Permanency Specialist

Description

GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB
Schedule, facilitate, monitor, document, and track the Permanency Staffing. This includes coordinating and facilitating staffings that may result in competing opinions and recommendations from case participants. Utilize a trauma-sensitive, strength-based approach to engaging families and youth in moving the case toward permanency as outline in Florida Statute Chapter 39.  Specialists gather and analyze information to drive safety and permanency decisions. Ability to hear all sides and mediate disagreements during staffings to ensure effective communication between participating individuals and identify strengths within the family. Responsible for drafting written reports for the court with clear permanency recommendations and a plan to ensure achievement of the permanency goal. Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with organizations and other agencies involved with the child welfare system. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Provide subject matter expertise in dependency processes, statute, and code
•    Knowledge of permanency options, by statutory preference and legal requirements to achieve each
•    Develop tracking to ensure Permanency staffings are completed prior to critical case junctures
•    Monitor Permanency Reporting in FSFN and Mindshare
•    Complete timely documentation of Permanency Staffings in FSFN
•    Complete staffing reports with permanency recommendations
•    Ensure completion of trainings to ensure maintenance of full Child Welfare Certification through the Florida Certification Board. 
•    Identify System of Care needs and provide technical assistance to supply them
•    Deliver services that assure the safety, permanency, and well-being of children in the care of the Children’s Network of Hillsborough

WORKING HOURS
CNHC’s work week is Monday through Friday, 40 hours per week.  Your supervisor will advise you of your work hours; however, business office hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. This is an in office position. 

TRAVEL
Travel in and outside of Circuit 13 (Hillsborough County) may be required.

TRAINING
All employees must complete fifteen (15) hours of on-line or classroom Training on an annual basis.  If the employee is a Certified Child Welfare Professional, Training hours must total twenty (20) annually.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position has no supervisory responsibilities

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
•    Bachelor’s degree from a four-year accredited college or university in Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, or related Human Services degree
•    A minimum of two (2) years of experience in child welfare is required, Supervisory experience is preferred
•    Knowledge of quality management systems and procedures
•    Florida Certification as a full Child Protection Professional prior to hire

PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
•    Valid driver’s license, clean driver’s license check, and proof of insurance is required
•    Criminal background screening (Local Law Enforcement, FBI/FDLE, and Abuse Registry)
•    Drug Screening is a requirement
•    Children’s Network participates in E-Verify

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.

REASONING ABILITY
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to be proactive as well as handle problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job requires the ability to sit for extended periods; walk; stand; reach with hands and arms; grasp; turn; carry; stoop or kneel; repeat motions; push and pull; talk and hear.  This job requires visual acuity sufficient to read and operate standard modern office machines.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is administrative work in an indoor office environment with a moderate noise level (business machines, printers, computers, telephones).

ADA:       Children’s Network of Hillsborough, LLC will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

EEO:        Children’s Network of Hillsborough, LLC does not discriminate based on race, national origin, gender, religion, veteran status, or disability in employment, in provision of services, or in access to programs.

Children’s Network of Hillsborough, LLC is a Drug-Free Workplace.

If you are currently an employee of Children’s Network of Hillsborough, LLC, or one of our Case Management Organizations, it is necessary that you notify your current Supervisor, prior to applying. 

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