Family Finding Specialist - North FL

Family Finding Specialist

Join our team at FSS and enjoy comprehensive benefits including but not limited to:

• Tuition Reimbursement: Earn up to $5250 per qualifying year to invest in your education.
• Health Insurance: Choose from four comprehensive Florida Blue health insurance plans to keep you and your family covered.
• Dental Plan: Enjoy an employerpaid dental plan for our valued employees.
• Life Insurance: Your peace of mind matters to us. We provide employerpaid life insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): a free confidential resource available to assist employees and their families in dealing with lifes challenges and the demands of work/life balance.
• Paid Time Off (PTO): Relax and recharge with our generous PTO plan.
• Paid Holidays: Enjoy the 12 holidays (to include 1 floating holiday) and unwind with family and friends to celebrate and rejuvenate!
• WellBeing Program: Stay healthy and engaged with our highly interactive wellbeing program. Employees can earn three additional PTO days per plan year by simply participating.
• 401k Plan: Secure your financial future with our 401k plan with employer contribution of 3.
• Additional Benefits: Explore our range of benefits including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) Vision Plan Short & LongTerm Disability coverage Employee Discounts and more.

The mission of Family Support Services is to be the leader in providing safety stability and quality of life for all children by working with the community to strengthen the family unit.

Job Summary

This position will be responsible for supporting Child Protective Investigators (CPI) and Case Managers (CM) by working collaboratively with staff to locate engage and recommend safe placement of children with relatives and nonrelatives. The position will support CPIs and CMs in family finding efforts by identifying all possible connections of the child and engaging youth and families in the homestudy and background screening process. The position must have a strong value and belief system that children do best when placed with kin which minimizes trauma for the child (ren) being removed from their home and enhances child wellbeing.

Essential Job Duties

• Conduct case reviews internet searches and interviews with kin and children to identify potential connections to the child (ren) and family to support work of Child Protective Investigator (CPI) and Case Manager (CM) in placing children with kin. This includes followup of all individuals that have expressed interest in the child and/or have had a positive relationship with the child.
• Conduct Home Studies and background screens on all potential kin placements and follow up with CPI and CM on results
• Create innovative ways to increase family finding efforts among staff and across agency (technology training genograms)
• Research current and incoming children placed in licensed homes to find leads to relatives and nonrelatives for placement exploration and/or social connections.
• Pass along known information to assigned CPI and/or CM and supervisor and conduct followup activities as needed. Maintain accurate and complete documentation for each assigned case.
• Conduct supportive efforts to include home visits to salvage failing and distressed placements.
• Document all family finding efforts for each case and track success.
• Attend agency events trainings conferences as needed after hours or on the weekends.
• Conduct case reviews internet searches and interviews with kin and children to identify potential connections to the child (ren) and family to support work of Child Protective Investigator (CPI) and Case Manager (CM) in placing children with kin. This includes followup of all individuals that have expressed interest in the child and/or have had a positive relationship with the child.
• All other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university. Active Child welfare certification or eligible for certification.
• Two years of responsible experience working with relative and nonrelative caregivers and/or working with High Risk children and families preferably within the dependency or economic selfsufficiency programs.
• Valid drivers license.

Schedule & Hours

MondayFriday 8:30am5:00pm (Hybrid schedule post probationary period90 days)

FSS provides equal employment and advancement opportunity for all individuals without discrimination because of race creed color gender religion age national origin disability military status marital status or the other protected categories as defined by the EEOC and takes affirmative action in the implementation of this policy. If accommodation is needed in order to participate in the application process please contact the Human Resources department at for our Duval and Nassau counties.