Senior Child and Family Team Specialist Rochester, NY (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1099+Jay+Street+Rochester+NY+USA+14611) • Family Support Center (FSC) Job Type Full-time Description Senior Child and Family Team Specialist Youth and Family Partnership, Monroe County Department of Human Services Rochester, NY On-Site FULL-TIME Nonexempt] : 40 hours/week Coordinated Care Services Inc (CCSI) (https://positions.paylocity.com/PositionManagement/wizard/2033539) seeks a talentedSenior Child and Family Team Specialistto contribute their expertise in providing essential business services to our provider organizations and customers. The Youth and Family Partnership (YFP) is a Program which serves Monroe County youth and their families, who are at risk of out of home placement, have emerging and/or unmet behavioral health challenges and demonstrate complex needs that require the involvement of more than one system. The primary goal of the YFP is to provide strength-based wrap-around services to youth and their families, utilizing an integrative care model, to ensure that customizable services and supports are provided to meet identified needs, within the least restrictive, most normative environment that is clinically appropriate. Referrals are only accepted from MCDHS Child Protectives Services Investigation Teams, SPOA and FACT. The Senior Child and Family Team Specialist will assist with training coaching and mentoring Child and Family Team Specialist while maintaining a reduced caseload size. CCSI is partnering withMonroe County Department of Human Servicesto hirea Senior Child and Family Team Specialist.This position is employed by CCSI and working on behalf ofMonroe County. In this role, you will be[add verb tense or additional action words to give context to duties] + Coordinate comprehensive planning process that utilizes a family’s strengths, as well as formal and informal supports, to develop a Plan of Care using strategies outside the parameters of standard service delivery to meet a youth’s and their family’s needs, including: + Conduct family assessments to identify strengths, needs and cultural attributes; assessments are conducted in a respectful way, while honoring each family’s uniqueness, resilience, hopes and dreams. + Build Child and Family Teams utilizing natural supports, community supports, providers and other identified resources. + Educate CFT team members on System of Care values. + Regularly facilitate monthly CFT meetings, developing an individualized Plan of Care based on family’s unique strengths and needs, which maximizes natural supports, using services only when necessary. + With team, implement and monitor Plan of Care with goal of maintaining the child safely at home or in the community. + Monitor and measure effectiveness of Plan and adapts Plan as necessary. + Partner effectively and collaboratively with Monroe County Departments of Child and Family Services and Office of Mental Health, as well as education system, medical and clinical providers, community resources and informal supports. + Embrace, demonstrate and model Monroe County System of Care values, including family driven, youth guided, trauma informed, community-based, best practice oriented, and culturally and linguistically competent. + Ensure family and youth participation in all aspects of planning, service delivery and evaluation. + Ensure smooth transitions for youth and their families between systems and supports, through consistent communication, planning and follow up among involved systems, agencies, providers and the youth and family. + Stay supportive and respectful of team members and works to resolve all conflicts in professional manner. + Adhere to and support CFT Specialists in following Best Practice expectations. + Observe CFT meetings and provide feedback to CFT Specialists around their strengths and areas of needed growth. + Understand and teach the 4 step coaching process to the CFT Specialist. + Provide coverage for the YFP Program Manager when needed. + Complete all required documentation in thorough and timely fashion. + Adhere to program expectations regarding best practice, punctuality, attendance, and use of work time. + Work to enhance performance through active participation in team meetings, training opportunities and supervision. + Adhere to program expectations regarding importance of professional boundaries. + Other duties as assigned. Requirements Education and Experience + Master of Social Work/related field plus 2 years’ experience in the mental health preferred. + Must obtain and maintain certification to administer the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS-NY) tool. Additional Requirements + Satisfactory completion of all required background screenings. + Ability to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the families. + Respect the confidential nature of all CCSI and CCSI customer information you are exposed to in the course of your work performance. Staff working directly with protected health information /electronically stored protected health information, personally identifiable information, and other patient/consumer/customer data, will abide by the specific procedures and policies outlined by CCSI’s Code of Conduct and CCSI’s Privacy and Security Policies, New York State regulations and Federal regulations. We AreCCSI! (https://www.ccsi.org/) CCSI employs more than 500 talented, dedicated professionals who provide program management services, consulting, and operational support needed by local departments of mental health and social services, state agencies, community-based organizations, and school districts across New York State and beyond! Our mission, simply put, we help people and communities. CCSI’s vision is to be an exceptional place for individuals to grow and build a career, while expanding our capacity to invest in communities. We do this by prioritizing employee voice and equity to ensure we protect employees from harm; provide connection and community; enable work-life harmony; foster mattering at work; and creating opportunities for growth and development. We Can Offer You (https://www.ccsi.org/employment/) + Market competitive compensation. + An award-winningWellness@Work (https://www.ccsi.org/employment/wellness-initiatives/) and employee benefits program. + An organization that is committed toracial equity and anti-racist practices (https://www.ccsi.org/employment/racial-equity-and-justice-initiative-reji/) . + Continuousprofessional development (https://www.ccsi.org/employment/professional-development/) opportunities. + A voice (https://www.ccsi.org/employment/employee-engagement/) in shaping CCSI’s ever-evolving diverse company culture. CCSI does not accept inquiries from third-party recruiters or search agencies. Coordinated Care Services, Inc (CCSI) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Salary Description 57,000