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Family Connections & MDT Specialist

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Job Summary: 

This position involves conducting extensive searches to locate and engage relatives and non-relative for children in care.  In addition, this position will be facilitating staffings to transition children in care from residential group care to less restrictive, family-centered placements.  This is an autonomous, highly driven professional position to achieve permanency for children and families.

Essential Functions:

  • Establish and maintain positive working relationship with HFC customers

  • Utilize mapping and family-finding techniques to thoroughly search for and engage relatives and non-relatives for placement options

  • Meet with youth to build rapport, explore their history, and identify potential family, friends, and connections

  • Attend, participate in, and conduct family-finding group discussions/staffings with all involved parties

  • Maintain a family-finding tracking log to monitor tasks, progress, and follow-up with case management organizations

  • Regularly review and identify changes to Florida Statutes, DCF operational procedures, administrative rules, and policies, ensuring all parties are informed of updates and potential issues

  • Maintain confidentiality and open communication with life coaches and case management organizations

  • Coordinate MDT meetings/staffings involving DCF, case management organizations, GALs, parents, youth, caregivers, family members, community providers, and other involved parties to assess options and make decisions in the best interest of the child(ren)

  • Receive and review all incoming MDT referrals for placement

  • Maintain an organized tracking system for multidisciplinary referrals, meetings, and confirmation of required attendees

  • Provide timely staffing/meeting invitations and notifications to all participants

  • Provide supporting documentation to MDT participants

  • Ensure MDT participants understand confidentiality requirements, including HIPAA and statutory obligations

  • Assist participants in identifying family strengths when establishing goals for the child; ensure best-interest factors and statutory requirements for children age 3 and younger (per S. 39.4022, F.S.) are considered

  • Provide notification to Children’s Legal Services and DCF Regional staff within 48 hours when unanimous consensus cannot be reached

  • Facilitate consensus-building among MDT participants during meetings/staffings

  • Share staffing/meeting notes with the court and all participants

  • Develop written reports for the court outlining decisions made during MDT meetings and feedback from each participant.

  • Document MDT outcomes in the Florida Safe Families Network (FSFN)

  • Review Florida Statutes, DCF Operational Procedures, Administrative Rules, and policies; ensure participants are aware of confidentiality requirements and potential case-specific issues

  • Cross-train co-workers to ensure coverage for the MDT staffing process

  • Participate in ongoing trainings, team meetings, and planning sessions

  • Perform special projects as assigned

Required Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field.  Experience working with children/youth in foster care, knowledge of the child welfare system, customer service and child welfare certification preferred.

Benefits:

Additional Information:

Excellent benefits package with tuition assistance, domestic partner coverage, retirement and generous paid time off. 

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Drug free workplace.  Drug testing required.  EOE/M/F/D/V. 

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