BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST - 60063614

Requisition No: 853125 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST - 60063614

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60063614 

Salary:  $1884.62 biweekly 

Posting Closing Date: 05/23/2025 

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The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state of Florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The Office of SAMH is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.

 

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION RESPONSES TO THE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE VERIFIABLE BASED ON YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATION.

THIS IS NOT A TELEWORK POSITION.  CANDIDATE WILL BE REQUIRED TO WORK IN THE TALLAHASSEE HQ OFFICE.

 

This is a highly responsible and professional position that will serve as a Behavioral Specialist within the Sexually Violent Predator Program.  This position involves the management and review of records pertaining to sexual offenders that have been referred to the Sexually Violent Predator Program.  The Behavioral Specialist must be knowledgeable of Florida Statute 394.910 - 394.922 and other statutes and Administrative Rules that may relate to program functions. This position requires knowledge of the factors associated with violent and sexual recidivism as well as the capacity to understand the workings of the criminal justice system. 

 

Specific Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Maintain a caseload of referrals from the Department of Corrections, Department of Children and Families, State’s Attorneys, and/or Department of Juvenile Justice referrals, remaining vigilant about the release dates during the review process so that the necessary information is received by the Multidisciplinary Team members in a timely manner.

 

• Request pertinent information from law enforcement and governmental agencies throughout the United States, as appropriate to sex offenders’ criminal history.
• Summarize clinical and forensic data for each referral. Information must be relevant to the evaluation process and succinct in format.
• Accurately input clinically significant data into a program-wide database system. This task requires superior attention to detail.
• Continually monitor a work queue and incoming email for referrals/information requiring immediate attention. Remains sensitive to the referral and release dates so that the files are completed in accordance with legislatively mandated timeframes.     
• Perform additional duties as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required for the position:

• Knowledge of the theories and principles of clinical, counseling or behavioral psychology.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Knowledge of the methods of data collection and analysis.
• Knowledge of basic management principles and practices.
• Ability to collect, evaluate and analyze data to develop alternative recommendations, solve problems, document work flow and other activities relating to the improvement of management practices.
• Ability to organize data into logical format for presentation in reports, documents and other written materials.
• Ability to conduct fact finding research.
• Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques.
• Ability to become CJIS certified.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A master's degree from an accredited college or university in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or a related field is required, and four years of professional experience in Social Work, Counseling, or Psychology is preferred.

 

Preference will be given to applicants who ha