Out of Home Care Coordinator

Children's Network of Hillsborough•Egypt Lake-Leto, FL

5d•$23•Onsite

About The Position

Provide direction, support, and technical assistance to sub-contracted providers to meet performance objectives for the Lead Agency and Circuit 13 system of care, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local laws. Participate in meetings with residential group home providers and foster parents to strengthen relationships and address systemic issues. Update the daily placement report and review bed hold requests, while also participating in staffing to address high-end placements and step-down plans. Additionally, as a Family Team Facilitator, work with families and support figures to develop collaborative plans that ensure children's safety, well-being, and permanency within the family unit.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work, counseling, human services, psychology, or related field.
Minimum of two (2) years Child Welfare experience with Certification preferred
Must be able to operate standard modern office machinery, including fax, telephone, calculator, computer, scanner, printer, copier, and mail machine. Minimum typing speed of 45 wpm; excellent word processing skills. Must be competent with Microsoft Office Suite programs, including Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook. Must be competent with basic e-mail protocol and procedures including sending, receiving, replying, attachments, and meeting scheduling; excellent written and oral communication skills; effective listening skills; ability to work as a team member, and the ability to work in a multi-cultural environment. Must abide by the highest standards of confidentiality.
Valid driver’s license, clean driver’s license check, and proof of insurance is required
Criminal background screening (fingerprinting ~Local Law Enforcement/FBI/FDLE, and Abuse Registry)
Drug Screening is a requirement
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, legal documents, and/or governmental regulations. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, public groups, and/or boards of directors. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. 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.

Responsibilities

Track, review and report on placement stability, enhanced bed rates, separated siblings, and residential placement. Will work collaboratively and remain flexible in taking on new responsibilities or time-sensitive projects, including stepping into a project lead role when needed.
Facilitate and/or participate in meetings with residential group home providers and/or foster parents to strengthen relationships and address systemic issues impacting the children under lead agency supervision.
Participate in clinical and other staffing’s, (i.e.: MDT, SB 80, stability, disruption, etc.) as needed, to address the special needs of high-end placements and to plan for step down into less restrictive settings. Track and follow up on all reportable placement issues.
Facilitate qualified rate staffings for foster children with qualified rates every 30-60 days. Complete and track funding authorizations for children with qualified rates.
Facilitate DJJ staffings for dependent youth also have dealings with the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Facilitate and/or Participate in Family Team Conference Meetings within the child welfare case management team, primarily at either the inception or toward the conclusion of a case, to help promote and engage families to achieve safe and healthy (child welfare) outcomes.
Monitor, support, and encourage academic performance and educational success.
Review and Complete Bed Hold Requests from RGC providers.
Communicate effectively with other direct care staff during shift change and keep other staff informed of pertinent youth information and campus events
Assist in re-licensing of CNHC’s Residential Group Homes to ensure current federal, state, and local laws, contracts, accreditation standards and policies and procedures are being followed.