Family Team Conference Facilitator (Solutions-Based Casework)

Children's Aid Job Listing•Staten Island, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Family Team Conferencing (FTC) Facilitator will report to the Program Director and will be responsible to schedule, coordinate, facilitate, and track all various family team conferences for the program. The FTC facilitator will also gather reports on conference occurrence for purposes of QA compliance.

Requirements

Master’s degree required in Social Work or a related field.
Ability to work independently, as well as contribute to a team.
Strong clinical, organizational and administrative skills.
Excellent engagement and interpersonal/communication skills.
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
Ability to be flexible, including travel.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with adolescents and families in a child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice setting preferred.
Trained in FTC preferred.
Knowledge of ACS CONNECTIONS and PROMIS systems a plus.
Comfortable with training a plus.
Experience creating and providing training preferred.

Responsibilities

Understand and promote the organization’s Mission, Vision, and Core Values to ensure alignment with organizational policies and procedures.
Complete training for FTC Facilitation.
Develop a working knowledge of all current FTC standards and policies.
Familiarize new staff, as needed, with various FTCs and program compliance mandates.
Conduct pre and post FTC briefing of case with case planner and Supervisor.
Facilitate FTCs in which Children’s Aid has facilitation responsibility.
Participate in team meetings, training, and planning sessions.
Fulfill Work Force Institute requirements.
Liaison with ACS FTC and FSS units as needed.
Ensure that case planners/therapists have invited all the necessary participants and that families have been encouraged to include community partners who will support them.
Prepare statistical reports with regard to FTC’s.
Ensure documentation of FTC outcomes in Connections.
For ADVPO (voluntary) cases, conduct periodic sampling of case record documentation of FTCs.
Ensure documentation of all conferences in the ACS PROMIS system.
Collaborate with the Quality Assurance/Director to ensure compliance with all conferencing mandates and policies.
Take the lead in response to any new ACS FTC implementation initiatives.
Facilitate groups as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.