Child Protective Specialist

The Buckeye Ranch is seeking Child Protective Specialists to join our Permanent Family Solutions Network. The Permanent Family Solutions Network realizes the most valuable resources for children are found within the family, neighborhood, and community. Therefore, Child Protection Specialists work to alleviate problems, strengthen bonds, and maintain families together whenever possible, striving to engage and empower families.

About The Buckeye Ranch

The Buckeye Ranch is committed to providing high-quality care utilizing the most up-to-date scientific knowledge to address the challenges faced by the children and families we serve.  We take a strengths-based approach with every child, young person, and family. This means we firmly believe all children and families have strengths and those strengths can be accessed to help our families reach their fullest potential.

What you’ll do:

• Conduct required in home monitoring visits with families and children served by PFSN
• Schedules visits and coordinates family-based services for children and families in their home, school, and community; monitors placement/treatment of children in out of home care (i.e., relative placement, foster care, residential care, Independent Living, etc.)
• Develop family-centered case plans in partnership with families; monitors family’s progress towards identified case plan goals; adjusts the type and intensity of case plan services as needed
• Identify indicators of age-appropriate development in all domains for children of varying ages.
• Adapt services to meet the needs and individual preferences of clients and family members including but not limited to culture norms, language and interpreter needs, and communication preferences.
• Develop collaborative relationships with service providers tailored to the needs of culturally diverse healthcare consumers and family members.
• Attend multi-disciplinary diagnostic and technical staff conferences to assess the services needed.
• Transport clients when taking protective custody, when placing them in substitute care, and when changing placement location; transports clients to appointments (i.e., court hearings, medical appointments, counseling sessions, police station, etc.) and to necessitate the delivery of client services.

Our benefits: 

Benefit Effective Date: First of the month following 30days of employment.

• Three weeks PTO in year one; Four weeks in year two
• Higher pay for experience
• Wonderful medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Non-profit student loan forgiveness program
• Mileage reimbursement ($0.55 per mile)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Student Loan Forgiveness eligible
• 401K + Employer Contribution 

Who you are:

• Bachelor's degree in a human service, or related field required
• Previous Child Welfare experience a plus
• Active Ohio dr