Join the team at the Oklahoma Family Network

The Oklahoma Family Network (OFN)is currently recruiting parents who have a child with special needs to join their staff. Interested parents can consider applying for the following positions (including one right here in Northwest Oklahoma!):

Native American Coordinator
Required Characteristics: Applicants should be of Native American descent, have a child of any age with special health care needs or a disability, and possess Native American cultural competency with a good working knowledge of services available to children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in their community. Preference will be shown to family members who are identified in their community as one who is already supporting families of CSHCN.

Role: The role of the Native American Coordinator will include providing outreach to their personal tribal community then to other tribal communities across the state. They will identify and develop relationships with Native American families of children with special health care needs (CSHCN), existing groups and agencies such as SoonerStart, the county health departments, Indian Health Centers, hospitals, medical clinics, etc. that support Native American families with CSHCN. With the support of administrative staff, this person will coordinate and provide regional training to Native American families and the professionals who serve them.

Hire date: June 1, 2008
Hours per week: 15
Pay Range: $8-$9.50 per hour depending on level of experience.


SE Regional Coordinator
Required Characteristics: Applicants should have a child of any age with special health care needs or a disability and possess a good working knowledge of services available to children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in their community. Preference will be shown to family members who are identified in their community as one who is already supporting families of CSHCN.

Role: The role of the SE Regional Coordinator will be to provide outreach to families of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the southeast quadrant of the state including the following counties: Okfuskee, McIntosh, Haskell, Le Flore, Latimer, Pittsburg, Coal, Pontotoc, Murray, Johnston, Marshall, Coal, Hughes, Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Pushmataha and Mc Curtain.

Duties will include identifying and training potential supporting families in their region, match referred families with trained supporting parents and assist families in finding resources they need with follow-up. Lastly, they will provide public relations work in their region and research for existing parent groups of CSHCN and resources in their area.

Hire date: June 1, 2008
Hours per week: 15
Pay Range: $8-$9.50 per hour depending on level of experience


NW Regional Coordinator
Required Characteristics: Applicants should have a child of any age with special health care needs or a disability and possess a good working knowledge of services available to children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in their community. Preference will be shown to family members who are identified in their community as one who is already supporting families of CSHCN.

Role: The role of the NW Regional Coordinator will be to provide outreach to families of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the northwest quadrant of the state including the following counties: Cimarron, Texas, Beaver, Harper, Woods, Alfalfa, Grant, Kay, Nobel, Payne, Garfield, Blaine, Major, Woodward, Ellis, Roger Mills, Dewey and Custer.

Duties will include identifying and training potential supporting families in their region, match referred families with trained supporting parents and assist families in finding resources they need with follow-up. Lastly, they will provide public relations work in their region and research for existing parent groups of CSHCN and resources in their area and share them with families.

Hire date: June 1, 2008
Hours per week: 12
Pay Range: $8-$9.50 per hour depending on level of experience


Intake Coordinator/Resource Specialist (I.C.)
Required Characteristics: Applicants should have a child of any age with special health care needs or a disability and possess a good working knowledge of services available to children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in their community. Preference will be shown to family members who are identified in their community as one who is already supporting families of CSHCN.

Role: Receive calls, fill out intake forms, forward family information to appropriate staff member, research and locate health care and financial resources, and disseminate that information and the newsletter via list servs and web site. I.C. will also assist in reviewing surveys, compiling data on the 10 most common family issues to determine titles of information sheets to be developed, and compile data from conference evaluations to be distributed.

Hire Date: June 1, 2008
Hours Per Week: 20 (Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 5 hours per day)
$8-10 per hour (Hours should be between 8:30am and 4pm at the OU Health Sciences Center office)

How to learn more:
Contact Joni Bruce at jbruceofn@sbcglobal.net or 405-203-8745 for further information.

Please send resume to
Joni Bruce, Executive Director
Oklahoma Family Network
PO Box 21072
OK City, Oklahoma 73156-1072
or jbruceofn@sbcglobal.net