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Catholic Guardian Services

Position Description

Position Title: Family Team Conference Facilitator

Department: Quality Management

Reports To: Supervisor of Facilitators

Location: Community-Based Satellite Offices in Bronx and Manhattan

Summary of Duties: Following the Family-To-Family Model of child welfare service delivery, facilitate Family Team Conferences held with social service staff and clients in order to effect timely foster care permanency and prevention case closing goal achievement within a consensus framework

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Facilitate Family Team Conferences in order to develop service plans that will enable children in foster care to achieve timely and safe permanency and families in preventive services achieve case closing goals

• Role model strength based interviewing, engagement skills, family assessment, and decision making using the principles of Family to Family and Team Decision Making

• Incorporate understanding of Solution Based Casework and Evidence Based Models for Preventive into conferences

• Document Action Plan at conference and enter information in Connections in a timely manner

• Enter required information into Evolv or other data base

• Develop capability of assisting staff on an individual basis, particularly with those issues pertaining to achieving permanency and case closing goals, and assisting in identification of resource needs and resources available

• Monitor foster care permanency goal changes, stage progression in preventive?s Evidence-Based models, and progress towards service termination

• Monitor progress on the timely provision of services as identified in Family Team Conferences

• Review FASPS, progress notes and court documents in order to remain current with respect to the status of cases, prior to facilitating Family Team Conferences

• Review documentation of foster care visitation plan and goal achievement level in preventive services

• Prior to conferences, review records for completion of goals and compliance with Catholic Guardian Services and ACS standards of practice

• Ensure safety/risk factors are properly addressed in Family Team Conferences and reported through the agency?s protocol for Facilitators.

• Assist and participate in agency audits as directed

• Develop networks and resources with community providers to encourage attendance at Family Team Conferences

• Attend trainings, meetings and conferences within the agency, ACS and NYC

• Assist with functions in department as assigned

• Any other appropriate and relevant task as directed by your supervisor

QUALIFICATIONS:

• MSW or a Masters in related discipline required. Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) preferred

• Minimum of 3 consecutive years of progressive social service experience working in a significant and diverse child welfare social service operation;

• Thorough knowledge of all areas of child welfare service delivery, ACS? performance monitoring system, and NYS OCFS ? foster care standards and requirements;

• Experience in family therapy or group work preferred;

• Experience working in a community-based organization, particularly providing child welfare, treatment, substance abuse, health, and mental health services in urban neighborhoods;

• Current and thorough working knowledge of CONNECTIONS;

• Demonstrated knowledge of best practices in the field of child welfare;

• Ability to travel to New York City communities;

• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including periodic evenings and weekends in order to meet client availability for Family Team Conferences;

• Proven time management abilities, including meeting deadlines, ensuring compliance with agency policy and procedures, attention to detail, and overseeing complete and timely maintenance of case records, in accordance with contractual requirements; and

• Excellent writing, communication, conflict resolution and mediation skills.

Job Type: Full-time

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