HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM SPECIALIST
Company: My Florida Corp Defunct
Location: Ocoee
Posted on: April 24, 2024
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Job Description:
HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM SPECIALIST - 64086443
Date: Apr 9, 2024
Location:
OCOEE, FL, US, 34761
The State Personnel System is an E-Verify employer. For more
information click on our E-Verify Website
(http://www.dms.myflorida.com/workforce_operations/human_resource_management/for_job_applicants/e_verify)
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Requisition No: 818830
Agency: Department of Health
Working Title: HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM SPECIALIST - 64086443
Pay Plan: Career Service
Position Number: 64086443
Salary: $1483.70 - $1557.88 Biweekly
Posting Closing Date: 06/14/2024
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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
IN ORANGE COUNTY
JOB OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCMENT
OPEN COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT
Class Title : Human Services Program Specialist
Position Number : 64086443
Base Salary : $1483.70 - $1557.88 Biweekly
Location : 475 Story Road Suite #1
Ocoee, FL 34761
DOH/Orange is a tobacco free agency.
**NOTE: All responses provided to the qualifying questions for this
advertisement must be verifiable on your State of Florida,
Employment Application. All questions will be verified and must be
documented on your application for it to be considered valid.
**
YOUR SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
This is an independent professional position that will serve as a
perinatal navigator coordinator. This position is responsible for
making contact with pregnant women, interconception women and
families to conduct an assessment of their needs, determine their
eligibility for Family Planning and Prenatal Health, WIC, Healthy
Start home visiting services and linkage to supportive services to
maximize families' health, well-being, and self-sufficiency. This
position is responsible for striving to assure each participant's
continued involvement in prenatal and child health care as well as
other needed community and Healthy Start services, through actively
engaging the participant and building on the families' strengths,
assets and goals. This position conducts outreach; provides
education in a group setting and plans, coordinates and facilitates
health care services for identified high risk participants via
telephone calls, home visits, office visits and/or community site
visits (i.e. Department of Corrections Facility, UCP/BETA) or a
mutually agreed upon location to assist with continuity of
care.
Makes telephone calls and home visits to: pregnant women; parents
of at risk infants and women between pregnancies (interconception)
who have a loss, either through miscarriage/abortion,
stillbirth/fetal death, infant death or have a baby adopted or
removed from the home. Conducts assessments of client's total
medical and social needs through interview and observation.
Establishes rapport and develops relationships with families
starting with initial screening and/or contact. Identifies,
evaluates and assesses, in collaboration with families, their
strengths, resources, needs, and priorities. Facilitates planning
and problem solving with participants and families. Addresses
identified risks and needs. Provides information, education, and
encouragement needed to inform and/or motivate families to take
steps necessary to change situations placing them at risk. Promotes
self-sufficiency and healthy outcomes through encouragement and
motivation, reinforcement of heath care regimen, anticipatory
guidance, supporting home safety, enhancing parent-infant
interaction, promoting continuation in health care promoting health
literacy, and managing behavior concerns. Makes maximum use of
community resources through information and referral. Develops and
monitors the plan of care to assure that the concerns of families
are addressed. Collaborates with other providers to assure
continuity and coordination of care and advocates on behalf of the
participant, including communicating to the providers, social
workers, networking agencies and community the participant's
strengths, needs, and feelings. Coordinates service delivery and
caseload management in a manner that addresses the immediacy of the
participants' needs and identified risks to improve outcomes.
Ensures client records are secured and confidentiality is
maintained.
Make face-to-face contact with eligible pregnant clients and/or
infants and parenting inmates in the Department of Corrections
Facility, UCP/BETA Facility, Covenant House and any additional
community partnerships. Conducts an assessment of service needs for
client and families. Identifies clients' concerns, needs,
priorities, strengths and resources. Evaluates clients' physical
and emotional well-being, safety, general appearance, environment
and knowledge and attitude about pregnancy/parenting etc. Reviews
and compiles health promotion and public health education materials
developed for use in training programs and schools. Maintains
health promotion and public health education library and teaching
equipment.
Teaches preventive health care and reinforces health care regimen.
Provides education and materials to individuals and/or families
related to maternal child health (i.e. breastfeeding, nutrition,
infant development, parenting skills, smoking cessation, family
planning, safe sleep practices and inter-conceptual education).
Provisions of education are provided during home visits and/or
community site visits at the Department of Corrections
Facility/BETA Facility, Covenant House and any additional community
partnerships. Education will be provided one-on-one and in group
settings. Provides health care information and services as a
resource specialist to other agencies and civic, school and
professional groups as applicable.
Accurately codes and documents services, education and other
pertinent information in participant's electronic record. Completes
and submits all administrative documents. Compiles and reconciles
data and other information into reports as required.
Performs other related duties as requested.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES :
Knowledge of: counseling techniques and practices; interviewing
techniques; principles and practices of social work, nursing,
education or counseling; professional ethics relating to counseling
or social work and cultural diversity.
Ability to: provide counseling or social work services to others;
plan, organize and coordinate work assignment; actively listen to
others; provide casework services to clients; motivate clients to
be independent in their health care and social decision making; and
establish; communicate effectively; and maintain effective working
relationships with others.
