Regulatory Compliance Specialist Foster Care Licensing
Regulatory Compliance Specialist Foster Care Licensing
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About us:
Our mission is to promote positive lifelong outcomes for Ohio youth through early intervention quality education and family support programs.At DCY we offer our employees a rewarding work experience in public service helping Ohioans achieve a sustainable lifestyle that includes generous benefit options and a flexible work life balance making our agency a great place to work!To learn more about DCY please visit our website atDepartment of Children and Youth Ohio.
Field Worker:
This position is designated as a field position within our Foster Care Licensing Bureau. As a field worker an employee spends the majority of his/her time traveling for their position performing duties to include but not limited to inspections monitoring observing training technical assistance site visits conducting interviews reviewing records and data collection in various environments. Field workers are expected to manage their daily itineraries report progress and coordinate their travel schedule with their supervisor. This designation is determined and approved only by management. Field workers are also required to report to the DCY Office Space on a quarterly basis and based on operational need.Frequent travel within assigned regions in Ohio some with overnight stays is required for this position. The selected candidate must provide their own transportation or to operate a state vehicle must have a valid drivers license.
At the State of Ohio we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality competitive benefits to eligible fulltime and parttime employees. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits visit our Total Rewards website! Our benefits package includes:
- Medical Coverage
- Free Dental Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion ofeligibility period.
- Paid time off including vacation personal sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
- Childbirth Adoption and Foster Care leave
- Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds Public Service Loan Forgiveness and more)
- Retirement systems including Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) & Optional Deferred Compensation Ohio Deferred Compensation
The State of Ohio is a drug free workplace which prohibits the use of (recreational /nonmedical cannabis). Please note this position may be subject to additional restrictions pursuant to the State of Ohio DrugFree Workplace Policy (HR39 and as outlined in the posting.
Independently conducts onsite monitoring visits and desk audits of early care and education and/or child welfare programs agencies caregivers operations facilities and/or Child Residential Centers (CRC) and other certified agencies within child welfare settings to ensure that developmentally appropriate services are rendered to children in compliance with applicable safety and health standards and licensing and/or certification standards and regulations; provides recommendations for licensure/certification and/or enforcement; travel to home community and school based settings and/or child welfare sites in order to verify compliance with Ohio Revised Code (ORC) and Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) requirements; conducts thorough review of agency records policies procedures and documentation (i.e. handbooks staff and childrens files); conducts interviews with current and/or former staff/employees and/or youth and/or community members; completes inspections of indoor and outdoor physical settings observes staff/child interactions; monitors quality standards; identifies issues of noncompliance and examples of best practices; recommends licensing certification and/or enforcement actions; reviews major incident reports and complaints registered against caregivers agencies and/or facilities suspected of possible violations; gathers evidence and supporting documentation in cases subject to enforcement pursuant to section 119 of the Ohio Revised Code and provides legal testimony as required; uses computer or other electronic devices systems and applications to prepare data reports of survey findings indicating areas of deficiencies and noncompliance and best practices; meets with caregivers and/or agency to discuss areas of noncompliance interprets and clarifies policies in relationship to violations identified; advises licensed and/or certified stakeholders on methods to achieve compliance and conducts followup visits and/or audits to assess compliance; establishes time frames for compliance and provides technical assistance and guidance monitors achievements of compliance; conducts followup investigations.
Maintains confidential records of licensed/certified and unlicensed/uncertified programs and operations facilities; consults with licensed/certified or prospective operators and/or caregivers and provides technical assistance as needed on regulations and standards; analyzes data gathered in order to provide input and participate in development and enforcement of departmental policies and procedures rules regulations and standards of early care and education and child welfare programs/operations; reviews proposed rules for impact on service provision and on health safety of children and stability and quality of placement options.
Conducts facilitates and/or participates in training sessions for owners administrators employees/staff and/or caregivers working in conjunction with county city and state agencies coordinates and exchanges information and services with other public/private social services agencies and other regulatory agencies; attends meetings and workshops related to early care and education family childcare and child welfare licensing and/or certification policy and procedures.
Performs other related duties as assigned (e.g. maintains logs records and files participates in staff meetings travels to attend training and conferences participates in workgroups).
For the purposes of this description early care and education refers to child care centers preschool programs schoolage programs family child care and similar settings. For the purposes of this description child welfare programs refers to residential agencies foster homes adoptive homes independent living arrangements and similar settings.
Unless required by legislation or union contract starting salary will be the minimum salary of the salary range 12 (step 1 currently $30.37 per hour) associated with this position.
All answers to the supplemental questions must be supported by the work experience/education provided on your civil service application. Attachments will not be considered as part of your application.
Proficiency Instruments/Assessments may be required for this position; Applicant must demonstrate proficiency with a passing score to move on to the structured interview portion. Regardless of a passing or failing score all results will be maintained for 6 months. Applicant with a passing score will be retained and utilized this 6month period. Applicant with a failing score in the same classification may not retake the same selection assessment for this 6month period.
Travel required as needed. Must provide own transportation or in order to operate a state vehicle you must have a valid drivers license.
Background Check Information
The final candidate selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual assessment of an applicants prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.
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24 mos. exp. working in school community &/or homebased early care & education settings or child welfare settings (experience commensurate with program area to be assigned per approved Position Description on file); 6 mos. trg. or 6 mos. exp. in agency state &/or federal laws rules standards & regulations governing early care & education &/or child welfare programs (e.g. staffing management licensure certification & operation of school community or homebased early care & education settings &/or child welfare settings); 6 mos. trg. or 6 mos. exp. in inspection & investigation techniques pertinent to evaluating compliance (i.e. early care & education &/or child welfare programs public/private agencies caregivers & operations); valid drivers license.
Or completion of undergraduate core program in early childhood/human development social & behavioral sciences or related field; 6 mos. trg. or 6 mos. exp. in agency state &/or federal laws rules standards & regulations governing early care & education &/or child welfare programs (e.g. staffing management licensure certification & operation of school community or homebased early care & education settings &/or public/private child welfare settings); 6 mos. trg. or 6 mos. exp. in inspection & investigation techniques pertinent to evaluating compliance (i.e. early care & education &/or child welfare programs public/private agencies caregivers & operations); valid drivers license.
Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.
Note: Applicants for positions in the Department of Children & Youth (early care & education licensing) must also meet one of the trainer requirements cited in Administrative Rules 5101:21210 or 5101:21310.
Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a model employer of individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services activities programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
