Youth Transition and Facilitation Specialist (65642)

Family Support Services•Largo, FL

About The Position

Youth Transition and Facilitation Specialist Join our team at FSS and enjoy comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: Tuition Reimbursement Health Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Life Insurance Well-Being Program Paid Time Off (PTO) Bereavement Leave 12 Paid Holidays Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Short & Long-Term Disability Coverage Employee Discounts 401k Plan with 3% Employer Contribution The mission of Family Support Services is to be the leader in providing safety, stability, and quality of life for all children by working with the community to strengthen the family unit. Job Summary: This position will support the Independent Living team by working collaboratively with foster parents, group home providers, foster care services providers (CMOs), and other community providers to ensure that FSS’s youth are prepared for a transition out of the system of care. This position is responsible for ensuring our 13-17 year old population receive the Life Skills assessments and training through formal and informal paths. The position will also connect youth to positive adults and be the point of contact to support mentor relationships. This position will schedule and facilitate all Transition Staffings for youth 16 and 17 years of age. This position will work directly with FSS contracted partners to ensure that all contractual measures, particularly focusing on the independent living tasks required for the 17.5 Judicial Review, are being met timely. This position will ensure, either directly or through the support of contracted provider(s), that all eligible youth are registered into the Keys to Independence Program and have the documents, information and connections necessary for turning 18. In addition, this position will ensure that the youth is connected with contracted provider and help determine which post 18 program is best for the youth. If the youth does not qualify for extended foster care (EFC), but wishes to enter EFC, this specialist will assist the child in a plan to become eligible.

Requirements

Education: Bachelors degree required.
Experience: Minimum 3 years’ experience in one or more of the following: community engagement, managing programs, volunteer management or event coordination, youth/teen engagement.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Abilities: Competency in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Ability to work independently and to be creative
Ability to prepare a variety of communication
Ability to gather a wide variety of information, summarize and report as needed
Ability to make presentations to staff and community groups
Exceptional verbal & written communication skills and attention to detail
Adaptable to different environments and collaborative with various levels of management
Ability to work nights and weekends as needed
Clear a Level II Background screening (Live Scan) in which your fingerprints will be used to conduct the screening. Please see the link with further details: https://info.flclearinghouse.com
Clear a reference check.
Clear a local background check from the county in which you reside.
Clear a substance abuse screen.
Clear a Motor Vehicles Records check and must be insurable under the company’s automobile policy.
Provide copy of automobile insurance.
Provide proof of, and maintain a minimum personal auto liability insurance level $100,000/$300,000 if deemed to be a driving risk.
Provide a copy of all certifications and degrees prior to your first day of employment.
Clear an E-Verify check to substantiate that the successful candidate meets the Department of Homeland Security authorization requirements to work in the United States (for more information visit www.dhs.gov/e-verify).
Valid drivers license.
Current Child Welfare/Case Management Certification.

Nice To Haves

Child welfare adoption experience preferred.
Knowledge preferred in these areas: Community and/ or non-profit administration
Mentor program relationships
Training/public speaking
Skills: Positive outlook with ability to alternately collaborate & work independently as department demands dictate
Excellent presentation skills
Strong follow-up and follow through
Ability to build long- term, collaborative relationships internally & externally
Ability to engage community for volunteerism and donations
Strong time management
Affinity for the vulnerable children we serve in foster care
Team mentality is essential

Responsibilities

Coordinate with contracted provider to ensure facilitation and implementation of the Statewide Life Skills Program, life skills assessments and informal life skills training.
Assisting CMOs with providing additional life skills opportunities and completion of life skills assessments.
This position will also manage or complete the tracking of life skills assessments and trainings to ensure participation.
Coordinates with community partners to provide teen enrichment programs.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the programs, the need, budgets and ROI.
This includes securing volunteers as appropriate and as needed during events.
Utilize FSFN data to determine teens who will need transitional staffings, schedule and facilitate transition staffings for 16 and 17 year old youth.
Complete and upload into FSFN the My Pathways to Success Plan.
Follow-up on tasks needing completion in order to comply with CFOP and other requirements for all staffings.
Preparing case information on teens transitioning to secondary case management with contracted provider for 17.5 year old staffing and preparation for Extended Foster Care.
This position will be responsible for vetting and establishing relationships with and maintaining a current list of mentoring providers in the community, ensuring case management partners are aware of various mentoring opportunities, facilitate the utilization of mentoring programs and the program’s impact on teens in the system of care.
This position will also connect individuals interested in mentoring with the appropriate community partner.
Perform other duties as requested