JFS MGR Children's Services - Permanency Supervisor (2290-12)
JFS MGR Children's Services -Permanency Supervisor (2290-12)
Deadline to Apply: August 17, 2020
Work Location:
Job & Family Services
222 E. Central Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Work Hours: 80 hours biweekly
Starting Salary: $58,052.00 Annually
NOTE: Applicants for positions with Hamilton County Job and Family Services are subject to background screening in accordance with the document: "Offenses that May Disqualify Candidates for Employment." Convictions from this list may disqualify a candidate for employment with HCJFS.
Requirements (Education, Experience, Licensure, Certification):
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Human Services, Psychology, Special Education, Therapeutic Recreation, Sociology, Criminal Justice, Public Administration or other closely related field (i.e. those fields that involve the provision of direct services and the assumption of case responsibility, with training in social work, psychology, psychiatric nursing, psychiatry, mental health counseling, rehabilitation counseling, pastoral counseling, and/or marriage and family therapy, etc.) from an accredited college or university; AND
- Three (3) years of related direct service and administrative experience
Note: Serves on-call 24 hours/7 days a week.
POSITIONS SUPERVISED:
Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Recruiters, Children’s Services Workers, Program Support
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: (*Indicates developed after employment)
Knowledge of: Wendy’s Wonderful Kids adoption recruitment model, supervision; employee training and development; case management; psychology and/or human behavior; sociology or social work; available community resources specific to area in which employed; federal and state regulations specific to area in which employed; federal and state regulations specific to program services delivered; agency policies and procedures*, manpower planning*, treatment team concepts, interviewing.
Ability to: define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw conclusions; deal with large number of variables and determine specific course of action; review and critique cases and approve or disapprove and make recommendations; write instructions, specifications, training materials; gather, collate and classify data; establish goals, objectives, policies and procedures; recognize unusual or threatening conditions and take appropriate emergency action; handle sensitive inquires and contacts; prepare and deliver speeches before general audience; write accurate reports; establish friendly atmosphere as supervisor of work unit.
ESSENTIAL JOB FACTORS:
Must undergo a background check via Ohio Bureau of Identification and Investigation (BCI).
Must have cell phone availability during working hours-Cell phone stipend eligible.
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Adoption Asessor Certification- upon hiring
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW)
Job Duties (Summary):
- Responsible for supervision of Wendy’s Wonderful Kids (WWK) Adoption Recruitment staff who manage a caseload of 20-25 youth in various stages of adoption recruitment utilizing a child focused recruitment strategy that includes focusing on effective, child specific, targeted recruitment activities to find safe, permanent homes for children. Monitors staff data collection and entry into the WWK database, analyzes performance outcomes ensuring model fidelity. Completes Bi-Annual Reports in addition to yearly grant renewals.
- Manages Adoption staff whose job responsibilities include conducting Kinship Adoption home studies and case management activities of these placements through finalization; monitoring all permanent commitment filings and court determinations to ensure timely and complete transfer of cases to adoptions, ensuring adoption transfers are complete, having all required case management activities and paperwork; couneling and executing of permanent surrenders.
- Responsible for supervision of Program Support Staff who manages Adoption inquiries; conducts timely follow up on inquiries and records adoption inquiries in SACWIS; secures and distributes redacted child profiles for preliminary Match Committee agenda and review/verify corresponding home studies; plans adoption readiness and recruitment events; participates as the agency representative on the Foster Care Youth Advisory Board.
- Schedules and participates in individual and group supervision with staff. Monitors staff’s performance through weekly supervision where cases are reviewed, directives given and staff’s performance evaluated. Responsible for completing staff performance evaluations. Issues performance improvement plans and disciplinary action when necessary.
- Attends necessary training as required. Must complete all training Must complete a minimum of 60 hours of training in the first year of employment in the supervisory position and 30 hours of in-service training every year there after. Must complete Supervisor CORE Training. Must complete Adoption Assesor Training Tier I and II.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Attends necessary training as required.