Conference Facilitator
Core
Facilitate Family Team Conferencing (FTC) to ensure child safety, develop safety plans, and determine appropriate out-of-home placements by engaging families, kin, and community resources.
Role type
Senior IC child and family specialist (conferencing)
Builds
Safety plans and permanency outcomes for children at risk
Domain
Child welfare and juvenile justice
Required skills
Family team conferencing facilitation, consensus-based decision-making, clinical group work with children/families, kinship resource identification, case documentation, interagency consultation, legal posture assessment
Preferred skills
Experience in family group decision-making, training on child and family services topics
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Facilitate scheduled Family Team Conferencing (FTC) focusing on child safety, risk, well-being, and permanency; Address critical issues and concerns of children, families, providers, and Family Court; Use decision-making processes involving stakeholders to make referrals and resource recommendations; Prepare administrative functions including documentation, data, action plans, and reports; Complete expedited home study packages with kinship resources; Request emergency funds and miscellaneous reimbursements for kin resources; Interface with interagency support resources (clinical consultation, investigative consultants); Provide case conferencing and consultation to reexamine decision appropriateness and service plans; Consult with attorneys on legal posture and court orders; Provide conferencing in the family's natural community when appropriate.