Youth Transition and Facilitation Specialist
Join our team at FSS and enjoy comprehensive benefits including but not limited to:
The mission of Family Support Services is to be the leader in providing safety, stability, and quality of life for all children by working with the community to strengthen the family unit.
Job Summary:
This position will support the Independent Living team by working collaboratively with foster parents, group home providers, foster care services providers (CMOs), and other community providers to ensure that FSS’s youth are prepared for a transition out of the system of care. This position is responsible for ensuring our 13-17 year old population receive the Life Skills assessments and training through formal and informal paths. The position will also connect youth to positive adults and be the point of contact to support mentor relationships. This position will schedule and facilitate all Transition Staffings for youth 16 and 17 years of age. This position will work directly with FSS contracted partners to ensure that all contractual measures, particularly focusing on the independent living tasks required for the 17.5 Judicial Review, are being met timely. This position will ensure, either directly or through the support of contracted provider(s), that all eligible youth are registered into the Keys to Independence Program and have the documents, information and connections necessary for turning 18. In addition, this position will ensure that the youth is connected with contracted provider and help determine which post 18 program is best for the youth. If the youth does not qualify for extended foster care (EFC), but wishes to enter EFC, this specialist will assist the child in a plan to become eligible.
Essential Duties:
Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
Bachelors degree required.
Experience:
Minimum 3 years’ experience in one or more of the following: community engagement, managing programs, volunteer management or event coordination, youth/teen engagement. Child welfare adoption experience preferred.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Abilities:
Knowledge preferred in these areas:
Skills:
Other Requirements:
Licensure, Certification, and/or Registration:
Valid drivers license. Current Child Welfare/Case Management Certification.
Family Support Services team members follow 5 core values:
Partnership : At FSS, a belief that we are better together is core to who we are. Partnership is an essential component of a healthy system of care. Our team is committed to a respectful, open-minded, collaborative approach to co-creating solutions with the community. This extends to the children and families we serve as well.
Excellence : FSS challenges ourselves to always strive for better on behalf of those we serve. We foster innovative practices, encourage continuous quality improvement, and engage in strategic planning with our partners to achieve the highest possible outcomes for children, families, and the community.
Accountability : FSS recognizes our leadership role within the system of care and strives to be accountable to the community by being trustworthy partners. FSS is committed to ethical and transparent practices, and to operate with integrity as we pursue positive outcomes.
Compassion : We recognize that we often meet families at their most challenging moment and people are more than the sum of their circumstances. We provide trauma-sensitive care for the children and families in our system to reach their full potential. We embrace a service leadership approach and commit to finding the strengths in everyone we encounter while we foster resiliency.
Equity : Equity goes beyond the fair treatment of all people. For FSS, equity is the commitment to recognize the social justice issues intrinsic to our work with marginalized communities. We strive to amplify the voices of individuals and families impacted by poverty, racism, and discrimination in any form. We obligate ourselves to a belief that none of these factors should be a predictor of child welfare involvement or outcomes.
FSS is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. FSS is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to Human Resources at c6.hr@fssnf.org.
Job Type: Full-time
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Work Location: Hybrid remote in Largo, FL 33771
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