Response Team Specialist

Job Details

Job Location: Gillis Campus - KANSAS CITY, MO

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range: $42,000.00 - $47,000.00 Salary/year

Description

Position: MO Response Team Specialist

Department: MO Foster Care West

Salary: 42,000 - 47,000 (annually)

Purpose

The Response Team Specialist serves as the strategic point person for the Missouri Alliance foster care partner agencies in conducting immediate and ongoing procedures to find and engage missing clients in order to return them to supervised care. This position will continue engagement efforts after clients return in order to repair relationships, stabilize placements, and help prevent future episodes. The Response Team Specialist will be responsible for managing a large geographic area and working across all MACF partner agencies.

Essential Responsibilities

• Follows legal custodian procedures as outlined in manuals/contracts for missing and runaway clients.

• Utilizes all appropriate means to locate missing clients.

• Coordinates with local, state, and federal agencies to organize search efforts.

• Engages electronic systems, paper charts and team members to review and become familiar with the client's case and history in order to develop client specific search strategies.

• Searches for clients at various locations (knocking on doors, drive through areas last seen, contacting communities of friends, relatives, prior placements, school personnel, etc.).

• Searches for clients using social media and other appropriate technologies.

• Utilizes media outlets, when necessary, and with needed approvals.

• Develops community networks throughout the state of MO to assist in locating clients missing from care.

• Acts as liaison between the agency, legal custodian, law enforcement and community partners.

• Completes all required documentation including, but not limited to: FACES, missing youth checklist, return youth checklist and daily/weekly update.

• Maintains thorough documentation of all communication and search efforts on daily basis.

• Communicates as required, with all parties associated with the missing client regarding the status of the situation.

• Contributes to monthly reports summarizing progress and status.

• Completes assessments on clients returning from missing status.

• Participates in individual staffing associated with clients that are being served and/or have potential of being served by this position.

• Works in partnership with the client's case team to determine which services are needed for the child and family, including but not limited to mental health, drug and alcohol services, safety planning, respite care and supervised or unsupervised visitations/interactions.

• Troubleshoots chronic instances of clients missing from placement and makes recommendations for necessary organizational and MACF consortium in program and/or site changes.

• Tracks and analyzes data to identify trends associated with missing clients.

• Reports all possible critical incidents and unusual incidents to manager, leadership, and/or legal entities as required by policy and law.

• Identifies new tools that may help in finding missing clients.

• Represents the agency and MACF consortium in various professional and/or community groups regarding runaway youth, human trafficking, etc.

• Understands contract requirements and works to improve contract specific outcomes.

• Travel as needed to pick up missing youth who are recovered from runs out of state.

• Performs other related tasks as required or assigned.

Minimum Requirements

Education Level: Bachelor's degree in social services, criminal justice, human services, behavioral sciences, or an allied field.

Years of Experience: Up to 3 years of related experience such as working in law enforcement, social services working with youth, transitional living, child welfare or crisis intervention.

Other minimum requirements:

• Complete Sanctuary training in a timely manner;

• Have a valid driver's license and proof of current vehicle insurance;

• Follow all agency policies;

• Be able to pass state abuse, neglect, and criminal background checks;

• Be able to carry out the essential functions of the position with, or without, accommodation.

• Perform all job duties in a manner which demonstrates a commitment to Sanctuary values and practices.

• Demonstrate awareness and understanding of cultural and ethnic diversity of clients, staff and other community partners.

• Other duties as assigned.

CORNERSTONES OF CARE'S ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTS:

• Nonviolence - helping to build safety skills and a commitment to a higher purpose.

• Emotional Intelligence - helping to teach emotional management skills.

• Social Learning - helping to build cognitive skills.

• Open Communication - helping to overcome barriers to healthy communication, learn conflict management.

• Democracy - helping to create civic skills of self-control, self-discipline, and administration of healthy authority.

• Social Responsibility - helping to rebuild social connection skills, establish healthy attachment relationships.

• Growth and Change - helping to work through loss and prepare for the future

Questions?

Please contact: Cornerstones of Care, Human Resources Department

8150 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO 64114

Phone: (816) 508-3500 Fax: (816) 508-1757

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Cornerstones of Care is an

Equal Opportunity Employer

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