Team Specialist

Join our team at FSS and enjoy comprehensive benefits including but not limited to:
Tuition Reimbursement: Earn up to $5,250 per qualifying year to invest in your education. Health Insurance: Choose from three comprehensive Florida Blue health insurance plans to keep you and your family covered. Dental Plan: Enjoy an employer-paid dental plan for our valued employees. Life Insurance: Your peace of mind matters to us. We provide employer-paid life insurance. Well-Being Program: Stay healthy and engaged with our highly interactive well-being program. Paid Time Off (PTO): Relax and recharge with our generous PTO plan. You can even earn three additional days per plan year! Bereavement Leave: We offer 3 paid days of bereavement leave annually to ease the burden during a family member's passing. Paid Holidays: Enjoy the 12 holidays without the worry of receiving a paycheck (to include 1 floating holiday) and unwind with family and friends to celebrate and rejuvenate!401k Plan with Matching: Secure your financial future with our 401k plan and employer matching. Additional Benefits: Explore our range of benefits, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Vision Plan, Short & Long-Term Disability coverage, Employee Discounts, and more. 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: Schedule, facilitate, monitor, document, and track the Multidisciplinary Team process as outlined in section 39.4022, Fla. Stat. (2021) and schedule and facilitate Case Staffings to address permanency, safety, and well-being of children and youth to include thorough documentation in the Case File/FSFN. This position will provide qualitative reviews of case files and support case management to bring files into compliance. This includes coordinating and facilitating staffings that may result in competing opinions and recommendations from those who must or may be invited to the staffing who are involved in the life of the child. Utilize a trauma-sensitive, strength-based approach to engaging families and youth in the staffing process. Mediate disagreements during staffings to ensure effective communication between participating individuals and identify strengths within the family when determining and establishing goals for the child. Responsible for drafting written reports for the court that outline the positions of the team and the overall decision and will testify, as necessary, before the court. The person in this position would develop a broader understanding of other departments within FSSSC by building relationships and collaborating on other assignments. Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with organizations and other agencies involved with the child welfare system.
Essential Duties: Coordinate and facilitate specialized staffings (in person or virtually) and send notifications to all participants who are required to attend; 65% Timely develop and draft written reports for the court regarding the outcomes of the staffing related to placement, permanency, and transition plans; 15% Establishes and maintains relationships with organizations and other agencies involved with child welfare such as DCF, CMOs, ASA, GAL, schools, clinical professionals, and other community partners; 10% Maintain an organized tracking system to account for multidisciplinary staffings and confirm participation of required attendees and document the outcome in FSFN; 5% Participate in ongoing cross-program training, team meetings, and planning; 5% Other Duties As needed Minimum Qualifications: Education:
Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university.
Experience:
Three or more years of child welfare experience. Experience in Facilitation/Mediation a plus.
Licensure, Certification, and/or Registration:
Valid drivers license. Florida Child Welfare Certification.
Ability to:
Work collaboratively with community members, peers and supervisors. Maintain high organizational, leadership and communication skills. Be detail-oriented. Utilize networking skills. Interpersonal skills of communication, facilitation, collaborative problem solving and planning, consensus building, and conflict resolution. Communicate and express ideas effectively with staff and clients. Write reports and correspondence. Speak effectively before small and large groups, as well as in courtroom settings. Solve problems and deal with a variety of variables while working collaboratively to develop placement and transition plans. Think critically and see future consequences of decisions. Utilize trauma sensitive, strength-based approaches such as motivational interviewing and family engagement strategies. Solicit and empower youth voice and perspective. Comprehend, collect and analyze data before and during facilitation regarding child safety factors and recognizing risk to children. Understand impact of bonding and attachment during critical developmental periods. Knowledge of:
Florida's official electronic system of record, Florida Safe Family Network (FSFN). Family and group dynamics with a range of intervention techniques. Social Worker principles, techniques, and practices and their application to complex case work, group work, and community problems. Florida Statutes, DCF Operational Procedures, Administrative Rule and policies. Child Protection and child development issues. Skills:
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills. Organized and detail oriented. Ability to align parties to a common goal utilizing facilitation and consensus building strategies. Experience in Microsoft office, and computer proficiency. Other Requirements:
Clear a Level II background screening. 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 Clear a reference check (professional and personal). Clear a local background check from the County in which you reside. Clear a substance abuse screen. Provide a copy of all degrees prior to your first day of employment. 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. Family Support Services team members follow 5 core values: Partnership : At FSS, a belief that we are better together is core to who we are. Partnership is an essential component of a healthy system of care. Our team is committed to a respectful, open-minded, collaborative approach to co-creating solutions with the community. This extends to the children and families we serve as well.
Excellence : FSS challenges ourselves to always strive for better on behalf of those we serve. We foster innovative practices, encourage continuous quality improvement, and engage in strategic planning with our partners to achieve the highest possible outcomes for children, families, and the community.
Accountability : FSS recognizes our leadership role within the system of care and strives to be accountable to the community by being trustworthy partners. FSS is committed to ethical and transparent practices, and to operate with integrity as we pursue positive outcomes.
Compassion : We recognize that we often meet families at their most challenging moment and people are more than the sum of their circumstances. We provide trauma-sensitive care for the children and families in our system to reach their full potential. We embrace a service leadership approach and commit to finding the strengths in everyone we encounter while we foster resiliency.
Equity : Equity goes beyond the fair treatment of all people. For FSS, equity is the commitment to recognize the social justice issues intrinsic to our work with marginalized communities. We strive to amplify the voices of individuals and families impacted by poverty, racism, and discrimination in any form. We obligate ourselves to a belief that none of these factors should be a predictor of child welfare involvement or outcomes.
FSS is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. FSS is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to Human Resources at . Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
401(k)401(k) matching Dental insurance Employee assistance program Employee discount Flexible spending account Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Retirement plan Tuition reimbursement Vision insurance Schedule:
8 hour shift Monday to Friday Education:
Bachelor's (Required) Experience:
Facilitation/Mediation: 1 year (Preferred) Child Welfare: 3 years (Required) License/Certification:
Florida Child Welfare Certification (Required) Work Location: Hybrid remote in Largo, FL 33771