the profound impact of empowering marginalized voices. We work to safeguard equity and equality in all our programs and services, which aim to eliminate opportunity gaps for the community. PWCC programs provide skills training, family restorative courses, health and vaccine services, early childhood education, skilled technology workforce development programming, and other pathways that allow people to discover their strengths and take control of their futures. The people we work with are filled with resilience, determination, and perseverance, unique to only those who have come far, but still have much further to go.

Wages & Benefits

$20.00 - $22.00 per hour; Generous Paid Time Off (PTO), plus 13 paid holidays and one floating holiday; competitive health, dental, and vision insurance; employer paid basic life insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, and employer paid long-term disability.

A Typical Day in the Life…

A typical day as Phyllis Wheatley’s Service Coordinator - Be@School provides an opportunity to assist children and families in achieving school success. Responsibilities will include the following:

• Taking referrals for case management and other services from the schools.
• Conducting frequent school and home visits to assess the strengths and needs of children and families.
• Regularly monitoring school attendance.
• Developing and monitoring case plans with families to increase school success and self-sufficiency.
• Providing case management services, including resources and referrals as needed.
• Supporting parents to understand and negotiate systems and interfacing with them as partners in their child’s healthy development.
• Modeling and teaching advocacy skills.
• Working collaboratively with families, school personnel, and other agencies.
• Developing and maintaining good relationships with participants, outside service providers, and school partners.
• Integrating curriculum that develops self-esteem and increases developmental assets of students and families.

Who You Are

• You hold a bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, sociology, or a closely related field from an accredited four-year college or university, or you have one year of supervised experience in the delivery of social services to children as a social worker in a public or private social services agency.
• You are knowledgeable of the Child Welfare case management, understanding of the child protection procedures and juvenile justice systems.
• You have a knowledge of the public school system and how it supports students and families.
• You have a valid driver’s license, access to reliable transportation, and the ability to meet PWCC’s driving record requirements. Please note that if the license was not issued in the state of Minnesota, you have 60 days after becoming a Minnesota resident in which to apply for your Minnesota driver's license or permit (not applicable for new hires living out of state).

Diversity and open expression are fundamental to the work of PWCC. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment where everyone can belong. Every member of our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our sector: individuals who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQI+ and gender fluid or gender nonconforming, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), veterans, people of any age or family status. We encourage you to apply even if you feel like you don't fit 100% of the technical requirements. Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, disability, marital status, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, genetic information or a protected veteran’s status.

Our organization has a partnership with Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (MACC) to provide administrative services including management of the hiring process. If you apply for this position, you may see references to MACC in some online materials.

PWCC participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. See E-Verify’s official poster at https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf. See E-Verify’s Right to Work poster at https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf.

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