REGION PROGRAM DIRECTOR - APS - 60025371

Requisition No: 860616 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: REGION PROGRAM DIRECTOR - APS - 60025371

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 60025371 

Salary:  $75,000-$82,500 

Posting Closing Date: 09/19/2025 

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Northwest Region Program Director

Location: Northwest Florida

Salary: $75,000-$82,500

This is not a teleworking position. Candidate will be required to work in office

Travel is required

DESCRIPTION

This is a highly responsible professional programmatic administration of all Adult Protective Services (APS) program within the region. This is professional work supervising and directing employees; including but not limited to communication with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees, planning and directing their work; and having the authority to effectively recommend actions such as: hire, transfer, suspend, layoff, promote, discharge, assign, and reward or discipline direct reports. Evaluates employees against established standards and takes appropriate actions when necessary (i.e. recognition, reward, corrective action, etc.).

REQUIREMENTS

• Driver’s License
• Current DCF employee
• 3 years of management experience
• Experience working within the community

Essential Job Functions

       This position will serve as the official Single Point of Contact, which is designated to coordinate the provision of Florida’s vulnerable adult population.

1. Develop and assure compliance with all program objectives, performance standards and quality improvement plans.
2. Direct and assure programmatic quality assurance and quality improvement activities for all programs in accordance with current APS Quality Assurance Procedures.
3. Ensure provision of technical assistance and policy interpretation to staff for: Protective Investigations; Protective Supervision; Home Care of Disabled Adults (HCDA); Community Care for Disabled Adults (CCDA); Protective Intervention (Placement and Supportive Services); and ADA Medicaid waiver.
4. Direct and ensure provision of all program training activities for all APS staff.
5. Manage Region Budget with assistance from Budget office.
6. Direct the evaluation of service delivery and compliance with standards by means of data compilation, analysis, and reporting.
7. Ensure Adult Services Information System (ASIS) accuracy for the Northwest Region.
8. Service as a liaison between the Region APS and APS headquarters staff.
9. Produce Northwest Region Business Plan charts for APS.

Work Experience Requirements:

• Experience managing a team
• Case management

Software Proficiency:

Must be proficient with Microsoft outlook, excel, word.

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.

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

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

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.

The position will perform all job tasks in accordance with laws, rules, regulations, policies, and requirements applicable to state and federal laws or procedures.

EMPLOYMENT DISCLOSURES

1. US CITIZEN REQUIREMENT Only US citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers will be hired.

2. SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM REGISTRATION All selected 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). Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire. For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov.

3. RETIREE NOTICE 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 required to repay all benefits received depending upon the date of your retirement.

4. BACKGROUND SCREENING 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, if applicable, also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and 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.

5. BENEFIT RECOVERY SCREENING Candidates applying to positions in the Economic Self-Sufficiency Program may have a Benefit Recovery check completed to validate current or former public assistance case information before completing the hiring process.

If you experience problems applying online, please call the People First Service Center at (877) 562-7287.

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.