STEPS Family Advocate Supervisor

Join our team at FSS and enjoy comprehensive benefits including but not limited to:

• Tuition Reimbursement: Earn up to $5,250 per qualifying year to invest in your education.
• Health Insurance: Choose from three comprehensive Florida Blue health insurance plans to keep you and your family covered.
• Dental Plan: Enjoy an employer-paid dental plan for our valued employees.
• Life Insurance: Your peace of mind matters to us. We provide employer-paid life insurance.
• Well-Being Program: Stay healthy and engaged with our highly interactive well-being program.
• Paid Time Off (PTO): Relax and recharge with our generous PTO plan. You can even earn three additional days per plan year!
• Bereavement Leave: We offer 3 paid days of bereavement leave annually to ease the burden during a family member's passing.
• Paid Holidays: Enjoy the 12 holidays without the worry of receiving a paycheck (to include 1 floating holiday) and unwind with family and friends to celebrate and rejuvenate!
• 401k Plan with Matching: Secure your financial future with our 401k plan and employer matching.
• Additional Benefits: Explore our range of benefits, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Vision Plan, Short & Long-Term Disability coverage, Employee Discounts, and more.

The mission of Family Support Services is to be the leader in providing safety, stability, and quality of life for all children by working with the community to strengthen the family unit.

Job Summary:

The STEPS Family Advocate Supervisor is responsible for the overall supervision of the STEPS prevention program and all personnel assigned to that department. The supervisor is responsible for providing training, guidance and management activities on all activities related to the STEPS prevention program in Pasco and Pinellas Counties.

Essential Duties:

• Provide training, guidance, support, and supervision to STEPS Family Advocates in Pasco and Pinellas Counties10%
• Participate in the selection, hiring, and evaluation of staff 5%
• Monitors caseloads, schedules, training requirements, and individual staffing assignments 5%
• Reviews work of staff to ensure safety, compliance, confidentiality, timelessness, appropriateness, and completeness of services 60%
• Completes reports, admissions forms, and closure forms and reviews audit case files 5%
• Observes and reports client change in status to program director 5%
• Assists prevention specialist in identifying and coordinating available services for families and providing conflict resolution and crisis intervention services to families 10%
• Other Duties As needed

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in social services required.

Experience:

At least two years of child welfare experience with supervisory experience preferred.

Licensure, Certification, and/or Registration:

Valid drivers license.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Ability to:

• Represent self and the organization in a highly professional manner
• Lead team
• Function independently to include follow through with assigned tasks
• Assess a situation and make appropriate recommendations/decisions
• Research, organize and analyze data
• Execute sound judgment by effectively analyzing problems and utilizing critical thinking and timely, logical decision-making skills
• Establish and maintain relationships
• Works effectively as a team member within the agency and for case management purposes
• Follow through on commitments, projects and responsibilities
• Speak effectively before small and large groups
• Maintain client confidentiality
• Adapt to changes in work duties or settings, including being open to new ideas and approaches to current tasks
• Work in the Pasco and Pinellas County areas

Skills:

• Strong written and verbal communication
• Strong follow-up and follow through
• Interpersonal skills necessary for focusing, active involvement, and participation
• Strong organizational and time management
• Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Word

Other Requirements:

• Clear a Level II background screening
• Clear a reference check (professional and personal)
• Clear a local background check from the County in which you reside
• Clear a substance abuse screen
• Provide a copy of all degrees prior to your first day of employment
• Clear a Motor Vehicles Records check
• Proof of personal auto insurance coverage in the amount of $100,000/$300,000 or greater if not insurable under company's automobile policy
• Clear an E-Verify check to substantiate that the successful candidate meets the Department of Homeland Security authorization requirements to work in the United States (for more information visit www.dhs.gov/e-verify)

Family Support Services team members follow 5 core values:

Partnership:At FSS, a belief that we are better together is core to who we are. Partnership is an essential component of a healthy system of care. Our team is committed to a respectful, open-minded, collaborative approach to co-creating solutions with the community. This extends to the children and families we serve as well.

Excellence:FSS challenges ourselves to always strive for better on behalf of those we serve. We foster innovative practices, encourage continuous quality improvement, and engage in strategic planning with our partners to achieve the highest possible outcomes for children, families, and the community.

Accountability: FSS recognizes our leadership role within the system of care and strives to be accountable to the community by being trustworthy partners. FSS is committed to ethical and transparent practices, and to operate with integrity as we pursue positive outcomes.

Compassion:We recognize that we often meet families at their most challenging moment and people are more than the sum of their circumstances. We provide trauma-sensitive care for the children and families in our system to reach their full potential. We embrace a service leadership approach and commit to finding the strengths in everyone we encounter while we foster resiliency.

Equity:Equity goes beyond the fair treatment of all people. For FSS, equity is the commitment to recognize the social justice issues intrinsic to our work with marginalized communities. We strive to amplify the voices of individuals and families impacted by poverty, racism, and discrimination in any form. We obligate ourselves to a belief that none of these factors should be a predictor of child welfare involvement or outcomes.

FSS is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. FSS is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to Human Resources at c6.hr@fssnf.org.