SOCIAL SERVICES MANAGER-SES - 60005599

Social Services Manager-SES - 60005599

The Florida Department of Children and Families is the state of Florida's social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency's mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The Office of SAMH is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.

Florida State Hospital is a mental health treatment facility owned and operated by the State of Florida and is part of the Department of Children and Families. The department's mission is to "work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency."

Florida State Hospital is a tobacco free facility.

To be considered for this position, responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application.

This is a highly responsible and professional position serving as the Social Services Manager-SES within Program Services. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative team player who works seamlessly across all sections within the program office. This role requires the use of independent judgment, a proactive approach to responsibilities, and exceptional attention to detail. If you are driven, organized, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply.

Specific duties and responsibilities include :

• Supervising and directing employees, communicating with, motivating, training and evaluating employees, planning and directing their work; and having the authority to effectively recommend actions such as : hire, transfer, suspend, layoff, promote, discharge, assign, and reward or discipline direct reports.
• Managing all levels of staff in the department by acting as hiring authority, reviewing or conducting performance evaluations, directing workloads, workflows, deadlines, work objectives and time utilization. Monitoring all aspects of service delivery assuring management excellence through best practices, service integration and therapeutic interventions to support facility strategic objectives, including customer satisfaction and treatment excellence and efficiency. Monitoring leave and attendance, assuring coverage in all operational units and plans for best use of employee resources.
• Developing policies and procedures, coordinating department activities with other departments and units, maintaining effective communication with subordinate and superior staff, representing Social Services on hospital wide committees, taskforces and program planning groups. Representing the hospital in community-based meetings and planning groups and ensuring continuity of care through the implementation and monitoring of resident discharge procedures.
• Encouraging management and treatment excellence through participation in Quality Management processes, continuous quality improvement projects, and through tracking of data for unit summary of performance and other critical issues.
• Conducting training of employees in treatment and case management approaches, motivating employees to improve the quality and quantity of work, and developing or providing effective internship and licensing supervision programs coordinating with appropriate universities or state boards.
• Providing consultation to staff and other employees and groups in interpretation of psychosocial assessment and history data, current treatment interventions and appropriate case planning and management.
• Assisting other staff with transportation on recreational outings, escorting individuals to appointments for prosthetic devices or hospital wide celebrations, and transporting individuals to the community for discharge readiness appointments or actual discharge placement.
• Performing other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required for the position :

Minimum qualifications :

Preference will be given to applicants who have :

Candidate profile (application) must be completed in its entirety :

Benefits of working for the state of Florida :

Working for the state of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State's total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits.

For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

DCF employment disclosures :

US Citizenship requirement : Only US citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers will be hired.

Selective Service System Registration : All selected male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion into an authorized position unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS). Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire. For more information, please visit the SSS website : http : / / www.sss.gov.

Retiree Notice : If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you required to repay all benefits received depending upon the date of your retirement.

Background Screening : It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and, if applicable, also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and Chapter 408, F.S. No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency. Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and / or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.