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Safe Children Coalition, Inc. · 1 day ago

Learning and Professional Development Specialist

Sarasota,FL,US

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Safe Children Coalition, Inc. is dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of young people. The Learning and Professional Development Specialist will provide training and develop quality improvement strategies to strengthen child welfare services while ensuring compliance with relevant laws and standards.

Child CareHealth CareNon ProfitUnderserved Children

Responsibilities

Responsible for assuring compliance regarding current federal, state, and local laws, contracts, accreditation standards, and policies and procedures

Research current best practice, regulatory, and accreditation compliance standards, as well as CBC policy and procedure, and integrates them into the CBC Trainings

Provides up to date information regarding current federal and state rules, contract requirements, procedures, and policies affecting CBC

Supports professional development initiatives by assimilating recommendations from analysis activities into training tools that can be used to ensure effective deployment of processes and support/retention of appropriate and skilled resources

Responsible for providing support, direction, and guidance to child welfare staff

Assesses child welfare staff competency to perform child welfare services under standard supervision

Responsible for recommending child welfare professionals for required certification based on assessment of skills, competencies, and abilities

Promotes and participates in agency-wide continuous quality improvement initiatives

Provides accurate, professional representation of community-based care to community groups, including speaking engagements and other public relation functions, as designated

Participates in accreditation maintenance and reaccreditation activities

Assists in the review of CBC policy and procedure, making recommendations for changes, enhancements, and additions based on best practice and compliance issues

As a contributing member of the LPD team, engages in systems analysis, evaluation, and delivery of trainings that increases skills of staff

Qualification

Child welfare trainingTraining developmentCompliance knowledgeMentoring skillsPublic speakingAnalytical skillsCoaching skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Minimum of a bachelor's degree from an accredited university in the areas of psychology, social work, or related human service field

Minimum of three years' experience working as a child welfare professional

Assuring compliance regarding current federal, state, and local laws, contracts, accreditation standards, and policies and procedures