Co-Team
Leaders: provides overall coordination
and direction for the Team; assigns tasks to various team coordinators; shares
information with assigned Case Manager and Volunteer Services Coordinator;
ensures that all coordinators timely report assignment outcomes and service
needs; reviews all information received by Communications Coordinator; convenes
meeting/socials; keeps team members informed of developments; primary contact
with CFC contact persons; primary responsibility for communication with
congregation, media and community service providers
Communication
Coordinator: via e-mail and telephone,
facilitates timely team communications; receives from & disseminates to team
members information/reports relative to assigned/completed tasks,
planned/implemented activities, individual contacts with refugee family (case
notes); assists Team Leaders with the preparation of reports/bulletins/press
releases
Finance
Coordinator: oversees
fundraising activities, financial liaison with parish, and expenditures made on
behalf of refugee case; monitors and collects all financial donations to refugee
case; receipts direct assistance payments for refugee case; assists in the
preparation & monitoring of individual case budgets and recommends line item
changes; ensures that budgets are carefully and fully discussed by with refugee
head-of-household; ensures bills are paid and team members reimbursed for
authorized expenditures; timely reports fundraising and expenditures to Team
Leader
Medical
Coordinator: with assistance of assigned “medical” team members, ensures that
refugees are timely screened and that all medical and dental follow-up
appointments are timely arranged; timely informs Communication Coordinator and
Co-Team Leaders of medical, dental & mental health appointments,
assignments, assignment outcomes and problems/concerns
Housing
Coordinator: publicizes housing needs
(furniture, apparel, personal items, etc) and arranges for
collection/purchase/delivery/stocking/setup of household furnishings, personal
items and clothing; ensures that housing fully complies with State Department
Guidelines and is locally “up to code”; with assistance of Housing Monitors,
ensures that housekeeping/personal hygiene trainings are timely and properly
conducted as needed & that lessons are properly applied, and that required
reports are completed and submitted thru Co-Team Leaders to the CFC Housing
Monitor; monitors all aspects of housing-related issues/concerns; ensures
sufficient supply of food and personal items; negotiates with landlords and
housing-related service providers as needed; educates refugees with respect to
tenant rights/responsibilities; timely shares all developments with
Communications Coordinator and Tm Leaders.
Housekeeping/Hygiene Monitors:
assigned to Housing segment, provide initial and follow-up in-home housekeeping
and personal hygiene trainings to ensure the highest possible housekeeping and
personal hygiene standards; monitor housing’s compliance with State Department
Guidelines; complete reports and submit same thru Housing Coordinator, Co-Team
Leader to CFC Housing Monitor; timely report developments to Housing
Coordinator; ensure housing is safe and habitable (smoke alarms, locks &
windows operational).
Education
Coordinator: with assistance of
assigned Tutors and other Companions, ensures that adults and children are
enrolled in ESL, public school respectively; timely shares all education-related
information with Communications Coordinator and Co-Team Leaders; assists
refugees with drivers’ permits/licenses, driver’s training, procuring
insurance; procures bus passes and trains refugees in the use of RTS.
In-Home Tutors:
assigned to Education segment, provide in-home tutoring, orientation; report
daily to Education Coordinator
Recreation
Coordinator: with assistance of
non-tutoring Companions, recommends and assists in the planning, organization
and facilitation of recreational, community/cultural orientation, socialization
and networking activities; timely shares all information with Communications
Coordinator
Companions:
assigned to either the Education or Recreation Coordinator, provide unstructured
in-home visitations, friendship, orientation; help facilitate & participate
in recreational/orientation activities; provide in-home tutoring; monitor
overall condition of refugee family; assist with marketing; routinely orient
refugees in proper use of appliances, and provide whatever on-the-spot advice
and direction as may be necessary
Employment
Coordinator: in close coordination
with Tm Leader, assigned CFC Case Manager and Volunteer Services Coordinator,
facilitates job searches, completes job applications; escorts client on first
day of work; familiarizes client with bus routes to and from work site; provides
job orientation to refugee employables in case; monitors client attitude and
helps to remove obstacles to full employment. All activities must be closely and
continuously coordinated with Team Leaders and assigned CFC Case Manager; timely
shares all employment-related information with Communications Coordinator
Daytime
Driver: on-call during weekday hours
to provide transportation services requested by Tm Leaders and Coordinators
After
Hour Driver: on-call during evenings and weekends to provide transportation
services requested by Team Leaders and Coordinators