RA II-Child Welfare Data Expert or Child Welfare CQI Expert

The Child Welfare Data Expert functions in a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary team with a continued commitment to excellence. The Child Welfare Data Expert conducts and/or leads data analysis supporting complex data driven and continuous quality improvement projects. conducting data analytics tasks and developing reports and presentations. This role serves as the primary point of contact for data related tasks and information for jurisdictions and assists with, the development and implementation of quality assurance and continuous quality improvement (CQI) protocols and activities including but not limited to:

*** If you are located within 50 miles of our North Bethesda or San Mateo office, this position will have a hybrid work schedule.***

• Distills complex information into key ideas and concepts; and making information easily accessible to child welfare professionals for the purpose of program improvement and systems change
• Designs data analytic tools, data visualization reports, presentations, and dashboards, and data-driven assistance workplans
• Leads and or/supports internal project team in exploring jurisdictional data to understand challenges, assess and address data quality concerns, and make data driven decisions
• Leads and or/supports project team in responding to jurisdictional needs regarding continuous quality improvement using CQI frameworks (e.g., Plan Do Study Act (PDSA), Results Based Accountability (RBA), Define, Asses, Plan, Implement, Monitor (DAPIM);
  Define Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC))
• Provides consultation and support to public child welfare agencies (jurisdictions) in understanding, analyzing, visualizing, using, and sharing their child welfare data with a range of partners to inform decision-making and strategy selection
• Contributes to tracking key performance metrics relevant to child welfare (safety, permanency, and well-being)
• Identifies trends, patterns, and correlations in child welfare data to inform technical assistance development and delivery
• Develops and provides training to child welfare staff on data literacy, interpretation, root cause analysis, and application to daily workflow
• Provides consultation and support to public child welfare agencies to more deeply explore performance using available quantitative and qualitative data and identifying areas for additional data collection (i.e., using data to test theories/hypotheses, training and coaching and review of the completeness of problem exploration)
• Supports connecting CQI activities with data collection processes and findings
• Supports development of jurisdictional improvement plans, and implementation of improved processes based upon federal review findings
• Manages tasks and deliverables for contract compliance with minimal supervision

• Master's Degree and 6 years of experience comprising of 3 years of focus experience required (focus experience may vary based upon assignment).

• Experience in child welfare and/or highly related field
• Experience analyzing and visualizing child welfare administrative data sets including state administrative data, and/or federal child welfare reporting such as the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) and the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) reporting
• Experience with child welfare federal reporting processes such as:
  Child and Family Services Plans (CFSP) and Annual Progress and Services Reports (APSRs), Child and Family Services Review (CFSR)-related documents and reports including the Statewide Data Indicators (SWDI), FFPSA prevention plans, materials related to other federal reviews (e.g., National Youth in Transition Database), formula grant plans (e.g., Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and Children's Justice Act), demonstration grants reports, discretionary grant work plans and reports, Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) applications, Court Improvement Program (CIP) plans and other sources to systematically assess the needs of state and territorial public child welfare agencies
• Familiarity with Comprehensive…