Child and Family Team Meeting Facilitator / 61012343

Do you have a passion to provide meaningful work in the community? Would you like to be part of an organization whose central mission is helping to protect, stabilize and strengthen the lives of children, families, and vulnerable adults? Then the South Carolina Department of Social Services has the right job opportunity for you.

Job Duties:

• The CFTM Facilitator is responsible for facilitating CFTM's for children who are at risk of removal from their home, who are experiencing foster care instability, and at other identified opportunities during a child's involvement with the agency. The primary purpose of this role is to engage families and partners in collaborative decision-making to identify supports and strategies that prevent foster care entry, stabilize family or foster care placement, and promote overall child safety, stability, and well-being.

• Provides Child and Family Team Meeting services through preparation, planning, and facilitating Removal Prevention CFTM's for non-custodial cases or to prevent further CWS involvement (i.e. child from entering foster care), Placement CFTM's for children experiencing foster care instability, and other CFTM's as requested such as Initial, 25-Day, Special Call, etc. This may also include on-call facilitation.

• Engages families in identifying kin and natural supports to build the Child and Family Team. This may include utilization of family finding tools such as Genograms, Ecomaps, Connectedness Charts, and CLEAR or Seneca Searches. Ensure that families have supports and kin present at the table for the Child and Family Team Meeting.

• Documents CFTM's accurately in CAPSS and other mechanisms.

• Increases community and provider network awareness of DSS family engagement practices such as child and family teamings to prevent foster care entry and child welfare involvement.

• Ensures that Personal Identifying Information (PII) is properly used, accessed, gathered, shared and disposed. Protects the agency networks and applications by safeguarding systems, equipment and data.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Behavioral Science or Social Science.

Bachelor's Degree in any other related field and one (1) year of professional experience in Human Services or Social Service programs.

Master's Degree or higher may be substituted for all or part of the work requirements.This application for employment with the SC Department of Social Services must be completed in its entirety. A resume may be included; but shall not be substituted in lieu of the completion of this application in part or in whole. "See Resume" is not acceptable information for the completion of any part of the requirements of this application. If such is submitted, this employment application will be considered incomplete and may not be forwarded as eligible for consideration to hiring managers.

Must possess a valid driver's license and have access to and be able to operate a motor vehicle. Individuals must comply with necessary field work assignments.

If you certify, by completion and submission of this application, that you possess educational credentials that qualify you for the available DSS positions, you will be required to provide a certified official transcript, if you are selected for job offer.

The South Carolina Department of Social Services offers an exceptional benefits package that includes:

• Health, Dental, Vision, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and Children
• 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
• 15 days sick leave per year
• 13 paid holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• State Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Programs

DIVISION: Child Welfare Services / Richland County