Family Services Specialist I

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings

for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Key sections: - Overview: description of role (Grant-funded, primary worker for children and youth who have experienced/witnessed domestic violence or adolescent relationship abuse; provides crisis intervention, individual and group counseling in Safehouse and community; assist clients in developing goal plans and problem solving with issues such as parenting, substance abuse, housing, health and safety, benefits, childcare, and employment.) - What You Should Bring: list of knowledge/abilities (knowledge of domestic violence, trauma-informed advocacy, social work principles, social/psychiatric/economic/health problems, early childhood development theory, adolescent relationship abuse, community resources, counseling techniques, ability to assess/defuse hostile situations, identify social problems, assess strengths/weaknesses, communicate effectively, work collaboratively, understand/interpret laws/policies/regulations.) - The Opportunity: many bullet-like sentences describing duties: time-sensitive assessment of hotline callers, crisis intervention, support, safety planning, info, referrals; on-call rotating shifts overnights and weekends; 24-hour emergency crisis response and individual/systems advocacy for victims of sexual/domestic violence for forensic exams, medical treatment, testing, police interviews, court proceedings; case management and advocacy services for victims of domestic violence including locating and providing community resources and referrals; monitor client's access to referrals; assist client when needed; supportive individual and group counseling to child witnesses of domestic violence; provide domestic violence intervention/prevention info utilizing best practices curricula to students in City's schools and multi-session groups on healthy relationships to youth/teen groups; supportive counseling to students who present issues relating to domestic violence and adolescent relationship abuse; initial contact with domestic violence victims referred by police or Commonwealth's Attorney to inform them of court process, civil remedies, sentencing alternatives and services; prepare clients for trial through counseling, support and accompaniment, keep clients informed of case status and provide victims with court advocacy during all criminal and civil proceedings; work with pro bono attorneys and Legal Services of Northern Virginia to secure legal assistance and services for victims of domestic violence; assist with other arrest, non-arrest and outreach clients when needed; provide leadership to and participate as active member of coordinating council, the Alexandria Domestic Violence Intervention Project; represent the Domestic Violence Program by making presentations to community groups, civic organizations, local and state government agencies, social service agencies and citizen groups regarding domestic and sexual violence and services provided; provide technical assistance and training to allied professionals at state and national levels on domestic and sexual violence, adolescent relationship abuse, effects of intimate partner violence on children and improving City's response to sexual and domestic violence and best practices; maintain confidentiality of client files and information; assist in training and provide guidance to program volunteers; maintain case records and enter data into state-wide mandatory information systems program; performs related work as required. - About The Department: description of Center for Children and Families (CCF) providing programs and services for Behavioral Health, Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Child Welfare & Child Protective Services, Early Childhood and Youth Development; compassionate, collaborative, effective person and family-centered services based on best practices; teams support self-determination, safety, recovery and resiliency for Alexandria children and all residents affected by abuse, neglect, mental illness, intellectual disabilities and substance abuse disorders. - Minimum & Additional Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in a human services field and one year of relevant experience. Employees must possess a valid driver's license issued by the state of their residence if they are in a position with driving responsibilities. - Preferred Qualifications: Master's degree in Social Work or Human Services field. At least one year of experience working with Trauma Survivors (specifically Domestic Violence survivors); Bilingual. - Notes: background checks required (list). Not a section heading but could be part of Requirements? Might be considered part of Requirements or Additional Requirements. We'll include under Requirements maybe. - Schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8:00AM - 5:00PM; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:00PM - 8:30PM. - Pay: Not mentioned. So we should NOT include Pay section. - Benefits: Not mentioned. So no Benefits. Thus sections: About the role (maybe Overview), Responsibilities (The Opportunity), Requirements (Minimum & Additional Requirements + Notes?), Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications?), Skills (What You Should Bring?), Department (About The Department) maybe as About the role? But we need to follow headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can include those that have content. We need to decide mapping: - About the role: could be the Overview paragraph (grant-funded position description). Could also include About The Department? But About the role likely refers to role overview. We'll put the overview there. - Responsibilities: The Opportunity (list of duties). Could also include some from What You Should Bring? That's more skills/knowledge. So Responsibilities = The Opportunity bullet list. - Requirements: Minimum & Additional Requirements + Notes (background checks). Also maybe driver's license. - Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications (Master's degree, experience with trauma survivors, bilingual). - Skills: What You Should Bring (knowledge and abilities list). Could also include some from Requirements? But we keep as Skills. - Schedule: given. We must not include Benefits or Pay. We must not repeat job title. Must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Remove that. We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all details from each section. We need to format as HTML: use

for section headings. Use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use

  for prose. We need to decide which content is list vs prose. Overview: could be a paragraph (

  ). What You Should Bring: list of knowledge/abilities. Could be a

  • each item. The Opportunity: many duties; could be a
    • each duty. Minimum & Additional Requirements: could be a

      or

      . It's two sentences: Bachelor’s degree... and Employees must possess... We'll make

