Child Welfare Specialist Job Description
Child welfare specialist
provides training and technical assistance to Child Welfare field managers, staff, and community partners on relevant child welfare related topics and business needs.
Child Welfare Specialist Duties & Responsibilities
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The Specialist will be able to reference current and pending Federal and State child welfare legislation using legislative web pages and materials, will synthesize and analyze data, and produce reports to help federal staff provide evidence-informed support to their assigned States
Provide training and technical assistance to states and tribes on federal Comprehensive Child Welfare Information Systems (CCWIS) requirements and industry trends
The creation and maintenance of quality data in Child Welfare information systems, and research on techniques and best practices on how to define, identify, and monitor data for quality issues in an ongoing data quality plan
The review and incorporation of relevant national and system level data, literature, laws, policies, regulations, and child welfare practice standards into training curricula
You will support States with developing and monitoring any program improvement plans (PIPs) and conduct literature reviews on best practices in child welfare
You will be able to reference current and pending Federal and State child welfare legislation using legislative web pages and materials, will synthesize and analyze data, and produce reports to help federal staff provide evidence-informed support to their assigned States
Support the development and implementation of Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSR) IN 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico
Work in collaboration with Federal CFSR Unit staff, ODARE unit staff, contractor staff, and other key CB stakeholders to monitor state child welfare system improvement efforts
Support responses to media customers and collaborate with customer services staff on challenging questions as needed
Supervise junior staff
Child Welfare Specialist Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Education for Child Welfare Specialist
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the child welfare specialist job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Master's and Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Management, Education, Counseling, The College, Social Services, Nursing, Criminal Justice, Health, Special Education
Skills for Child Welfare Specialist
Desired skills for child welfare specialist include:
Organizational procedures to make independent decisions and serve as a credible resource for a senior management team
Child
Child welfare
Family and youth issues
PowerPoint and Excel
Community and state resources
Search engines and basic research reporting standards
Adult learning concepts and methodologies
Local level
Child welfare issues and services on a national
Desired experience for child welfare specialist includes:
Demonstrate an ability to work in a fast-paced team environment
Comfortable working in a self-directed manner being part of both Federal and contractor project teams
The candidate must demonstrate an ability to work in a fast-paced team environment
Candidate must be comfortable working in a self-directed manner being part of both Federal and contractor project teams
Work closely across teams to conduct ongoing website maintenance, quality assurance/quality control of content posted on the Information Gateway website
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Child Welfare Specialist Job Description
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of child welfare specialist. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for child welfare specialist
- East Feliciana
- West Baton Rouge
- Coordinate with key subject matter experts in developing and releasing outreach content
- Jefferson Davis
- Madision
- This position will be located onsite at the Region 10 Administration for Children and Families (ACF) offices in Seattle, WA
- Generate and send associated reports to States/Tribes and Children’s Bureau users
- Execute utilities in Unix/Linux and Windows platforms
- A maximum of 8
- A good working knowledge of Unix commands, utilities and scripting conventions
Qualifications for child welfare specialist
- An interest in human services is a plus
- Keen understanding of CPS services and resources in Wisconsin
- A track record of strong customer/client service
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related subject or Social Work
- Master’s Degree in a related subject or Social Work (MSW) preferred- however other education and experience will be considered in lieu of Master’s Degree or MSW
- 8 years of experience working in an IT multi-platform environment using a variety of software tools, programming languages and databases
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a child welfare specialist. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for child welfare specialist
- Ability to read and interpret codes in C and C++
- Ability to work alone with minimal direction
- Ability to change priorities quickly and frequently
- Procurements, procurement strategies, contracts, contract management, APD requirements, program requirements, and
- Project management and project processes
- Provision of technical writing, quality assurance monitoring, and development and delivery of training content in formats such as guidance documents, webinars and virtual meetings
- Obtain and analyze data from reviews of documentation, legislation, federal and state regulations, and reports, interviews with executive and program staff, and research and analysis of published and internet material
- Prepare content for white papers, briefing presentations, technical assistance documents, information memoranda, technical bulletins, and other types of policy guidelines on topics including technology, federal regulations, and program guidance
- Conduct reviews and provide written and verbal feedback of state/tribal provided documents to include Advance Planning Documents, draft RFPs and contracts, cost allocation reports, and self-assessments
- Review and assess state/tribal systems documentation (e.g., design documents, use cases, training and technical documentation, IV&V reports, test plans, data quality plans, data standards plans, risk assessment and disaster recovery plans, configuration management plans)
Qualifications for child welfare specialist
- Experience with web based projects, preferably Java based
- 3 to 5, not to exceed 8
