Social Work Services Program Consultant
State of Florida
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Tampa • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $40,321 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Provide pediatric and family social work expertise for the Medical Foster Care (MFC) program reporting to the Registered Nursing Supervisor
- Complete pre-service, annual, quarterly, and as-needed psychosocial assessments of prospective and current MFC parents and MFC child/youth dyads, including home and community visits
- Complete documentation and maintain electronic records in accordance with program requirements
- Assess availability of MFC beds statewide and conduct bed searches when local beds unavailable
- Provide verbal and written communication, education, training, and technical assistance to MFC and community stakeholders
- Coordinate MFC staffing, admissions, plans of care, equipment, medications, and resources for MFC child/youth placements
- Provide ongoing medical social work support, retention efforts for MFC parents, and arrange temporary caregiver relief services as needed
- Accompany MFC providers and children/youth to appointments and participate in multidisciplinary monthly staffing and CMAT meetings
- Provide after-hours on-call program support as assigned
- Maintain, review, and monitor MFC related data and Electronic Health Record entries and participate in quality assurance and improvement activities
- Assist with Medicaid enrollment processes and coordination with MMA plans, and provide psychosocial or administrative documentation or testimony when requested by court order
Requirements
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Knowledge of foster care system and child/family community resources
- Skill in performing psychosocial assessments
- Skill in detailed documentation
- Ability to work with families and children with special health care needs
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
- Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments
- Ability to collect and organize data
- Ability to access information from computer data systems and websites
- Ability to use a computer for word processing, spreadsheets, and database applications, and for attending virtual meetings and training
- Must hold a valid unrestricted Florida Driver License
- Must have computer skills, including use of standard office machinery and programs such as Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and SharePoint
- Travel 25% - 30%, to include home visits, community visits, medical provider visits
- Successful completion of a security background check and/or drug screening
- Participation in direct deposit (required)
- Must provide Social Security Number for background check
- Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, must be registered with Selective Services or have exemption
- All Florida Department of Health positions require ability to learn and communicate effectively in English
- Preferred: Bachelor’s degree or higher in the social services field
- Preferred: 2 years of child welfare experience and medical setting experience
Benefits
- Annual and Sick Leave benefits
- Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year
- State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options
- Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Tuition waivers
- Total compensation package and additional employee benefits (see www.mybenefits.myflorida.com)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
psychosocial assessmentsdocumentationdata collectionmedical terminologyfoster care system knowledgechild/family community resources knowledgecomputer skillsMicrosoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint)Medicaid enrollment processesquality assurance
Soft skills
effective communicationorganizational skillscoordinationability to work with familiesability to planability to access informationability to work with special health care needsteam collaborationproblem-solvingadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in social servicesvalid unrestricted Florida Driver License