CIRCUIT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMIN * - 60038530 1

Requisition No: 827636 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: CIRCUIT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMIN * - 60038530 1

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60038530 

Salary:  agency to update 

Posting Closing Date: 05/03/2024 

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Circuit Community Development Administrator

Department of Children and Families

Circuit 2

This posting will be used to fill a Career Service position.

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

This is not a telework position. Position will be housed in Leon County, but there ‘may’ be available office space in Wakulla and Gadsden Counties.

This is a highly professional managerial position providing a vital role in the Region of integrating the spectrum of community resources into one system of care for the people we serve and providing leadership to the community resources in Circuit 2. The position serves Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, and Wakulla counties. Duties include:

This is a highly professional position providing a vital role for a Circuit(s) of integrating the spectrum of community resources into one system of care for the people we serve.  Serves as the Department's lead in the assigned Circuit(s) working closely with community stakeholders to include but not limited to: the Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA), Children’s Medical Services, the Community Based Care (CBC) Lead Agency, Children’s Legal Services (CLS), protective investigations staff, local health care network, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Managing Entity, Adult Protective Services (APS), Guardian Ad Litem (GAL), the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), faith-based organizations, private sector businesses and funders.

Promotes traditional and non-traditional partnership approaches designed to integrate services and braid funding sources to maximize service resources and service impact within the community.

Implement initiatives such as a medical home model that integrates primary, specialty, behavioral, dental healthcare, and provides for the appropriate continuity of care for all children in care

Develop and implement local protocols and data sharing mechanisms and establishes meaningful performance measures designed to ensure all children in care are successful in school and specific and timely actions are taken to mitigate educational risks.

Develop and implement local protocols to ensure the local system of care is trauma informed and fully integrates trauma treatment, substance abuse services, and mental health services into the service delivery system.

Builds and supports a network of community ACCESS points for public assistant applicants to apply for assistance and conduct other transactions.

Collaborates with community steakholders to resolve client specific issues including the facilitation of lockout calls for dependent and community children needing placement and/or residential services.

Handles special projects as assigned by the Community Director.

Conducts periodic public forums to proactively solicit community feedback on performance and potential service gaps.

Works closely with regional operations to ensure achievement of Circuit goals, performance measures/objectives, and compliance with internal mandates. Reviews and analyzes operational performance, ensuring compliance/performance in programs/operational areas to ensure the department and local service providers are performing effectively and meeting community needs.

Ensures services integration among internal agency programs and community partners.

Monitors performance metrics and alerts the Community Director of any performance concerns. Has step in rights to ensure successful performance outcomes and compliance with standards and fulfillment of plans, goals, and initiatives.

Works in partnership with regional programs and operations to plan, direct, and coordinate projects, work assignments and services to ensure effective delivery of services to clients. Assists with coordinating on-going review of service delivery and management systems to ensure maximum efficiency and productivity.

Represents the Department on Circuit-based community and stakeholder Boards and committees.  Develops and executes Memorandums of Understanding with community partners and stakeholder groups when necessary and appropriate.

Leads Circuit-based employee and community recognition activities.

Represents Circuit on Statewide Program Operations issues / workgroups.  Provide leadership/lead for abuse and neglect strategies and other child neglect and child wellbeing initiatives.   Point person for the circuit CAPP (Child Abuse Prevention Plan).

Serves as an active member of the Region’s Executive Management Team.

Leads and collaborates with APS to further develop aging in place and aging in the community initiatives.  Participates in Circuit Adult Protection Team and promote streamlining the process of petitioning for guardianship and 415s.  Interfaces with AHCA regarding facility reports, enhancing Public Guardianships and coordinate with the Department of Elder Affairs.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• 1-3 years of similar experience
• DCF experience preferred.

Knowledge, skills and abilities, including utilization of equipment, required for the position: Knowledge of social, economic, health or rehabilitative services objectives. Knowledge of methods of compiling, organizing, and analyzing data. Knowledge of problem-solving techniques. Ability to plan and develop programs or program components. Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques. Ability to prepare proposals and funding requests. Ability to evaluate and monitor service delivery and implement corrective action plans. Ability to provide technical assistance regarding program and client issues. Ability to supervise people. Ability to determine work priorities, assign work, and ensure proper completion of work assignments. Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others. Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.

Candidate Profile (application) must be completed in its entirety.

• Include supervisor names and phone numbers for all periods of employment.
• Account for and explain any gaps in employment so that the hiring process is not delayed.
• Experience, education, training, knowledge, skills and/or abilities as well as responses to pre-qualifying questions must be verifiable to meet the minimum qualifications. 
• It is unacceptable to use the statement “See Resume” in place of entering work history.
• If you experience problems applying online, please call the People First Service Center at (877) 562-7287.   

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• No state income tax for residents of Florida;
• Annual and Sick Leave benefits;
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions

(For more information, please click www.myfrs.com);

• Flexible Spending Accounts;
• Tuition waivers;
• And more!

For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

Growth Opportunities:

With 12,000 employees across the state DCF promotes opportunities and training for all.  Our jobs are among the most challenging, complex, and difficult in State government. They are also among the most rewarding. All employees are encouraged to take advantage of available Department opportunities for advancement and professional development.

About Department of Children and Families:

Mission:  The mission of the Department of Children and Families is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

Vision:  We are a highly skilled workforce committed to empowering people with complex and varied needs to achieve the best outcomes for themselves and their families. In collaboration with community stakeholders, we will deliver world class and continuously improving service focused on providing the people we serve with the level and quality that we would demand and expect for our own families.

Values:  A workforce that operates with integrity maintains loyalty to a code of ethics that requires the courage to take responsibility for providing the highest quality of service to the vulnerable. We are a solutions-focused learning organization built on a foundation of transparency in action and accountability of results. Both within the organization and among our stakeholders, we thrive in a culture of respect for diversity of opinion that is nurtured through open communication. High performing and committed, we are unified in our goal of excellence in achieving quality outcomes for those we serve. 

To learn more please visit https://www.myflfamilies.com/.

• If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida.  Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you will be required to repay all benefits received depending upon the date of your retirement.
• The position will perform all job tasks in accordance with laws, rules, regulations, policies, and requirements applicable to state and federal laws or procedures.

We hire only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers.

Participation in the State of Florida Direct Deposit Program is required as a condition of employment per F.S. 110.113, and enrollment must be completed within the first 30 calendar days of your appointment.

SELECTIVE SERVICE:  Male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion into an authorized position unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) before their 26th birthday or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS.  Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire.  For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov.

BACKGROUND SCREENING REQUIREMENT: It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and, if applicable, Chapter 408, F.S.  No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency.  Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies

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.