Training and Education Specialist III

at State of Delaware in Dover, Delaware, United States Job Description The Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) is an agency within the judicial branch, charged with safeguarding the welfare of Delaware's children. It accomplishes this mission through advocacy, collaboration, evaluation, and education with a vision of safe and resilient children with supportive families. It has 30 full-time employees, six casual/seasonal employees, thirteen contractors and over 400 volunteers. OCA operates out of all three counties. OCA's Legal Services Division represents approximately 550 children that are experiencing foster care through Child Attorneys and Court Appointed Special Advocates. OCA's Office of the Investigation Coordinator (IC) monitors over 900 serious child abuse cases and leads the multidisciplinary team case reviews. OCA's Policy and Training Division provides intensive reviews of serious child abuse cases, manages youth in transition programs, coordinates child welfare trainings, generates child welfare data and staffs the Child Protection Accountability Commission (CPAC). Administrative support is provided to all divisions through leadership, managers, and support staff. OCA's Policy and Training Division includes the Training Unit, which is responsible for accomplishing OCA's statutory charge of accessing, developing, and providing quality training to the Division of Family Services, Deputy Attorneys General, Family Court, law-enforcement officers, the medical community, educators, day-care providers, and others on child protection issues [16 Del. C. § 931(b)(4)]. The Unit's primary duties are as follows: developing and providing training to the state on the statutory, child abuse mandatory reporting obligations, including all child abuse training curricula under the Medical Practices Act; identifying, mantaining and developing all educational programming related to Erin's Law and Adult Sexual Misconduct In Schools for school district and charter school employees, school administrators, school nurses, school counselors, students, and parents; researching and developing new online in-person, and virtual training programs and curricula; developing, coordinating and providing training regarding topics related to identifying, reporting, investigating, prosecuting and treating child abuse and neglect; organizing and providing train-the-trainer sessions to MDT members; providing regular, ongoing training on the Memorandum of Understanding for the MDT Response to Child Abuse & Neglect;; administering CPAC's learning management system to support online learners, deliver online training programs and track attendance; planning and coordinating in-person and virtual training programs and the biennial Protecting Delaware's Children conference and annual ChildFirst Forensic Interview Training Program; collecting and evaluating data from online, in-person and virtual training programs; managing contracts of training specialists and administrators, and staffing the CPAC Training Committee and its 8 workgroups. To view the entire job announcement and apply, Click Here . Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas: Possession of a Bachelor's Degree, preferably in a relevant field, such as instructional design, social or behavioral sciences or training and development fields. Experience presenting training or education courses using a variet To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account