Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Specialist - 60071602

Requisition No: 821684 

 

Agency: Children and Families

 

Working Title: Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Specialist - 60071602

 

Position Number: 60071602 

 

Salary:  $65,000 -$80, 000 

 

Posting Closing Date: 02/09/2024 

 

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State FFPSA Specialist

Department of Children and Families

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Open Competitive

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

 

What you will do:

This is a highly professional position that requires strong problem-solving abilities and leadership skills.  The qualified individual will serve a vital role across the state that will focus on successful implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) and will be the statewide subject matter expert and will provide consultation, coaching, training, and technical assistance to all FFPSA implementing partners.

 

 

How you will make an impact:

 

• Provides leadership and guidance for all prevention and FFPSA coordinate work with the DCF community Directors, community Based Care (CBC) Lead Agencies and Managing Entities (MEs) as the statewide point of contact and subject Matter Expert (SME)

 

• Established and Maintains integration with Lead agencies and international partners including SAMH, ESS, Quality/Licensing, and others.

 

• Analyzes out of home care data to identify opportunities for prevention service array development.

 

• Develops and maintains strategic plans to drive preventions performance and implementation of prevention/FFPSA programs and eliminate systemic barriers (existing or potential), in partnership with executive leaders across the system of care both internally and externally.

 

• Develops and implements the statewide prevention and sustainability plans, including updates too FFPSA Prevention Plan. 

 

• Oversees policy interpretation and procedure development related to prevention/FFPSA.

 

• Coordinates with data team to t develop viable tracking Mechanism and prevention/FFPSA data.

 

• Facilitates statewide meetings and workshops to implement. Improve or effect statewide policy decisions related to prevention/FFPSA.

 

• Presents recommendations to leadership for best practice integration into policy and procedures, contract language requirements, training updates, as needed.

 

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Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in social work or related field.
• Master Level in Social Work or related Field.
• 5 Years of Experience.
• Valid Driver License

 

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in social work or related field.
• Experience in the principals and strategies of Prevention Services in the Child Welfare System

• Certified as a Child Welfare Professional.
• 5 Years of Experience providing or implementing prevention services in the child welfare system

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Judgment and Decision Making: Weighing the relative costs and benefits of a potential action. 
• Critical Thinking: Using logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches. 
• Speaking: Talking to others to effectively convey information. 
• Writing: Communicating effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience. 
• Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. 
• Active Listening: Listening to what other people are saying and asking questions as appropriate. 
• Information Gathering: Knowing how to find information and identifying essential information. 
• Problem Identification: Identifying the nature of problems.
• Systems Evaluation: Looking at many indicators of system performance, taking into account their accuracy. 
• Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. 
• Idea Evaluation: Evaluating the likely success of an idea in relation to the demands of the situation. 
• Administration and Management: Kn