MFT Advocate

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections where there is real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. We need to parse the posting. Key info: - Role: MiFamily Together (MFT) Advocate. - About the role: description: adhering to MFT philosophy, values, beliefs, contract requirements while offering responsive, flexible services that meet families where they are. MFT fosters meaningful engagement and provides tailored support to help families thrive at any level of need. The MFT Advocate is responsible for delivering in-home services for up to 180 days, with approved extensions up to 270 days total. This position will serve Kalamazoo County. Michigan’s Children’s Service Administration believes that children should live with their families whenever possible, and MFT will support the department’s goal to reduce the number of children who experience out-of-home care and the associated trauma of being removed from their family. MFT seeks to support the safety and wellbeing of these families such that risk to the child(ren) is reduced. - Wage: Up to $47,715.20 annually; $22.94/hour based on relevant work experience. - Are you passionate... (call to action) - we can maybe include in About the role or maybe a separate "About the organization"? But we have only allowed sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. The call to action could be part of About the role. - About Catholic Charities West Michigan (CCWM) description: community-based agency providing programs in Western Michigan and offering a variety of services in family preservation, behavioral health, child welfare, and community outreach. CCWM is committed to ensuring a diverse workforce and a work environment whereby all staff are treated with dignity, respect, and fairness. CCWM encourages persons of diverse backgrounds and faiths to apply for employment. - Then list of duties/responsibilities: Provides services in accordance with the MFT contract requirements. Delivers in-home services for up to 180 days, with approved extensions up to 270 days total. Maintains face-to-face contact with families in accordance with the contract defined frequency and based on individual needs. Completes all required MDHHS and MFT documentation within established timeframes. Engages family members using Motivational Interviewing to build rapport and assess strengths, needs, culture, and values. Conducts assessments with each family to gain a better understanding of prevention goals for each family member. Provides and assists families in accessing concrete supports and resources, including housing, transportation, employment, education, benefits, and other needs. Provides direct services to help the family strengthen protective factors and increase family well-being via practicing within the Two-Generation (2Gen) framework and attain goals outlined in the Prevention Plan Reports. Creates proactive and reactive safety plans to address risk factors. Teaches and model life-skills, household management, parenting skills, and community resource navigation. Makes appropriate referrals for caregivers and children to additional services and collaborate with all service providers involved with the family, as well as the referring case manager, to support the family in achieving identified goals. Flexible work schedules must be maintained to ensure appointments are scheduled based on families’ needs and to allow for timely crisis intervention. Attends court hearings and provide testimony at the request of the family, MDHHS or Placement agency Foster Care (PAFC) referring case manager. Attends training and meetings as required by MDHHS and Agency. Completes, and/or attempts to complete, face-to-face follow-up visits with each family served at three- and six-months following closure of the case to review sustained goal achievement and case closure safety planning and to assess if there is any further assistance needed to support maintaining the child in the home safely. Transports clients utilizing personal vehicle, as needed. Drives for agency business. All other duties as assigned per supervisor’s request. - Physical Demands: talk/hear regularly; occasionally stand; walk; sit; use hands; reach; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; occasionally move or lift items up to 40 pounds. - Work Environment: primarily office based, occasional travel to other Agency offices; routinely exposed to typical office noise levels and/or exposure to various weather conditions. - Qualifications: Knowledge of the 2Gen Framework and Motivational Interviewing techniques. Knowledge and skills necessary to provide services appropriate to families and children 0-18. Knowledge and skills in substance abuse and mental health disorders. Knowledge of the MFT philosophy and intervention strategies. Ability to have a non-judgmental positive attitude toward families in crisis. Ability to empower families to help them solve their problems. Ability to work in partnership with other team members and/or service providers. Ability to demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to cultural differences present in the Agency’s service population. Ability to forge a mutually respectful partnership with individuals and families in which they are helped to gain skills and confidence in addressing issues and problems. This position requires reliable transportation. Must have a valid driver’s license and good driving record with zero work restrictions. Must have personal auto insurance as required by law with minimum bodily injury coverage limits of $250,000 per person/$500,000 per incident or $500,000 combined. Must be willing to work a flexible schedule based on needs of the clients served. This may include working irregular hours including evenings, holidays, and weekends. Participation is required in initial and ongoing training provided MDHHS and Agency. Must submit to agency approved background checks. - Education: A bachelor’s degree in any human services or education field is required or; An associate’s degree or equivalent in any human services or education field with 2 years of prior work experience working with children and/or families and actively pursuing a bachelor’s degree to be obtained within 6 months of hire. - Experience: same as education? Actually they repeated same text. So we can combine. - Professional Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations: none required. - Supervisory Responsibilities: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities. - Mission/Vision/Values: maybe not needed as separate section; could be part of About the role or maybe we can include a "About the organization" but not allowed. We could incorporate mission/values into About the role or maybe not include as separate section if not requested. The instruction says include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. The mission/vision/values is content but not one of the allowed headings? Allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Mission/vision/values could go under About the role or maybe we can omit because not specifically requested. Probably include in About the role. - Benefits: Not explicitly mentioned besides wage. No benefits like health insurance etc. So we should not create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It does not mention benefits, so omit Benefits. - Pay: we have wage info: Up to $47,715.20 annually; $22.94/hour based on relevant work experience. So we can include Pay section. - Schedule: mention flexible work schedules, must be willing to work flexible schedule based on needs, may include irregular hours including evenings, holidays, weekends. So we can include Schedule section. - Requirements: Could be things like valid driver's license, auto insurance, reliable transportation, background check, etc. Also maybe physical demands? But physical demands could be under Requirements or maybe Qualifications. We need to decide categorization. We have sections: About the role (intro), Responsibilities (list of duties), Requirements (maybe mandatory items like driver's license, insurance, background check, reliable transportation, etc.), Qualifications (knowledge, skills, abilities), Skills (maybe overlapping with Qualifications but we can separate: Skills could be specific abilities like Motivational Interviewing, 2Gen framework, etc.) But we need to avoid duplication. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we might combine some. We have to use

