Family Finding & Step Down Specialist
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4/18/2025
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This position involves conducting extensive searches to locate and engage relatives and non-relative for children in care. In addition, this position will be facilitating staffings to transition children in care from residential group care to less restrictive, family-centered placements. This is an autonomous, highly driven professional position to achieve permanency for children and families.
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- Establish and maintain positive working relationship with HFC customers
- Utilize mapping and family finding techniques to thorough search, engage relatives and non-relatives for the placement of children
- Meet with youth to build rapport to discuss the youth’s history, identifying possible friends, family and connections
- Lead residential stepdown staffings ensuring least restrictive placement options have been explored
- Maintain a residential tracking and family finding log to track tasks, progress on assigned projects and follow up on completed tasks with case management organizations in real-time for step-down efforts
- Attend, participate and conduct family finding group discussions/staffings in the decision-making with all parties involved
- Regularly review and identify any changes to Florida Statutes, Department of Children & Families operational procedures, administrative rules and policies ensuring all parties are aware of changes and potential problems
- Maintain confidentiality and open communication with life coaches, case management organization
- Perform special projects as assigned
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Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field. Minimum of two years of experience working with children and families required.
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Experience working with teenagers in foster care, knowledge of the child welfare system, customer service and child welfare certification preferred.
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Excellent benefits package with tuition assistance, domestic partner coverage, retirement and generous paid time off.
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Drug free workplace. Drug testing required. EOE/M/F/D/V.
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