Licensing and Caregiver Support Specialist

Description

Be a part of creating meaningful, independent and productive lives for children and adolescents who receive services from our Devereux Community Based Care, Inc.’s case management organization. We have a current opening for a full-time Licensing and Caregiver Support Specialist. The Licensing and Caregiver Support Specialist position will allow you to find purpose and give your room to grow in the largest not-for-profit provider of services to children and families in Florida.

Being an Licensing and Caregiver Support Specialist has its Advantages

As an Licensing and Caregiver Support Specialist at CCKids, you will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need. We offer:

• Opportunities to work alongside talented Child Welfare professionals, providing the opportunity to learn and grow in the field of child welfare and non-profit business
• Excellent benefits including low-cost, high coverage health insurance, competitive time-off benefits, retirement, public servant student loan forgiveness, and MORE!

Communities Connected for Kids provides community based services for children and families in the child welfare system, so all children grow to their full potential. Based out of Port St. Lucie, FL, this position is responsible for the complete licensing file attestation process and serves as the agency liaison to foster parents, relative/non-relative caregivers, fictive kin, and case management.  Additional duties include:

• Review Level I-V foster care initial and re-licenses for compliance with FL statute, administrative code, DCF operating procedure, and submit required paperwork timely to the DCF region.
• Process Caregiver Support Program Requests for services.
• Serve as an agency liaison with subcontracted child placing agencies, and case management staff.
• Serve as an agency liaison to foster parents to ensure population needs are met.
• Attend Quality Parenting Initiative Committee meetings and participate in all Quality Parenting Initiative events.
• Coordinate and provide ongoing in-service training for all caregivers and case management staff.
• Participate in the quality improvement process and COA accreditation process.

Devereux CBC provides child welfare services in Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties. As the community-based lead agency, Devereux is responsible for managing child abuse prevention and family preservation programs to help keep children safe in their homes, while also providing quality services to children in out-of-home care, and finding adoptive homes for those children in need of forever families.

Keywords: case management, training, agency liaison, administrative support, child welfare, caregiver programs, community based programs, foster home licensing, human services, certification, child welfare certifcation, community outreach

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Social work or human services related field.
• Florida Certification Board Child Welfare Certification.

Experience:

• Minimum of two years of foster home licensing.
• Ability to navigate Florida Safe Families Network (FSFN) required. 
• Minimum of two years of dependency case management experience preferred.

Must possess a valid Florida driver's license and safe driving record.

Must be able to work flexible hours that may include evenings and occasionally special Saturday events.

Company Overview

About Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health is one of the largest and most advanced behavioral healthcare organizations in the country. Informed by the latest advancements in science and medicine, we combine evidence-based interventions with compassionate family engagement to help change lives. We were founded in 1912 by special education pioneer, Helena Devereux. Today, Devereux is a national nonprofit partner for individuals, families, schools and communities, serving many of the most vulnerable members of our society in areas of autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, specialty mental health, and child welfare.

Our Mission: Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health changes lives – by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional, behavioral or cognitive differences.

We employ more than 7,500 staff and operate 15 centers in 13 states. We offer a comprehensive national network of clinical, therapeutic, educational, and employment programs and services that positively impact the lives of tens of thousands of children, adults and their families every year.

Our Culture, Our Expectations

At Devereux, we strive to incorporate servant leadership into our culture and every aspect of our organizational framework; from the delivery of quality services to individuals served, their families, and other stakeholders to the development and empowerment of our employees. We offer challenging and exciting work, and our supportive team environment creates an empowering and positive atmosphere. To be successful in our work environment, you will put the needs of others first, and will feel called to serve, and called to lead.

Competitive Salary and Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health provides a comprehensive health and welfare program to eligible full-time employees, family members and domestic partners. Our benefit programs include medical (including telemedicine - medical care via phone, web, app), dental, prescription drug, preventative care, mental health services and an employee assistance / work-life balance program. In addition, we offer tuition assistance, generous time-off, a 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit, and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.

Visit benefits.devereux.org to see why we are a great place to work!

The employment policies of Devereux are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will consider applicants for this position without regard to any category protected by applicable federal, state or local law, including but not limited to race, religion, sex, color, age, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, national origin, marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status or uniform service member status.

Devereux is a drug-free workplace, drug screening required. EOE