About the Position
WHO WE ARE
The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for delivery of the County’s public health and human services that meets the needs of our community’s most vulnerable children, adults and seniors. The Department provides services through more than 120 programs at more than 20 locations. With over 2,000 employees, the Department of Health and Human Services is the largest County Department.
As a Department, we believe health and wellness of the county can only be achieved by ensuring that every resident has fair opportunities to reach their fullest potential. This means access to quality housing, transportation, education, employment, health care, human services, safe neighborhoods, and healthy food. HHS provides critical services for residents who face a variety of obstacles in achieving their full potential. HHS plays an essential role in building a healthy and strong community.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Child Welfare Services is committed to the safety, wellbeing and permanency of children in Montgomery County. The agency works in collaboration with families and community partners to build, strengthen and support stable family life. Child Welfare Services is currently recruiting for an enthusiastic, caring, knowledgeable and experienced individual to provide clinical supervision and oversight to 7-8 clinically licensed social workers and case workers who manage the public resource, kinship and ICPC homes as well as locate placements for all children (0 -21) who come into out of home care in Montgomery County.
What You'll Be Doing
This employee will be the policy authority for licensing and management of resource homes.
- This position requires the ability to oversee requirements, negotiate and monitor contracts, develop budget plans and monitor expenditures related to retention and respite services.
- Attain and maintain resource homes; assure compliance with annual licensure; complete pre-adoptive paperwork and court reports; complete all requests for assessment by ICPC (Interstate Compact); monitor licensing contractors; develop and implement Resource Retention Plan (including annual press events).
- FTDM oversight is also a responsibility which includes ensuring that all required documents are maintained so that facilitators are completing their assigned activities and that any required reporting is completed timely.
- This position will also oversee Kinship Navigator and Family Finding/Absent Parent Locator positions which are critical components of the Family Matters work. Kinship Navigator works with kin to access services and supports to maintain the minor kin in their homes while the Family Finding/Absent Parent Locator works to identify relatives and kin who might be able to be a placement and/or permanency resource for children already in care.
- This position will provide support and guidance to these workers in completing the responsibilities of their positions.
- Selected candidates for this position will be subject to a pre-employment medical exam, and drug screening and criminal history records check through the Maryland State Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.??Candidates will also be checked through the Maryland Registry for Child Abuse and Neglect and federal and state sex offender registries. Any applicant who fails the medical exam, background check or whose name appears on either of the registries may be disqualified from employment for this position.
- Possession and maintenance at all times of a valid Class C (or equivalent) driver’s license from the applicant’s state of residence when required for job-related duties.
Minimum Qualifications
Equivalency:
Note:
Education, experience or training must indicate the ability to perform successfully as a first level supervisor such as the ability to plan/assign/review work, deploy personnel, monitor work operations, obtain effective results and perform a full array of supervisory HR management and EEO functions.
LICENSE:
- A license as a Licensed Certified Social Worker – Clinical – LCSW-C by the Maryland State Board of Social Work Examiners prior to appointment for a supervisory position that involves clinical supervision
Preferred Criteria, Interview Preferences
There are no preferred criteria. All applicants will be reviewed for minimum qualifications.
Experience in, and knowledge of, State and Federal regulations governing Child Welfare Services Programs.
- Experience with SAFE home study process and licensing and monitoring of resource home providers.
- Experience providing clinical supervision and oversight to licensed social workers who provide services to children in foster care using family centered practice models focusing on permanence for children.
- Experience in, and knowledge of, the family court process in CINA matters.
- Experience working with culturally diverse populations.
- Experience reviewing and evaluating program trends, data, outcomes and service quality.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The Office of Human Resources (OHR) reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position.
Montgomery County Government(MCG) is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should email OHR at Hiring@montgomerycountymd.gov. Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.
MCG also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference.
All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria or interview preference status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on the Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for an interview.
This will establish an Eligible List that may be used to fill both current and future vacancies.
If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.
Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code. Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.