Unification Specialist - Miami PRN IN-COMMUNITY
Unification Specialist - Miami PRN IN-COMMUNITY
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12-04-2025
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Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE
UNIFICATION SPECIALIST MIAMI (INCOMMUNITY)
CATEGORY
NON EXEMPT (PRN)
PROGRAM
URBAN STRATEGIES REFUGIO UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN
WORK SCHEDULE
FIVE DAYS PER WEEK 40 HOURS PER WEEK; 12 MONTHS PER YEAR
REPORTS TO
UNIFICATION SPECIALIST MANAGER REFUGIO
ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW
Urban Strategies exists to equip resource and connect faith and communitybased organizations that are engaged in community transformation to help families reach their fullest potential. We work with trusted faith and communitybased organizations and focus on the Latino community to engage and come alongside the whole family. Our vision is that all children and families reach their full potential.
Our work is informed by our three core values: Authentic Relationships Servant Leadership and Intentional Compassion.
- Authentic Relationships are foundational to our work and move beyond a transactional nature to truly know people. They serve as opportunities for mutual development and growth and are based on the belief that all people have inherent dignity and worth.
- Servant Leadership is rooted in an othercentric mindset that informs the way one leads and builds up individuals families and communities.
- Intentional Compassion describes a deliberate commitment to understand formulate strategic responses and activate others to reach their full potential.
Our organization is headquartered in Washington D.C. Our team works across the United States and Puerto Rico with direct service centers located in California Arizona Texas Florida New York and Puerto Rico.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Refugio Unaccompanied Children Shelter and Foster Care Program is a24hourprogram that serves young persons in immigration custody who are awaiting release to their sponsors.
POSITION OVERVIEW
In Community Case Managers are responsible for coordinating family reunification services and assessing the needs of each unaccompanied child (UC) in care.
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Utilize trauma theory and brief therapeutic techniques to work with unaccompanied children entering the United States during a typical shelter stay of 3035 days.
- Complete an intake interview upon admission and promptly identify needed services.
- Assess family education history of trauma personal goals and potential experience with human exploitation/trafficking.
- Develop interventions and an individual service plan consistent with each childs psychosocial needs.
- Maintain direct contact with each UC and to the extent possible with the UCs family and potential sponsors.
- Maintain appropriate documentation according to program regulations.
- Carry up to eight cases.
- Upon request this role may be required to travel with UC 14 and under to locations in the United States.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Confirm minor are receiving all required services meeting regularly with the minor to ensure their wellbeing.
- Attend all case staffing trainings and other meetings as part of the minors care team providing status updates and collaborating with other stakeholders.
- Initiate coordinate and maintain direct contact with each minor and the minors family while the minor is in ORR care in order to efficiently advance the minors family reunification and safe release from the facility.
- Facilitate the timely release or discharge of minors to identified family members or authorized caregiver/custodian and document the provision of services in each minors case file
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Ability to see at normal distance hear normal conversations and sounds and use hands and fingers to fill out required forms. Physically able to perform therapeutic physical restraints.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions as long as the staff disability does not create an undue risk of injury to any children.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Education: Bachelors degree in Social Work or an equivalent degree in Psychology Sociology or other relevant Behavioral Science
- Experience: 2 or more years of related experience
- ORR experience preferred
- Available to work a flexible schedule including nights and weekends
- Available to travel as required
- Competencies:
- Professional:Diversity Communication Ethical
- Technical:Trauma Report Advocate Critical Thinking Case Analysis;
- Organizational: Leadership Teamwork Community Approach.
- Knowledge: Child Welfare
- Skills: Office 0365 Bilingual (English Spanish)
- Other: Licensure; Drivers License
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
Other employment requirements include the following:
- Fingerprints
- Background check
- TB Test
- Must pass bilingual proficiency test
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES:
This is a subcontractor position.Employment is conditional pending satisfactory results of all required tests and background checks mentioned above and a final interview with contractor. Periodic physical examinations and TB clearances will be required if hired. Please note the process for this position depending on your State of residence can take from one to four months after offer letter is received.Urban Strategies does not have final say on hiring or dismissal.
To Apply:
Equal Opportunity Employer
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Gig
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