FAMILY TEAM STAFFING SPECIALIST - 60073956 1

Requisition No: 875992 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: FAMILY TEAM STAFFING SPECIALIST - 60073956 1

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60073956 

Salary:  AGENCY TO UPDATE 

Posting Closing Date: 05/16/2026 

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Family Team Staffing Specialist 

*Not a Remote Position*

 

 

THIS POSITION CAN BE LOCATED ANYWHERE WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA 

SOME TRAVEL WILL BE REQUIRED

This posting will help fill mulitple vacancies. 

Pay will be in accordance with DCF salary policy for Internal hires. 

Pay - $45,000 a year

 

Description:

The Family Team Staffing Specialist is responsible for planning, coordinating, and leading prevention/diversion staffings and meetings to ensure they are productive, inclusive, and outcome-driven. This role ensures that staffings/meetings adhere to established policy,  organizational objectives, and professional standards. The facilitator guides discussions, manages time effectively, maintains neutrality, and documents key outcomes and action items that support children and families from entering the formal system of care. This position directly supports the Child Protective Investigations (CPI) team by taking referrals and conducting or participating in Local Review Team (LRT) staffings to support the CPI team with diverting families from entering the formal system of care when youth can remain safely in their homes with appropriate service coordination.

 

Duties and Responsibilites: 

• Facilitate the LRT staffing/meeting, which includes: Open staffing/meeting with introductions and purpose, track attendance, review objectives, and outline participation guidelines. Guide discussions in a structured, inclusive, and time-efficient manner. Ensure all participants have an opportunity to contribute while maintaining focus on agenda topics. Manage conflicts or differing viewpoints constructively. Maintain neutrality and uphold the integrity of the decision-making process.
• Conduct Local Review Team pre-staffing/meeting preparation including: Coordination of the staffing schedule to ensure maximum participation and invitation of all appropriate parties. Prepare, review and distribute background materials to in advance, if appropriate and in compliance with policy.
• Document written summaries of each staffing/meeting, inclusive of action items and upload into appropriate system as required.
• Ensure post-staffing/meeting follow up inclusive of: obtaining updates on action items, monitoring outcomes, and data collection.     
• At the request of the Director of Partnerships & Prevention or Executive Leadership, assist Community Development Administrators in researching cases for specialized case reviews on high-profile or high needs cases, identifying case-specific, service-specific, and systemic challenges that must be addressed to drive meaningful change       
• Other duties as assigned

 

 Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Exceptional communication, listening, and conflict management skills.
• Proficiency with virtual meeting tools (e.g., Zoom, MS Teams)
• Critical Thinking
• Highly organized and efficient with time management
• Experience with FSFN and other child welfare related systems
• Proficiency in Excel

 

 

 

 

 

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State's total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits. 
For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com. 

To learn more please visit https://www.myflfamilies.com/ 

•    If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you will be reguired to repay all