Knowledge of community services Knowledge of basic computer skills,
including keyboarding, WINDOWS, and MS Suite.
Ability to: communicate effectively verbally and in writing; to
access community services; coordinate a team approach to the
rehabilitation process; and to establish and maintain effective
working relationships with others.
Knowledge of the theories and concepts of preventive
healthcare.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to interview clients to identify needs.
Ability to actively listen to others.
Ability to provide information and referral services.
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
Minimum Qualifications:
A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university or
higher in social work, social sciences (psychology, human services,
biology, sociology) or a health-related field as nursing, health
education, health planning or health care administration.
One year of verifiable professional experience in public health,
community health, maternal child health, health education, or
health planning.
One year of verifiable professional experience in health education
or teaching experience. For example, La Leche League, teen or adult
parenting classes, childcare educators, adoption and foster care
worker, and child abuse counseling and/or already certified or
licensed in a pregnancy/ infant care related specialty (i.e.,
childbirth education, lactation, doula, nursing, midwife, massage
therapist, PNP, PA etc.).
Two years of verifiable professional experience conducting
interviews or assessments of clients in a Health or Social Services
setting.
Requires the incumbent to conduct work in the field at various
locations throughout Orange County. In the absence of a county
vehicle, you must have access to personal transportation.
A valid FL driver's license or state identification card OR a valid
driver's license from another state (you will be required to get a
FL driver license within 30 days of hire).
Willing to work before, during, and/or beyond normal work hours or
days in the event of an emergency. This may include working in a
Special Needs or Red Cross shelter, or performing other emergency
duties including, but not limited to, responses to or threats
involving any disaster or threat of disaster, man-made or natural.
Emergency duties may also include in-state and/or out-of-state
deployment.
Preferred Qualifications:
Two years of verifiable professional case management experience
working with pregnant and/or parenting teens and/or women, infants
and families.
Florida Department of Health Mission, Vision, and Values:
Mission:
To protect, promote & improve the health of all people in Florida
through integrated state, county & community efforts.
Vision:
To be the Healthiest State in the Nation.
Values:
I nnovation: We search for creative solutions and manage resources
wisely.
C ollaboration: We use teamwork to achieve common goals & solve
problems.
A ccountability: We perform with integrity & respect.
R esponsiveness: We achieve our mission by serving our customers &
engaging our partners.
E xcellence: We promote quality outcomes through learning &
continuous performance improvement.
Work Location: 475 Story Road Suite #1 Ocoee, FL 34761
The 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 including:
Annual and Sick Leave benefits;
Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life,
dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
(For more information, please click www.myfrs.com );
Flexible Spending Accounts;
Tuition waivers;
And more!
For a more complete list of benefits, including monthly costs,
visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com .
Please be advised:
Your responses to qualifying questions for this position must be
verifiable by documentation provided through the electronic
application process.
This position requires a security background check and/or drug
screening and participation in direct deposit. A background
screening will be completed on each applicant selected for a
position designated as "sensitive" and a drug test will be
conducted on each applicant selected for positions designated as
"safety sensitive" in accordance with department policies
(Background Screening DOHP 60-5-08 and Drug Free Workplace DOHP
60-9-99). . Any misrepresentations or omissions will disqualify you
from employment consideration.
Note: You will be required to provide your Social Security Number
(SSN) in order to conduct this background check
Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be
eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the
Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have
a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. For more
information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov .
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 canceled, suspended or deemed ineligible
depending upon the date of your retirement. The successful
candidate will be required to complete the Form I-9 and that
information will be verified using the E-Verify system. E-Verify is
operated by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with
the Social Security Administration to verify employment
eligibility. Incumbent may be required to perform emergency duty
before, during and/or beyond normal business hours and/or days. We
request that all applications be completed online with People
First. No faxed or mailed applications will be accepted by the
agency. Applicants will be contacted directly if selected for an
interview.
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative
Action Employer and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in
the workplace.
Florida has the third largest population of veterans in the nation
with more than 1.5 million service men and women. The Florida
Department of Health (department) is committed to serving members
of the United States Armed Forces, veterans and their families by
encouraging them to apply for vacancies that fit their area of
knowledge and/or expertise. Through the Departments VALOR program,
which expedites licensing for military veterans, the Department
also waives initial licensing and application fees for military
veterans who apply for a health care professional license within 60
months of an honorable discharge. These initiatives help ensure
that the transition from military service into the workforce is as
smooth as possible and reflects our appreciation for the dedication
devoted to protecting our country.
Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the
Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring
authority and/or People First Service Center (1-877-562-7287).
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.
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.
VETERANS' PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes,
candidates eligible for Veterans' Preference will receive
preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are
encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to
receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.
Candidates claiming Veterans' Preference must attach supporting
documentation with each submission that includes character of
service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any
other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida
Administrative Code. Veterans' Preference documentation
requirements are available by clickinghere
(http://www.dms.myflorida.com/content/download/97612/566545) . All
documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.
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