Quality Assurance Specialist FT

Safe Children Coalition•Sarasota, FL

About The Position

Join Our Team and Make a Difference at the Safe Children Coalition! Are you passionate about Quality Assurance services for Community Based Care? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Safe Children Coalition as part of our Quality Assurance Specialist! Purpose of the Role: As a Quality Assurance Specialist, you'll Provide quality assurance services to the Community Based Care initiative through quantitative (statistical/outcome) and qualitative (professional/best practice) data gathering and analysis, developing and implementing associated quality improvement strategies to strengthen child welfare services in Desoto, Manatee, and Sarasota Counties.

Requirements

Minimum of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
Three years' experience in the delivery of child welfare services preferred.
Child Welfare Staff Development/Training and/or Child Welfare Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement experience preferred.
Certification as a Child Welfare Professional desired.

Responsibilities

Responsible for assuring compliance regarding current federal, state, and local laws, contracts, accreditation standards, and policies and procedures.
Promotes and advocates for improvements to the child welfare system as related to the primary purpose to strengthen practice, improvement the timeliness, accessibility, quality and effectiveness of services and increase the natural and enduring community supports for children and families.
Conduct quality case management case reviews which include but not limited to pre and post case consultations as it relates to all reviews including targeted or special project reviews.
As requested, participates in peer reviews as part of the overall Quality Assurance program.
As a contributing member of the Quality Assurance team, works with other team members and SCC staff to develop and maintain effective data collection and tracking systems that facilitate monitoring and outcomes measurement.
As a contributing member of the Quality Assurance team, cross trains, coaches and supports in all quality areas to assist other team members and all team projects and SCC staff.
Supports professional development initiatives by assimilating recommendations from analysis activities into training tools that can be used to ensure effective deployment of processes and support/retention of appropriate and skilled resources.
As a contributing member of the Quality Assurance team, engages in data collection, systems analysis, evaluation, and redesign that respond to SCC requirements.