Lead Placement Specialist Position Available In St. Lucie, Florida

Lead Placement Specialist Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health – 3.0 Port Saint Lucie, FL Job Details Full-time 1 day ago Benefits Health insurance Loan forgiveness Qualifications Master of Social Work Mid-level Microsoft Office Master’s degree Bachelor’s degree Case management Organizational skills Human Services Social Work 1 year Behavioral health

Full Job Description Description:

Are you searching for meaningful work that ensures the safety of children and helps to build strong families in the community? Then our Communities Connected for Kids program has an opportunity that will interest you! We are looking for a motivated, dedicated and compassionate individual to be a Lead Placement Specialist! Being a Lead Placement Specialist has its Advantages As a Lead Placement Specialist you will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need.

We offer:

Opportunities to make a positive impact in the lives of children in need of support Unique rewards that come from seeing families improve and flourish with the services you referred them to Excellent benefits including low-cost, high-coverage health insurance, generous time-off, competitive retirement, and non-profit student loan forgiveness. Communities Connected for Kids provides oversight and coordination of the child-welfare system in Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie counties. Based out of Port Saint Lucie, FL, this position provides assistance to Placement Specialists in order to ensure appropriate placements for children sheltered into licensed out-of-home care are both identified and stabilized and will have some oversite of departmental responsibilities as assigned by the Placement Supervisor. The Lead Placement Specialist serves as a knowledgeable resource and point of contact to internal and external consumers when the Placement Supervisor is unavailable.

Additional duties include:

Ensure children are placed in settings that best suit their needs and receive services that are appropriate to their needs. Creatively solve problems and deal with a variety of variable with minimal direction. Perform crisis intervention. Assures accurate documentation of services provided to include, but not limited to, comprehensive placement assessments, child placement agreements and FSFN updates. Provide assistance regarding difficult placement challenges. Assist with placement stabilization once children are placed in licensed out-of-home care. Assume supervisory duties in the absence of the placement supervisor. Assume On-call responsibilities, as assigned by the supervisor on a rotating schedule, to effectively meet Placement needs after normal program hours, weekends and holidays. Participate in the quality improvement process. Maintain compliance with Minimum Training Requirements (MTR) Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

EDUCATION

Required:

Bachelor’s degree in Human Services or related field from an accredited college or university.

Preferred:

Master’s (MS, MA) degree or Masters of Social Work is preferred. Proficiency in Microsoft Office desk applications

EXPERIENCE

Minimum two (2) years of experience in child welfare, behavioral health, or a related field. Minimum one (1) year experience in placement services. Experience with dependency case management preferred. Strong analytic, critical thinking and organizational skills. Excellent interpersonal skills including oral and written communications Awareness of cultural values and beliefs, willingness to be flexible and examine own cultural biases, and ability to communicate with co-workers, clients, families and customers from various cultures.

CERTIFICATION

Required:

Child Welfare Certification issued by the Florida Certification Board or related certification, or any other qualifying specialized academic training prior to hiring.

Company Overview:

About Communities Connected for Kids Communities Connected for Kids provides oversight and coordination of the child-welfare system in Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie counties. At any given time, there are about 1,300 abused, abandoned or neglected children in our care. We are responsible for the safety and well-being of each one of them. We meet this responsibility through a mix of direct and contracted services. If you think about it in terms of building a house, we are the general contractor of the child-welfare system. The system is the house, we are the contractor, and our network of service providers are the subcontractors we pull together to make the house strong and ready to live in. Who We Serve Communities Connected for Kids offers a full range of care for children, adolescents, young adults and family members in Okeechobee and the Treasure Coast. We offer our services through a wide variety of approaches including in-home parenting and prevention services, family preservation, case management, residential programs and extended foster care services for teenagers and young adults. In the tradition of true partnership, Communities Connected for Kids works closely with several agencies that are funded through Medicaid, substance abuse/mental health or private funds to offer a continuum of treatment services otherwise unfunded by Community Based Care dollars. These partnerships help families strengthen their capacity to care for their children or help children heal from trauma they’ve experienced. Mission Our mission is to enhance the safety, permanency and well-being of all children in Okeechobee and the Treasure Coast through a community network of family support services. Values Communities Connected for Kids values are: We are accountable to the children and families we serve and to the communities in which we live.

We ensure services provided are:

Individualized, based on the strengths and needs of the families we serve Respectful and culturally sensitive Effective and accountable Evidence based and data driven Permanency focused Ensure financial and human resources are managed and maximized Our Vision We envision a community without abuse, neglect and abandonment so all children grow to their full potential.