Requisition No: 823150

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: MDT COORDINATOR - 60074709

Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60074709

Salary: $45,000 - $60,000

Posting Closing Date: 02/29/2024

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This position performs advanced child welfare work which facilitates specific multidisciplinary staffings for the Department of Children & Families. This includes coordinating and facilitating staffings that may result in competing opinions and recommendations from the Department, as well as other organizations and persons involved in the life of a child.

The successful canidate will have the ability to work remotely with managment approval.

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

Your Role:

• Coordinate and facilitate multidisciplinary staffings in person or remotely and send notifications to all participants who are required to attend.

• Mediate disagreement during MDT staffings to ensure effective communication between participating individuals by using conflict resolution and collaborative problem solving to ensure that the child and family remain the primary focus of each staffing.

• Assist participants in using the strengths within the family when determining and establishing goals for the child; confirm best interest factors and specific information related to a child 3 years of age or younger are considered during the multidisciplinary staffing.

• Provide notification to the courts through Children’s Legal Services and DCF Regional staff within 48 hours after the conclusion of the staffing when a unanimous consensus could not be reached and prepare written reports, within 5 business days, for the courts outlining the outcome of being unable to reach consensus.

• Develop written reports for the courts that outline the overall decisions of the multidisciplinary staffings and the feedback of each individual participant.

• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with organizations and other agencies involved with child welfare such as community-based care providers, Children’s Legal Services, Guardian ad Litem, schools, clinical professionals, and other community agency resources.

• Maintain an organized tracking system to account for multidisciplinary staffings and confirm participation of required attendees.; Document the outcome of multidisciplinary staffings in the Florida Safe Families Network (FSFN) System.

• Review Florida Statutes, DCF Operational Procedures, Administrative Rule and policies. Ensure participants are aware of confidentiality and HIPAA, and identify potential problems related to case specifics.

Qualifications:

• Current Child Welfare Certification from the Florida Certification Board.
• At least three years of Child Welfare experience.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills relative to diverse populations in academic, public health, and community settings.
• Public speaking, facilitation, and collaborative problem-solving experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge in Florida's Practice Model and Florida’s official electronic system of record, Florida Safe Family Network (FSFN); Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple competing deadlines; Analytical, decision making, and organizational skills.

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.