CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATOR - 60072022

Requisition No: 862893 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATOR - 60072022

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60072022 

Salary:  Current Employees will be compensated in accordance with the DCF salary policy. 

Posting Closing Date: 10/18/2025 

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This is a highly responsible, professional position held in the Regional Family Safety Program Office, requiring extensive knowledge of the dynamics of child abuse and neglect, laws rules and applicable policies that guide practice, as well as work experience in child welfare programs.

The incumbent must have the skills needed to provide Human Trafficking and Missing Children training, review investigations, review and analyze data obtained through reviews to address complex management and systemic problems and formulate recommendations for the effective solution of these problems.

Specific duties and responsibilities of the position include:

• Enhances the quality of communication between DCF, Community Based Care providers, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the criminal justice system, and all levels of law enforcement to improve collaborative relationships between these agencies on issues related to child safety and well-being. 
• Ensure that a sense of urgency is brought to all Department and Community Based Care Providers regarding the issues that require law enforcement assistance, particularly those involving missing children. Also, to ensure that the immediate and long-term needs of law enforcement are met by the Department and CBC Providers to foster and develop solid working relationships between social service providers and law enforcement throughout the state.
• Identifies concerns and makes recommendations regarding any educational training, policy, procedure, administrative and legislative actions which should be undertaken to enhance the ability of agencies within Florida in recovering children reported missing and human trafficking.
• Provides technical assistance for the Department and CBC Providers on issues related to reporting and locating missing, exploited, abuse, neglected, and abandoned children.
• Serve as point of contact on issues involving missing children, human trafficking, including reporting process and investigative assistance, for the Department, CBC providers, local law enforcement, school systems, runaway shelters, and the community, within the designated Region.
• Conducts regular reviews of Department records related to missing child cases.
• Regularly reviews targeted missing children’s cases, especially those involving abductions, including review of recovery efforts being made in accordance with FAC 65C-30.019, and Department CFOP 175-85.
• Conducts quality reviews of missing children. Reports processes utilized within the Region to assure effectiveness and compliance with appropriate rules and regulations.
• Analyzes data to identify trends and issues regarding missing children within the Region. Identifies issues and makes recommendations to improve policies, practices, and collaboration regarding missing children.
• Serves as the point of contact for the DCF Headquarters Missing Child Location Unit.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 

Experience with instruction or training

Experience with public speaking

Knowledge of learning management systems

Planning and organizing

Presentation, facilitation and coaching skills

Operational experience in child protective investigations

Ability to collect, evaluate and analyze data and information

Report writing skills and experience

Knowledge of and experience in working cooperatively with community agencies and Law Enforcement

Proficiency in computer skills and other systems used to record and track information and data

Proficiency in the Department's child protection and child welfare information system.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree

Current/Active Child Protection Certification from the FCB

Minimum 3 years of child welfare experience must include child protective investigations

Must maintain an active/valid driver license

Must be able and willing to travel throughout the Region as required

Must be a subject matter expert in Florida's Child Welfare Safety Practice framework/model

Must be proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Must have documented training experience

Preferences:

Certified Child Welfare Professional

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.