WrapAround Facilitator – Truancy

WrapAround Facilitator – Truancy

Employment Type: 1 - Full-time Temporary 
Pay Range: $22.56 - 34.69
Location: Castle Rock, CO
Overtime Exempt: N 
Elected Office / Department: YOUTH SERVICES PROGRAM MGMT

Using Wraparound values, principles and practices, the Wraparound Facilitator provides intensive, supportive interventions for identified families; Specializing in court involved youth for truancy.

The Douglas County Wraparound program exists as it differs from many service delivery strategies, in that it provides a comprehensive, holistic, youth and family-driven way of responding when children or youth experience multi system involvement and or significant stressors.

The WrapAround process is led by a Facilitator who brings multiple systems together with the child/youth, family and their natural supports to create a highly individualized plan to address complex needs. The goals of WrapAround are to meet the needs prioritized by youth and family, improve their ability and confidence to manage their own services and supports, develop or strengthen their natural supports, and integrate the work of all child/family serving systems and natural supports into one streamlined plan. WrapAround is an evidence-based practice. A WrapAround Facilitator engages all participants and the role can be complicated, as it is beyond the usual one-discipline focus, as it seeks to incorporate all aspects of a child’s or youth’s growth.

Generally, the hiring range is $22.56-$28.20 hourly. Qualifications, education and experience as it relates to the position will be taken into consideration when determining hiring salary.

This temporary position is eligible for limited benefits including Medical and paid Holiday's, for an overview of the Medical benefits please view the full Employee Benefit Guide. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (The following examples are illustrative only and are not intended to be all inclusive.)

• Through the Wrap process, teams create plans to meet the complex needs of youth in court for truancy. WrapAround team members, the child/youth, parents/caregivers, other family and community members, mental health professionals, educators, CASA, GAL’S and others, meet regularly to de­sign, implement, and monitor a plan to meet the unique needs of the child and family.
• Provide leadership for all aspects of the Douglas County WrapAround program under the direction of the Youth Services Program Manager (YSPM) of the Douglas County Youth Initiative. Facilitators will facilitate Wrap meetings, including composing the family-centered WrapAround Team, act as an advocate for the family, lead the group through action plan generation, assist with assignment of action items, identify community resources for individual plans, and provide the family with the plan for their follow-through.
• In conjunction with the YSPM, Facilitators help develop protocols, guidelines and formats for the management, quality control and ongoing evaluation of the WrapAround process.
• Identify, recruit, orient and support a broad variety of community resources and other potential supports for Wrap staffing and service provision.
• Receive referrals to the Wrap process and conduct assessments of strengths and needs.
• Facilitate Wrap staffing meetings, including helping recruit members to the family-centered WrapAround Family Team, acting as an advocate for the family, leading the group through action plan creation, assisting with identification of community resources for individual plans, and providing the family and team with a written plan for their follow-through.
• Document all case activities and maintain resulting client records.
• Participate in program evaluations, including analysis of client feedback forms and performance measures.
• Participate in professional development related to WrapAround.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:  Works autonomously within periodic supervision. Scope of responsibility and decision-making authority is clearly defined. Most decisions are vetted through manager/supervisor.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:  This position does not supervise others.

INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT:  Work is characterized by potentially difficult decisions in determining services for clients from a variety of alternatives. Each case requires individual judgment to determine the most appropriate options and intervention to accommodate and assist the client and their family. Work is mostly independent under the general guidance of the YSPM. Facilitators choose courses of action in accordance with standard WrapAround practices and consultation with supervisor and others as appropriate. Facilitators have individual judgment in selecting the appropriate means to achieve the desired results.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: 

• A High School Diploma or GED required. Bachelor’s degree in a human services or related field is preferred.
• Two years of progressively responsible human services experience and WrapAround work, or related field.  
• Knowledge of and belief in the principles of WrapAround is a plus. 
• Knowledge of Douglas County resources and Metro resources is a plus.
• Knowledge of truancy/chronic absenteeism, and GED process also a plus.
• A combination of education and experience may be considered.
  

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Knowledge: 

• Familiarity with Douglas County community resources.
• Knowledge of WrapAround methodology
• Knowledge of interviewing techniques sufficient to elicit information.
• Knowledge of crisis intervention theory enough to be able to perform the duties related to the work assignment.
• Understands and interprets written material including technical material, rules, regulations, instructions, reports, charts, graphs, or tables and applies what is learned from written material to specific situations.
  

Skills: 

• Experience working with children and families with complex needs.
• Experience working autonomously.
• Demonstrated facilitation and delegation skills.
• Demonstrated organizational, problem solving, and team-building skills.
• Recognizes and use correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling, communicates information in a succinct and organized manner, produces written information which may include technical material that is appropriate for the intended audience.
• Use Microsoft Office Suite products at intermediate level.
• Comfortable with virtual meeting platforms.
  

Abilities: 

• Proven ability to work with both formal and informal service systems and to build partnerships in the community.
• Shows understanding, courtesy, tact, empathy, and concern, develops and maintains relationships, may deal with people who are difficult, hostile, and/or distressed, relates well to people from varied backgrounds and situations, and is sensitive to individual differences.
• Identifies problems, determines accuracy and relevance of information, and uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives to make recommendations.
• Organizes work, sets priorities, determines resource requirements, determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them, coordinates with other organizations or parts of an organization, monitors progress, and evaluates outcomes.
• Build trust and engagement with others.
• Ability to understand the point of view of others.
• Ability to attend to details, to manage, and to follow-through until goals are completed.
  

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, & REGISTRATIONS:

• Must possess a valid Colorado Driver’s License upon hire, with complying insurance. Review of motor vehicle record is required at time of hire and periodically throughout employment.
• This position requires successful completion of a criminal background check including fingerprinting through a national database.
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Physical Work Environment:  A cell phone and laptop will be provided. A considerable amount of time is spent at the client’s home, as well as public places such as libraries and other public meeting places. Personal transportation is necessary for travel in the Douglas County area. Facilitators will be required to work flexible hours, including some weekends and evenings.

Physical Demands:  Work is performed mostly in person during meetings; may be required to travel by car to meeting locations. Heavy computer use. Some virtual work may be required. Close vision required to read and write and use electronic devices. Must be able to hear and speak clearly.

Material and Equipment Directly Used: Typical office equipment includes laptop/desktop computer, cell phone/desk phone, iPad or similar device, fax machine, copy machine, and may include audio/visual equipment in conference room settings.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Closing Date: 4/26/2024 5:59PM MST. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a suitable candidate is selected.

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