Education Specialist

Mission Statement The Children’s Network of Hillsborough is committed to working with the community to protect children and preserve families.

General Purpose of Job The purpose of the Education Specialist role is to ensure that appropriate educational services are provided and upheld for all children within the Hillsborough County system of care. This role will serve as the subject matter expert and liaison between the school system and system of care providers to ensure the educational needs and requirements for all youth are being upheld.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements 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.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Participate in implementation of quality management systems

Monitoring process will begin in July to June of every year Participate in all Child Safety reviews per year.

Perform any other activities as needed by the CNHCParticipate in specialized service provider program monitoring as needed

Implement and maintain Quality Improvement systems to:

Review existing policies and procedures to ensure consistency and compliance with Federal, State, Region and Local laws/mandates/policies/procedures as well as the agency’s SOCMaintain electronic/hard copy files of all approved policies and procedures relating to assigned program areas

Stay current with Federal and State Laws, rules and best practices

Training

Participate in all certification / training necessary for the fulfillment of job responsibilities

Attend at least one approved conference annually

Assure that best practices are being implemented

Identify SOC training needs and resources

Coordinate training with Training Specialist Technical Assistance Identify technical assistance needs

Provide technical assistance on federal and state laws, rules, and programmatic and procedural issues

Provide programmatic expertise in efforts to locate missing children, descriptive narratives, agencies and resources available, prevention initiatives, recovery interview techniques

Team Meetings Participate in Case Management Organization Team Meetings and others relevant to area of expertise

Provide performance report and assessment of improvement initiatives

Role of the Education Specialist when conducting staffings of any type:

Whenever possible, review relevant case information in advance to gain knowledge of the most current issues (Clerk of Court, FSFN, ASK etc.)Maintain a professional demeanor at all times

Maintain neutrality without alliance to any of the parties

Engage all attendees’ participation in the meeting by requesting their perspective on the matters being discussed

Listen objectively and consider all opinions provided

Ability to deescalate and maintain professional interactions in staffings

Be flexible and balance the need for participation with the need to keep things running efficiently and within the allotted timeframe

Recommendations / plans that are developed must be aligned with statute, code, policy and require either consensus by all participating attendees or approval by the court

Other duties may be assigned as special projects may be requested

Working Hours Children’s Network of Hillsborough’s standard business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. This position is an in-office based position that averages 40 hours per week. Work hours may vary outside of these standard hours, including evenings and weekends, as needed to meet operational demands. All hours worked will be compensated in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and agency policies, including applicable overtime and other compensation requirements.

Travel Travel within and outside of Hillsborough County is required.

Training All employees are required to complete fifteen (15) hours of training annually, which may be completed online or in a classroom setting. Employees who hold a credential or license relevant to their position must ensure that all training…