Director of Family Preservation

Join our team at FSS and enjoy comprehensive benefits including but not limited to:

• Tuition Reimbursement: Earn up to $5,250 per qualifying year to invest in your education.
• Health Insurance: Choose from three comprehensive Florida Blue health insurance plans to keep you and your family covered.
• Dental Plan: Enjoy an employer-paid dental plan for our valued employees.
• Life Insurance: Your peace of mind matters to us. We provide employer-paid life insurance.
• Well-Being Program: Stay healthy and engaged with our highly interactive well-being program.
• Paid Time Off (PTO): Relax and recharge with our generous PTO plan. You can even earn three additional days per plan year!
• Bereavement Leave: We offer 3 paid days of bereavement leave annually to ease the burden during a family member's passing.
• Paid Holidays: Enjoy the 12 holidays without the worry of receiving a paycheck (to include 1 floating holiday) and unwind with family and friends to celebrate and rejuvenate!
• 401k Plan with Matching: Secure your financial future with our 401k plan and employer matching.
• Additional Benefits: Explore our range of benefits, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Vision Plan, Short & Long-Term Disability coverage, Employee Discounts, and more.

The mission of Family Support Services is to be the leader in providing safety, stability, and quality of life for all children by working with the community to strengthen the family unit.

Job Summary:

The Director of Family Preservation for Pasco and Pinellas Counties is responsible for:

• The oversight, program development, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the Family Preservation program. The ultimate goal of the program is to serve children and families in the community and avoid a family's entry in the dependency court system.
• The supervision of staff, monitoring of subcontractor services, contract compliance and evaluation.
• Management of services at all FSS locations, which may also include management of services provided at various sites within the community.
• Serve as the central point of contact regarding the program and its services to the community.
• Representing the Agency in the Community by participating in collaborative, interagency coalitions, and community organizations to address critical issues related to promoting safe and stable families.

Essential Duties:

• Oversight of Family Preservation and Diversion programs and corresponding community contracts as applicable.
• Supervise grants and special projects.
• Attend all required case staffings, trainings, meeting, etc.
• Maintain program fidelity through case consultations, review policy and procedure, training needs, audits, and corrective action plans.
• Create and implement new programs to enhance and expand current services.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelors Degree is required. Masters degree preferred. Current or previous Child Welfare Certification.

Experience:

At least seven (7) years of supervision and management experience of direct service personnel and community programs serving high risk children and families and/or child abuse prevention.

Experience in community-based services programs.

Familiarity with Pasco and Pinellas Counties, including Department of Health, Department of Children and Families, Pasco and Pinellas County respective Sheriffs offices and other community based service providers.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Ability to:

• Work collaboratively with community members, peers and supervisors.
• Maintain high organizational, leadership and communication skills.
• Be detail-oriented.
• Utilize networking skills.
• Follow through on all assigned tasks.
• Communicate effectively with staff and clients.
• Write reports and correspondence.
• Speak effectively before small and large groups.
• Solve problems and deal with a variety of variables with minimum direction.
• Read and interpret documents such as contracts, manuals, journals, and financial reports.
• Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written or oral form.
• Comprehend, collect and analyze data from FSFN database.
• Maintain Confidentiality.
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule, including weekends and evenings.

Knowledge of:

• Florida Statutes pertaining to Child Welfare.
• Family Dynamics.
• Best Practices as it relates to Family Preservation and Child Safety.
• Social Worker principles, techniques, and practices and their application to complex case work, group work, and community problems.
• Laws, regulations, and policies which govern all Child Welfare programs.
• Child Protection process and issues.

Other Requirements:

• Clear a Level II background screening.
• Clear a reference check
• Clear a local background check from the county in which you reside.
• Clear a substance abuse screen.
• Provide a copy of all degrees prior to your first day of employment.
• Clear a Motor Vehicles Records check and must be insurable under the company’s automobile policy.
• Provide copy of automobile insurance.
• Provide proof of and maintain a minimum personal auto liability insurance level $100,000/$300,000 if deemed to be a driving risk.
• Provide a copy of all certifications and degrees prior to your first day of employment.
• Clear an E-Verify check to substantiate that the successful candidate meets the Department of Homeland Security authorization requirements to work in the United States (for more information visit ).

Licensure, Certification, and/or Registration: Valid drivers license.

Family Support Services team members follow 5 core values:

Partnership: At FSS, a belief that we are better together is core to who we are. Partnership is an essential component of a healthy system of care. Our team is committed to a respectful, open-minded, collaborative approach to co-creating solutions with the community. This extends to the children and families we serve as well.

Excellence: FSS challenges ourselves to always strive for better on behalf of those we serve. We foster innovative practices, encourage continuous quality improvement, and engage in strategic planning with our partners to achieve the highest possible outcomes for children, families, and the community.

Accountability: FSS recognizes our leadership role within the system of care and strives to be accountable to the community by being trustworthy partners. FSS is committed to ethical and transparent practices, and to operate with integrity as we pursue positive outcomes.

Compassion: We recognize that we often meet families at their most challenging moment and people are more than the sum of their circumstances. We provide trauma-sensitive care for the children and families in our system to reach their full potential. We embrace a service leadership approach and commit to finding the strengths in everyone we encounter while we foster resiliency.

Equity: Equity goes beyond the fair treatment of all people. For FSS, equity is the commitment to recognize the social justice issues intrinsic to our work with marginalized communities. We strive to amplify the voices of individuals and families impacted by poverty, racism, and discrimination in any form. We obligate ourselves to a belief that none of these factors should be a predictor of child welfare involvement or outcomes.

FSS is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. FSS is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to Human Resources at c6.hr@fssnf.org.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Patient demographics:

• Children

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• How many years of supervision and management of direct service personnel and community programs serving high risk children a families and/or child abuse prevention do you have?
• Are you willing to work a flexible schedule, sometimes including weekends and evenings?
• Do you have a familiarity with Pasco and Pinellas Counties, including Department of Health, Department of Children and Families, Pasco and Pinellas County respective Sheriffs offices and other community based service providers?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Social work: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Largo, FL 33771 (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Largo, FL 33771