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  • Director of Family Engagement

    Posted: 07/12/2024

    我们正在寻找一名家庭参与主任(DFE),他可以支持CASA所做的家庭参与工作,并领导项目团队努力将家庭参与融入所有倡导工作中.
     
    CASA of Travis County 相信每一个遭受虐待或忽视的孩子都应该有一个专门的倡导者在法庭上为他们的最大利益说话, at school, and in our community. To accomplish this, the team at CASA 教育和授权不同的社区志愿者,以确保每个孩子的需求在负担过重的儿童福利系统中仍然是优先考虑的. Through inclusive, honorable and respectful involvement with families, courts and all parties, CASA提出独立和有根据的建议,优先考虑儿童的安全和, wherever possible, preserve connections to their families.       
     
    As the Director of Family Engagement, 你将向高级倡导主任汇报,并成为倡导领导团队和项目领导团队的一员. The DFE supervises the Family Engagement Specialist, Early Family Engagement Specialists, and the Resource Specialist, 并带头确保项目团队关注家庭参与的价值和关系的持久性. DFE管理家庭参与和资源专家转介的任务,并协调标记其他在技术援助和支持方面存在永久性障碍的高风险案例. DFE至少每季度为CASA员工和志愿者提供与家庭参与有关的最佳实践培训机会. In collaboration with the Senior Director of Advocacy, DFE编制和分析家庭订婚数据,并为改善家庭订婚实践的数据质量提出建议. The DFE will demonstrate cultural humility in their interactions with staff, volunteers, children, and families and will demonstrate a commitment to volunteer engagement, child safety, and race equity in all endeavors.
     
    At the end of your first year, 成功将意味着跨项目团队的协作关系的展示,以便家庭参与在每个团队之间更加流畅地集成.
     
    家庭参与主任是推动特拉维斯县CASA实现我们提供志愿者倡导者的愿景的关键角色, safe home and promising future for every child in Travis County who needs us.
     
    Use the following link to apply: http://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=73036&clientkey=6134204B6AAD5458C5AEA1BC7AA3A526



    Responsibilities
    1. 
    Family Engagement Leadership and Staff Management

    • 领导CASA努力发展和维护一种文化,在这种文化中,特拉维斯县CASA服务的所有家庭都优先考虑家庭参与.
    • As a member of the Program Leadership Team, 确保将家庭参与纳入培训和宣传工作.
    • 作为技术专家协助倡导团队管理家庭参与工作.
    • 对儿童和青少年关系持久的重要性有深刻的理解,并将关系持久作为项目团队的优先事项.
    • 促进家庭参与实践中的种族平等,并支持将家庭参与作为促进参与儿童福利体系的家庭种族平等的重要工具.

    2. Family Engagement Program Development and Evaluation
    • 监督研究证据,确保CASA遵循家庭参与宣传工作的最佳做法.
    • 通过寻求和利用该领域其他专家的合作和培训,提高CASA在家庭参与方面的最佳实践知识.
    • 与首席项目官和高级倡导主任合作,制定适当的家庭参与项目目标和结果措施,重点关注CASA指定的儿童和青少年的关系永久性.
    • Oversees family engagement data collection and analysis, 包括与数据和评估主任合作,为家庭参与和项目团队创建专门针对家庭参与工作的独特跟踪流和报告.
    • 使用定量和定性数据监控家庭参与项目目标的进展,并使用这些数据来设置团队文化.
     
    3. Community Awareness and Partnerships
    • 与CASA项目团队成员建立并保持有效的关系, CASA volunteer advocates, attorneys, CPS staff, and other stakeholders in the Travis County child welfare system.



    Qualifications
    • A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required. 特拉维斯县CASA信誉购彩正版推荐不同教育背景和学位的员工. 代替学位,重要的专业相关经验可以被考虑.
    • Demonstrated integrity, honesty, and ethical conduct.
    • 对CASA的使命和家庭参与项目的工作表现出热情.
    • Demonstrated commitment to diversity of thought, experience effectively working with a diverse population, and understanding of the impact of race and equity in larger systems.
    • Experience in managing programs, staff, or volunteers.
    • Understanding 儿童和家庭权益问题,因为它们与儿童福利制度有关, particularly in Travis County.
    • 能够清楚地为青年确定永久规划问题,并提供有效的宣传,使家庭走向永久.
    • Experience utilizing data collection and analysis to drive programmatic decision-making.
    • 口头和书面表达清晰简洁的能力.
    • Demonstrated ability to work under time constraints, be goal-oriented, and maintain productive and effective relationships with staff, volunteers, and community stakeholders.
    • Demonstrated resilience, flexibility, and self-awareness.
    Preferred Qualifications
    • Experience supervising paid staff.
    • 有特拉维斯县儿童福利系统和/或CASA模式的经验.
    • Training or experience in permanency issues, both legal and relational, for children involved in the child welfare system.
    • English/Spanish fluency.
     
    Physical Requirements and Work Environment
    家庭活动主任(DFE)将在办公室花一些时间,可能涉及间歇性的身体活动,包括弯腰, reaching, sitting and walking during working hours.  DFE预计将有每天的交通工具出席法庭听证会, staffings, visitations, fundraising events, etc.  该职位需要灵活的工作时间,因为可能会在晚上或周末与倡导者进行沟通. 此外,预计DFE每天可能要花几个小时坐在电脑前.  可以作出合理的安排,使有身体残疾的人能够完成工作.
     

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