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  for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. We must remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's extract substantive content and organize. First, About the role: combine the introductory paragraph plus mission/vision/values maybe. Paragraph: "The MiFamily Together (MFT) Advocate is responsible for adhering to the MFT philosophy, values, beliefs, and contract requirements while offering responsive, flexible services that meet families where they are. MFT fosters meaningful engagement and provides tailored support to help families thrive at any level of need. The MFT Advocate is responsible for delivering in-home services for up to 180 days, with approved extensions up to 270 days total. This position will serve Kalamazoo County. Michigan’s Children’s Service Administration believes that children should live with their families whenever possible, and MFT will support the department’s goal to reduce the number of children who experience out-of-home care and the associated trauma of being removed from their family. MFT seeks to support the safety and wellbeing of these families such that risk to the child(ren) is reduced." Then maybe add mission/vision/values: "Inspired by the Church's social teachings, Catholic Charities West Michigan fosters individuals and families to flourish by providing help and creating hope. CCWM is called to create a just and compassionate community where all people can achieve their divine purpose. Values: Sanctity of All Life, Compassion, Integrity, Respect, Equity." Could be included. But we need to avoid duplication: The mission/vision/values appears later in the posting. We'll include it in About the role. Now Responsibilities: list of duties (the bullet list after "Provides services in accordance with the MFT contract requirements." etc). We'll put each as

• . We need to ensure we include all duties: - Provides services in accordance with the MFT contract requirements. - Delivers in-home services for up to 180 days, with approved extensions up to 270 days total. - Maintains face-to-face contact with families in accordance with the contract defined frequency and based on individual needs. - Completes all required MDHHS and MFT documentation within established timeframes. - Engages family members using Motivational Interviewing to build rapport and assess strengths, needs, culture, and values. - Conducts assessments with each family to gain a better understanding of prevention goals for each family member. - Provides and assists families in accessing concrete supports and resources, including housing, transportation, employment, education, benefits, and other needs. - Provides direct services to help the family strengthen protective factors and increase family well-being via practicing within the Two-Generation (2Gen) framework and attain goals outlined in the Prevention Plan Reports. - Creates proactive and reactive safety plans to address risk factors. - Teaches and models life-skills, household management, parenting skills, and community resource navigation. - Makes appropriate referrals for caregivers and children to additional services and collaborate with all service providers involved with the family, as well as the referring case manager, to support the family in achieving identified goals. - Flexible work schedules must be maintained to ensure appointments are scheduled based on families’ needs and to allow for timely crisis intervention. - Attends court hearings and provide testimony at the request of the family, MDHHS or Placement agency Foster Care (PAFC) referring case manager. - Attends training and meetings as required by MDHHS and Agency. - Completes, and/or attempts to complete, face-to-face follow-up visits with each family served at three- and six-months following closure of the case to review sustained goal achievement and case closure safety planning and to assess if there is any further assistance needed to support maintaining the child in the home safely. - Transports clients utilizing personal