Starting Salary: $49,700/yr

Position Summary:

The Family Finder position’s primary role will be to act as the centralized point of contact Circuit 18 for all related duties in searching for immediate and extended family members of children involved in the dependency system. The Family Finder position will assist case management to explore all family connections and assess the willingness/availability of family members to participate in the dependency case process to offer the best placements for the children in care or to become a permanent connection to the child. They will connect extended family and informal supports to the family to work with improving safety concerns, permanency, and well-being of children.

Technical/Functional Expectations:

1.           Family Finding- Essential Function: Perform detailed search of immediate family members and extended family members to complete family trees and identify possible relative placements and supports for children in care.

2.           Diligent Search- Essential Function: Assist case management in the completion of diligent searches on relatives on dependency cases.

3.           Internet Proficient- Essential Function: The ability to utilize multiple internet search engines as well as social media to conduct searches to identify and contact family members.

4.           Data Integrity- Essential Function: Assists and provides internal controls to authenticate data integrity. Documents family finding efforts into statewide and ancillary databases.

5.           Meeting Attendance- Essential Function: Attends staff meetings, in-service trainings and other meetings or conferences as necessary to share and gather information.

6.           Other duties as required- Essential Function: Job performance requires fulfilling other incidental or related duties as assigned, assisting and training others, and attending speaking engagements to increase the program’s visibility across the system of care.

Behavioral Competencies:

1.           Attention to Detail: Able to be thorough and complete when assembling, processing, or providing detailed information.

2.           Integrity: Able to demonstrate consistency of words and actions; protect confidential information; do what is right even when no one is watching.

3.           Team Work: Able to cooperate to build consensus; assist others to achieve team goals; participate in meetings so they are productive; take on extra work to meet team objectives.

4.           Diligence: Able to persevere in accomplishing tasks or objectives; commit to long hours of work or working outside of the typical 8am- 5pm; have a sense of urgency about getting results.

5.           Concern for Quality: Able to promote quality in spite of other pressures; identify and remove barriers to quality; take time to do things right.

6.           Sensitivity: Work effectively with and show sensitivity to cultural differences and various socio-economic backgrounds of others.

7.           Ethics: Adhere to and model principles and values of Agency and System of Care by being strength-based, solution-focused, maintains highest level of integrity and ethical standards and work collaboratively with employees, partners, stakeholders and clients in all interactions.

 Business Experience:

1. Valid Driver's License - Essential: A valid driver's license is required to attend trainings and other activities throughout the County and State.
2. Strong written and verbal communication skills: Strong communication skills are essential in order to clearly and concisely coach parents if needed during Family Time sessions. Strong written skills are required as observations of client contacts will be documented in SACWIS system and emails and other requests require a professional and courteous response.
3. Strong Computer Skills
4.  Ability to set and adjust priorities
5. Ability to be flexible with changing demands and priorities

Educational and Experience Requirements:

1.       BA/BS – bachelor’s degree required in a social work or related area of study from an accredited college or university required. (Related degrees are Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Counselling, Special Education, Education, Human Development, Child Development, Family Development, Marriage and Family Therapy)

2.       Two years’ experience working with at risk children and families preferred

3.       Child Welfare Case Management Certification required.

Physical Requirements:

1.           Reading

2.           Writing

3.           Listening

4.           Speaking

5.           Lifting 25 pounds

6.           Sitting

7.           Carrying 25 pounds

8.           Pulling 25 pounds

9.           Pushing 25 pounds

10.       Typing

Family Partnerships of Central Florida is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. These employers also maintain Drug-Free Workplaces. Requests for Auxiliary Aids for Hearing Impaired or Limited English Proficiency Candidates may be made with a minimum of five (5) days notice to C. Hernandez at (321) 752-4650.