OPERATIONS REVIEW SPECIALIST - 60072678

Requisition No: 853312 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: OPERATIONS REVIEW SPECIALIST - 60072678

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60072678 

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

Posting Closing Date: 05/26/2025 

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Central Region

Operations Review Specialist

(Child Fatality Prevention Specialist)
Circuit 5, 9. 10 & 18

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Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Preparation and planning for review activities. Research laws, rules policies and procedures applicable to the program being monitored. Determine/develop review methodology, sample selection standards and data collection methods.

2. Selection of review team members and provision of technical assistance to review applicable laws, rules, policies, procedures and review instrument. Organize and assign team responsibilities. Conduct internal quality control activities to ensure data integrity. Analyze the data and provide a written report addressing findings from the review to include critical issues that affect child safety and offer recommendations to address problem areas or issues.

3. Participation as a team member in statewide QM reviews including the federal Child and Family Safety Review (CFSR) component.

4. Completion of various types of desk reviews and on-site reviews to determine compliance with laws, rules, policies and procedures and to assess the quality of services provided to children and their families. Analyze the data and provide a written report addressing findings from the review to include critical issues that affect child safety and offer recommendations to address problem areas or issues.

5. Participation in regularly scheduled county-wide child fatality team staffings and agency specific death reviews. Collect and analyze data to be entered into the statewide child death database. Performing special review activities as requested by the state child death review coordinator, the Director of Child Welfare/CBC or the Secretary of the Department.

6. Provision of timely analysis of reports generated by the Florida Safe Families Network (FSFN) and other departmental information systems to assess district/region performance on key indicators and outcome measures. Identify potential problem areas and take appropriate follow-up action.

7. Formulates corrective action recommendations to address complex programmatic, management and systemic issues resulting from reviews. Track cases with critical safety concerns and provides oversight of corrective plan updates. Provision of training as needed to district/region staff.

8. Serve as the primary liaison between the QM unit and the district/region program office and operational staff as well as the community-based care staff providing contracted child welfare services in the Zone.

9. Conducts ongoing oversight and review of staff work in a mentor capacity, including review protocols, data spreadsheets, follow-up review activities and special assignments and provides feed back to Quality Management Manager.

10. Participates in the Quality Assurance exchange program for two months during the fiscal year. During this time, will be assigned to work with CPI operations to complete investigations and/or act in a CPI Supervisor role.

11. Performs other related duties as assigned.

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.