Missing Children Specialist
Core
Recovering missing and trafficked youth in foster care through direct support, training, and cross-jurisdictional collaboration.
Role type
Missing Children Specialist (Child Welfare)
Builds
Recovery operations for AWOC (Absent Without Consent) youth and trafficked minors
Domain
Child welfare / Juvenile justice / Public safety
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Case planning, policy implementation, cross-jurisdictional coordination, law enforcement liaison, training facilitation, high-risk case management
Preferred skills
Experience with residential care permanency planning, child trafficking prevention, family team conferences
Technologies
iFoster, NYTD (National Transitional Database), Safe Horizon systems
Responsibilities
Facilitate training on missing youth policies; Review and process AWOC referrals; Provide technical assistance to provider agencies; Collaborate with Investigative Consultants to recover AWOC youth; Coordinate with drop-in shelters for youth recovery; Participate in family team conferences for returned youth; Manage high-risk cases involving FBI and cross-jurisdictions; Coordinate with OCFS for locating missing youth in other jurisdictions