      . Notes: background checks list: could be

      • each. Preferred Qualifications: could be
        • . Schedule: could be

          stating the schedule. About The Department: could be

          . We need to ensure we don't create empty sections. Let's draft. First, About the role (

          About the role

          ) with

          containing overview. Overview text: "This is a Grant-Funded Position. The Family Services Specialist I will be a primary worker for children and youth who have experienced and/or witnessed domestic violence or adolescent relationship abuse; provides crisis intervention, individual and group counseling in the Safehouse and in the community. They will assist clients (parents and their children/youth) in developing goal plans and problem solving with issues such as parenting, substance abuse, housing, health and safety, benefits, childcare, and employment." We need to preserve all info. So include that exactly. Second, Responsibilities (

          Responsibilities

          ) with
          • each duty from The Opportunity. We need to split the long paragraph into separate duties. Let's list them: - Provide a time-sensitive assessment of and response to immediate needs of hotline callers who have experienced or been impacted by domestic violence to help them return to pre-crisis levels of functioning providing crisis intervention, support, safety planning, information, and referrals. - The employee is expected to be available for on-call rotating shifts overnights and weekends. - Provide 24-hour emergency crisis response and individual/systems advocacy to victims of sexual/domestic violence for forensic examinations, related medical treatment and testing, police interviews and court proceedings. - Provide case management and advocacy services for victims of domestic violence including locating and providing community resources and referrals; monitor client's access to the referrals; and assist client when needed. - Provide supportive individual and group counseling to child witnesses of domestic violence. - Provide domestic violence intervention/prevention information utilizing best practices curricula to students in the City's schools and multi-session groups on healthy relationships to youth/teen groups. - Provide supportive counseling to students who present issues relating to domestic violence and adolescent relationship abuse. - Provide initial contact with domestic violence victims referred to the program by the Alexandria Police Department and/or the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office to inform them of the court process, civil remedies, sentencing alternatives and services. - Prepare clients for trial through counseling, support and accompaniment, keep clients informed of case status and provide victims with court advocacy during all criminal and civil proceedings. - Work with pro bono attorneys and Legal Services of Northern Virginia to secure legal assistance and services for victims of domestic violence. - Assist with other arrest, non-arrest and outreach clients when needed. - Provide leadership to and participate as an active member of the coordinating council, the Alexandria Domestic Violence Intervention Project. - Represent the Domestic Violence Program by making presentations to community groups, civic organizations, local and state government agencies, social service agencies and citizen groups regarding domestic and sexual violence and services provided. - Provide technical assistance and training to allied professionals at state and national levels on domestic and sexual violence, adolescent relationship abuse, the effects of intimate partner violence on children and improving the City's response to sexual and domestic violence and best practices. - Maintain confidentiality of client files and information. - Assist in training and provide guidance to program volunteers. - Maintain case records and enter data into state-wide mandatory information systems program. - Performs related work as required. We need to ensure we keep the exact phrasing? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep the wording as close as possible. Slight splitting is okay as long as we keep the content. We'll keep each bullet as a sentence. Third, Requirements (

            Requirements

            ) with

            containing Bachelor’s degree... and Employees must possess... plus maybe Notes? But Notes is separate list; we could include under Requirements as a list. However we need to decide: Should we put Notes under Requirements? It's about pre-employment background checks; that is a requirement. So we could include as a

            • under Requirements. Or we could make a separate section? There's no heading for Notes in the list; we could incorporate into Requirements. Thus Requirements:

              Bachelor’s degree in a human services field and one year of relevant experience. Employees must possess a valid driver's license issued by the state of their residence if they are in a position with driving responsibilities.

              then
              • ... background checks list
              . But we need to ensure we don't duplicate content. The Notes list includes: Criminal Background Checks (local and federal); Sherriff's Office Background Check; VA State Child Abuse/Neglect Registry; Psychological; Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Database; Education/certifications; and driver’s license. We'll list each as
            • . Fourth, Qualifications (

              Qualifications

              ) with
              • Master's degree in Social Work or Human Services field.
              • At least one year of experience working with Trauma Survivors (specifically Domestic Violence survivors);
              • Bilingual.
              (maybe combine second and third? but keep separate.) Fifth, Skills (

              Skills

              ) with
              • each item from What You Should Bring. Let's extract each: - good knowledge and understanding of domestic violence and trauma-informed advocacy; - good knowledge of the principles and practices of social work; - good knowledge of social, psychiatric, economic and health problems; - good knowledge of early childhood development theory, principles and practices; - good knowledge of adolescent relationship abuse; - some knowledge of community resources or the ability to readily acquire such knowledge; - some knowledge of individual and group counseling techniques or the ability to acquire such knowledge; - some knowledge of