Family Engagement Specialist I - Central Florida Region
About The Position
The Family Engagement Specialist provides residential screening and parent education for youth and/or families who have requested the services of the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches. This role involves working cooperatively with staff, acting as a field liaison between the parents of placed youth and the agency, and providing time-limited aftercare support and networking depending on the youth’s length of stay in the program. The Family Engagement Specialist will engage community partners such as Sheriff’s offices, schools, churches, job fairs, shelters, and other community resources in order to share the mission of the Agency and to seek out disadvantaged students that could benefit from the program. The overall vision is to develop young men and women who are able to face the future with a sense of direction, ability and hope.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in social work, Counseling, or a directly related field from an accredited college or university and two (2) years’ experience in child welfare and/or working with children with serious emotional disturbances.
Nice To Haves
- A master’s degree in social work, or Counseling, from an accredited college or university.
Responsibilities
- Receives and promptly responds to all incoming inquiries and requests for services within 24 hours, conducts a timely in-depth review of requests, and ensures completion of all casework steps required for placement consideration.
- Assists the family in obtaining appropriate evaluation and consultation, as needed, for psychological, physical and learning problems.
- At the request of the program, assists the family in complying with the Family Agency Agreement through consistent evaluation of the monthly support payment balance and follow up when the account is not current, there are changes to the agreement, or the family is having difficulties meeting the terms of or is in noncompliance of the agreement.
- Develops, maintains, and submits timely accurate case record documentation, mini social histories, 6 month post placement surveys, outcome measures, and other reports as needed.
- Assists the family in identifying community resources and developing an alternative plan when services are no longer needed or provided by the Youth Ranches, which may include providing direction to families after youth’s discharge from the residential program and/or the aftercare monitoring program.
- Maintains a resource knowledge within the assigned outreach area that includes the regional Community Based Care organization (CBC), schools, mental health programs, social/human services agencies, sheriff’s offices and other identified agencies and maintains quality relationships with all resources through a disciplined pattern of visitation.
- Maintains contact with the program where the youth are located and meets with the youth at the program site and/or school no less than monthly.
- Manages a caseload of 20% of residential capacity and add students to the waiting list when census is full.
- Develops a schedule to engage community partners such as Sheriffs offices, schools, shelters, job fairs, churches and other community resources in order to share our mission and seek out disadvantaged students that will benefit by attending our program.
- In cooperation with other Agency Staff, participates in the planning and delivery of family engagement activities such as Family Fun Days at the Boys Ranch, Harmony in the Family programming, and Weekend TBRI camps.
- Assists with coordination of the annual summer camp program by establishing community referral contacts to assist in the placement process.
Benefits
- Agency Vehicle Provided
- 401(k) Plan with up to 4% company match
- Annual Leave and Sick Leave
- 11 Holidays
- Company Paid Long Term Disability
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Health Savings Account, Supplemental Life Insurance, Short Term Disability and Aflac Products Available
- Eligible for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