- Not to exceed 5
- Extensive knowledge of CPS in Wisconsin
- Demonstrated understanding of Wisconsin's safety model
- Proficiency with computer applications, including Microsoft word and internet-based tools
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a child welfare specialist. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for child welfare specialist
- Ability to reference current and pending Federal and State child welfare legislation using legislative web pages and materials, - synthesizing and analyzing data, and producing reports to help federal staff provide evidence based/informed support to their assigned States
- Assist and assess the impact that federal regulations, policies, procedures, and industry trends will have on CB, States, and Tribes
- Travel (approximately 5-10%) to conduct onsite monitoring and assessment reviews of CCWIS and non-CCWIS systems and develop reports summarizing findings and recommendations from onsite reviews
- As directed, coordinate and collaborate with other client divisions to ensure congruency on joint projects
- Administration of training needs assessments
- Development of new curricula
- Quality review of existing curricula
- Collect and enter immunization and school information, order birth certificates and medical records as needed, data enter relationship status in ORKids, data enter all Federal and AFCAR related information in ORKids, update all case information such as addresses, whereabouts
- Collect, copy, distribute and track documents/information to be disclosed upon request or as part of discovery in court related matters, assist case worker with collection of case documents, redact confidential information as guided by the CAF Disclosure Analysis Guidelines (DAG) in consultation with CAF paralegals
- Open, transfer and close cases for assigned unit, verify information required in the case file and coordinate transfer of hard file, notify all relevant parties of case transfers, assure all required paperwork for case files are completed in a timely manner, process petitions as necessary
Qualifications for child welfare specialist
- Other computer languages needed COBOL, Natural, SAS, SPSS, and various report generation packages
- Bachelor’s Degree in a social science or business field
- Knowledge of the impact of data collection, manipulation, and utilization on data quality
- Must be able to write high-quality, analytical reports outlining findings and recommendations in clear language
- Master’s Degree in a social science field or business field
- Knowledge of child welfare programs and state/tribal SACWIS/CCWIS systems
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a child welfare specialist. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for child welfare specialist
- Filing for cases, scan and save documents in ORKids, verify monthly bus pass requests
- Process adoption assistance memo's, including
- Backup other CMC's
- Prepare and maintain current desk manual
- Backup for reception, court shuttles as needed
- Schedule meetings for workers/cases
- You will participate in CFSR reviews, including observing case review activities and stakeholder interviews, preparing States for their reviews, and organizing materials and guidelines for the process
- In addition, you will review and comment on draft reports and also produce various draft products and resources, including internal tools, publications, reports, briefings, Q&A’s and presentations
- This position will be located onsite at the Region 8 Administration for Children and Families (ACF) offices in Denver, Colorado
- The expected travel is about 10% of time, intermittently
Qualifications for child welfare specialist
- Experience making good judgments and prioritize work with limited information or in stressful situations
- Able to communicate, interpret and process information
- Assure and maintain client and staff confidentiality
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and must be able to communicate information to people with different skill levels and expertise
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related subject or Social Work (MSW) preferred- however other education and experience will be considered in lieu of Master’s Degree or MSW
- You must possess exemplary interpersonal, collaboration, and written communication skills
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of child welfare specialist. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for child welfare specialist
- Facilitate the critical partnership among Center staff, CB staff and leadership, and staff and leaders in Child Welfare agencies to ensure the success of capacity building activities
- Review state profiles, Child and Family Service Plans, and latest federal review reports and data sets and contribute to the body of knowledge available to experts about the state
- Provide expertise in child welfare evaluation and change management through tailored services activities, such as coaching or consulting with agency staff on evaluation and implementation, including in relation to the Family First Prevention Services Act
- Review and comment on draft reports and produce various draft products and resources, including internal tools, publications, reports, briefings, Q&A’s and presentations
- Provide technical support for co-trainers on the team in a webinar environment
- Video production, editing, and design
- Web page development and design as requested and needed
- Design and development of on-line computer based training
- Evaluation and consistent review of all curriculum materials, editing, review and redesign of curriculum as needed and requested
- Assist in completing an assessment of Title IV-E processes
Qualifications for child welfare specialist
- You must demonstrate an ability to work in a fast-paced team environment
- You must be comfortable working in a self-directed manner being part of both Federal and contractor project teams
- 5 years’ experience using, managing, analyzing, interpreting and reporting public agency administrative child welfare data to drive continuous quality improvements in agency services and outcomes
- Strong background in computing, statistics, and research, and their integration with policy and practice
- Experience using longitudinal administrative data in child welfare decision making, program planning, and outcomes monitoring
- Experience summarizing, and presenting complex child welfare information to administrators, policy makers, and other stakeholders that translates data outcomes into policy and practice options/recommendations