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KIDS HOUSE of Seminole Children’s Advocacy Center

Kids House is currently hiring for the following positions:

Family Advocate- Full Time

Under direction of the Quality Assurance Director, the Family Advocate is responsible for coordinating services and flow of information to the child victim and her/his family, providing crisis intervention, leading Family Team Meetings, facilitating a seamless transition into needed services, and acting as an advocate for the child and family. The position provides support to the protective investigation and case management programs by offering an alternative intervention option for providing services in cases that do not meet the established criteria for a formal protective services response.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Coordinate and Facilitate Family Team Conferences/Advocacy

  • Coordinate, prepare, and facilitate and manage the scheduling of Family Team Conference meetings
  • Develop safety/crisis planning and follow up development (as needed)
  • Ensure services & treatment are delivered from a strength based framework and customized to meet individualized needs of the family
  • Provide Advocacy to create community linkages and enhanced resources for children and families
  • Advocate for the needs of children and families
  • Coordination of services and flow of information for child abuse victims and their families who are identified as meeting the criteria for Family Connections.
  • Crisis Intervention for children and their families by trained crisis responders.
  • Referrals to Community resources including but not limited to: food, clothing, medical, parenting, mental health evaluation and counseling, substance abuse programs, domestic violence programs, financial assistance. Navigation of those services to ensure that the family has a contact and clear understanding of the location and services to be provided.
  • Facilitate Family Team Meetings bringing together the service providers and the family members in a setting conducive to successful intervention.
  • Participate in Early Service Intervention staffings; as established by the Family Connections Program Director.
  • Support and encourage the family in maintaining a healthy family system.
  • Case management /Data entry and tracking on Child Abuse cases and follow-up on services referred and any additional needs.
  • Maintain a cooperative working relationship with the other members of the Family Connections Team (SCSO, CBC, CHS, KH, HSA).
  • Attend specialized training on Child Abuse & neglect, victim services, cultural diversity, crisis intervention, Family Team Conferencing, and outside training specific to Child Abuse
  • Attend In-service training held by partnering agencies to be familiar with their role and procedures, i.e. CPT, SAO, LE, CBC, SCSO.
  • Assist in the development of materials and maintenance of a resource directory that will assist children and families.

Provide ongoing Quality Assurance to the service delivery system.

  • Attend weekly Family Advocate meetings
  • Participate in quarter peer file review
  • Perform duties to reflect Home Agency and Family Connections agency policies and procedures.
  • Perform other work related duties as needed or as assigned by supervisor
  • Participate in after hour’s on-call rotation.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

  • REQUIRED:
  • Masters degree or Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university and two years experience in child welfare.
  • Knowledge of local community resources.
  • Case Management, Service Coordination experience
  • Team facilitation skills  
  • PREFERRED :
  • Preference to candidates with prior FTC/teaming/wraparound experience
  • Successful completion of the Child Welfare Pre-service training and testing
  • Team facilitation skills  
  • SKILLS :
  • Excellent organization and communication and human relation skills.
  • Ability to work with other professionals and non-professionals.
  • Highly sensitive to the needs and welfare of children.
  • Self-motivated and able to work independently when required.
  • Available to work flexible hours to meet needs of clients.
  • Advanced computer/data entry skills
  • Experience working with at risk families and children with significant emotional and behavioral needs and their families.

Data Analyst- Part-time with the posibility of Full-time

Under direction of the Quality Assurance Director, the Data Analyst will be responsible for gathering statistics and information, data entry, generating reports, and all tasks related to the Case Tracking Program  

Duties include but are not limited to:

  • Input data into computer system
  • Verify recorded information to ensure accuracy and completeness of data
  • Identify and correct errors within data
  • Update files and records, creating back-up files
  • Operate computers and office equipment
  • Assemble, batch and distribute data
  • Perform additional functions incidental to data entry activities
  • Involvement outside immediate work unit
  • Offer and obtain basic information or provide assistance on general matters
  • Understand and convey simple messages and instructions verbally
  • Extract data from multiple databases
  • Create charts and graphics

Qualifications:

  • High School Diploma and one year of related work experience
  • Experience in Statistical Data Management
  • Experience with database and spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft FoxPro and Microsoft Excel
  • Highly motivated and capable of assuming responsibility for data
  • Excellent organization and communication skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively with children and adolescents, ranging in age from infants to 17 years of age
  • Practical experience or willingness to learn developmental stages of children and the dynamics and effects of child abuse
  • Disposition toward multi-disciplinary team approach to the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases

Download an Employment Application

Send your resume and application directly to crawford@kidshouse.org or by mail to Kids House:

ATTN: Nancy Crawford, Executive Director
Kids House of Seminole
5467 N. Ronald Reagan Blvd.
Sanford, FL 32773

You may also fax your resume to 407-324-3045.

For more information, please call (407) 324-3036 and press 0 for the operator.
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