DCS PROGRAM COORDINATOR - FOSTER CARE SUPPORT - GRAND WEST - 08252026-80521

This position is currently located in Madison County but can potentially sit in any of the following counties: Jackson, Waynesboro, Savannah, Hohenwald, Linden, Centerville, Decaturville, Lexington, Henderson, Huntington, Camden, Waverly, Dover, Trenton, Alamo, Brownsville, Somerville, Bolivar, or Selmer, TN.

Overview

This classification is responsible for Children's Services program evaluation, coordination, and consultative work of considerable difficulty and/or program policy and procedure development work of average difficulty; and performs related work as required. An employee in this class is responsible for program coordination, evaluation, and monitoring to assure programs and contracts are being administered in accordance with all pertinent policies. This is the second level in the DCS Program series and may serve in a supervisory role responsible for a subordinate staff.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for statewide implementations of quality improvement initiatives and managing relationships with external stakeholders.
• Maintains monthly reports on program placements, program exception request approvals, and other pertinent data; distributes data on a monthly basis or on approved distribution timeframe.
• Communicates effectively with the regions and other divisions through various methods of correspondence to assure the delivery of accurate information for relevant investigative tasks.
• Strengthens partnerships with community agencies and other stakeholders through presentations, engagement, and collaboration.
• Receives information from case management staff to approve necessary services for children initially entering custody and other various needs for assigned program area.
• Utilizes review tools to assess practice and skill set of field staff; monitors service provision for children and families.
• Monitors network adequacy, identifies service gaps, assesses outcomes, and promotes program improvement.

Requirements

• Must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age on the date of application.
• Must be a citizen of the United States.
• Possess a valid driver's license prior to and during employment.
• Have a good moral character, as determined by investigation.
• Complete a criminal history disclosure form in a manner approved by the appointing authority.
• Have no conviction for a felony.
• Agree to release all records involving their criminal history to the appointment authority.
• Supply a fingerprint sample in a manner prescribed by the TBI for a fingerprint-based criminal history records check.
• Submit to and pass a pre-employment screening test for use of illegal drugs.
• For the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, or more than 4 moving violations.

Qualifications

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to four years of professional work in one or a combination of the following: counseling or case management services, or program evaluations of counseling or case management services, three years of which must involve providing these services to children and/or juveniles.

Substitution of Education for Experience: Graduate course work credit received from an accredited college or university in social work, criminal justice, psychology, sociology, human services, and/or child development may substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis to a maximum of one year, there being no substitution for the required three years of children's services work (e.g., 36 graduate quarter hours in one or a combination of the above listed fields may substitute for one year of the required experience).

Substitution of Experience for Education: Experience equivalent to one year as a DCS Program Specialist or a DCS Case Manager 3 with the State of Tennessee.

Skills

• Time Management
• Critical Thinking
• Instructing
• Judgment and Decision Making
• Operations Analysis

Competencies (KSA's)

• Decision Quality
• Manages Complexity
• Action Oriented
• Organizational Savvy
• Nimble Learning
• Knowledge of Customer and Personal Service
• English Language
• Law and Government
• Public Safety and Security

Abilities

• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Problem Sensitivity
• Information Ordering

Pay

Monthly salary: $4,562.00 - $5,694.00
Annual salary: $54,744.00 - $68,328.00

Schedule

Full-Time