Out Of Home Care Supervisor

Salary: $57,000/yr Position Summary: The Out of Home Care (OOHC) Supervisor leads, guides, and directs the OOHC Specialists in securing timely and efficient placement of children in licensed Out of Home Care. The OOHC Supervisor directly supervises OOHC Specialists and provides p roactive coaching and feedback to ensure professional development and growth of direct reports. This position f acilitates daily team hurdles to assess placement needs, assign tasks and disseminate information while ensuring compliance with contractual, regulatory, program, and accrediting body standards. This includes completion of all administrative functions and Binti and FSFN documentation within required time frames. The OOHC Supervisor ensures follow up and outreach for placements to support and maintain positive relationships within the Brevard System of Care. This position participates in the 2nd tier On Call Rotation. Technical/Functional Expectations: Leadership-Essential Function: Problem solves, engages team, and assists with complex cases, multiple placements, significant behavioral and/or mental health needs, history of placement distribution, sibling groups etc. to ensure staff feel supported and that children are appropriately, safely placed. Collaboration and Communication - Essential Function: Strong Collaboration and communication with foster parents, group home providers, Case Management staff, Guardian Ad Items, and other stakeholders and provider networks to proactively engage and share information transparently to maintain open communication and support. Administrative Oversight - Essential Function: Ensure each child has a completed Child Placement Agreement and OOHC staff complete timely documentation in FSFN and Binti on communication, outreach, and all placement efforts. Placement Tracking-- Essential Function : Ensure data entry is accurate and completed daily in the Placement Log to reflect all current costs of care . Other duties as required: Job performance requires fulfilling other incidental or related duties as assigned, assisting, and training others, and performing duties of higher rated positions from time to time for developmental purposes. Behavioral Competencies: Analytical Problem Resolution: Able to use systematic techniques to define problems, options, and solutions; evaluate alternative solutions; solve technical problems using logic. Analyzing: Able to break down problems and information to systematically identify the cause of problems or make recommendations; gather information from multiple sources; analyze complex information; organize information for analysis. Strategic Perspective: Able to develop long-term, big picture strategies to enhance competitiveness; recognize broad implications of issues; balance and integrate strategic vision with day-to-day activities. Influence: Able to positively change the opinions and actions of others in a desired direction; present information in a persuasive manner; clarify information to gain understanding and buy-in. Teamwork: Able to share ideas and learn from others to build consensus; assist others to achieve team goals, contribute to meetings so they are productive; challenge status quo to achieve excellence. Decisiveness: Able to use available information to draw a timely conclusion and take quick and timely action; make quick and timely decisions in stressful situations and when necessary. Sensitivity: Work effectively with and show sensitivity to cultural differences and various socio-economic backgrounds of others. Ethics: Adhere to and model principles and values of Agency and System of Care by being strength-based, solution-focused, maintains highest level of integrity and ethical standards and work collaboratively with employees, partners, stakeholders and clients in all interactions. Business Experience: Child Welfare 3-5 years: This position requires a broad knowledge of Child Welfare policy, procedures, and best practices. Supervisory - 1 + years: This position supervises a team of OOHC Specialists, Valid Driver's License - Required to travel throughout the County and other locations for client and other meetings Educational and Experience Requirements: BA/BS - bachelor’s degree or equivalent required. MA/MS - master’s degree or equivalent preferred. Physical Requirements: 60 % Writing 30 % Typing 10 % Speaking 90 % Sitting 10 % Standing Brevard Family Partnership Family of Agencies are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. These employers also maintain Drug-Free Workplaces. Requests for Auxiliary Aids for Hearing Impaired or Limited English Proficiency Candidates may be made with a minimum of five (5) days notice to C. Hernandez at (321) 752-4650.