Child Safety Program Manager
PROGRAM MANAGER II
Recruitment #24-005477-0019
Department | DHS - Social Services Administration |
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Date Opened | 5/7/2024 5:00:00 PM |
Filing Deadline | 5/21/2024 11:59:00 PM |
Salary | $73,787.00 - $96,298.00/year with potential growth to $118,953.00/year |
Employment Type |
Full-Time
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HR Analyst | Kendra Young |
Work Location |
Baltimore City
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Telework Eligible | Yes |
Introduction
When you join the Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS), you join a team of more than 5,000 employees across the state dedicated to positively changing the lives of more than 1 million Marylanders each year. We do this by providing economic support, preventive services, and caring for children and adults.
Join us in making a difference! Apply today and be a catalyst for positive change!
GRADE
LOCATION OF POSITION
Main Purpose of Job
POSITION DUTIES
- Serve as the visionary leader and strategic architect of SSA’s strengthened and integrated approach to child protective services and alternative response.
- Lead SSA staff and stakeholders in the refinement and strengthening of SSA’s current approach to child protective services.
- Collaborate to develop an approach for conceptualizing, describing, and measuring safety and well-being, and refine existing strategies and practices in accordance with this framework.
- Ensure quality of practice through planning, program development, building partnerships and advocacy. Interpret federal legislation and implement in State regulations, policy, and practice.
- Prepare and monitor the CPS Budget.
- Review and track all service funding requests, make recommendations regarding approval/denial and prepare response.
- Monitor CAPTA Funds utilization and determine allocations to the 24 LDSS.
- Establish and implement written standard operating procedures which guide the CPS unit functions of the Administration.
- Analyze the efficacy of the Child Maltreatment Fatality Review Process to determine prevention strategies (systems-level), upstream interventions (case- level) and enhancements to practice and policy. Plan, coordinate, supervise and evaluate the work of the CPS unit including staff assigned to the unit.
- Develop new strategic public-private partnerships with national experts in the area of CPS policy.
- Lead statewide taskforce meetings, committee meetings, workgroups, and participate on various boards related to CPS investigative and alternative response concerns.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Two years of experience in child welfare policies, procedures, and regulations.
- Two years of experience using data to monitor outcomes in a Human Service-related field, writing reports, and preparing data presentations.
- Two years of experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and Google Suite (Drive, Email, Docs, Sheets, Smartsheet).
SELECTION PROCESS
Please make sure that you provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment. We will not consider information submitted after this date. Successful candidates will be placed on the employment (eligible) list. The resulting list may be used for future vacancies with this agency or other state agencies.
BENEFITS
As an employee of the State of Maryland, you will have access to outstanding benefits, including: health insurance, dental, and vision plans offered at a low cost. CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR MORE DETAILS: STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS.
- Personal Leave - new State employees are awarded six (6) personnel days annually (prorated based on start date).
- Annual Leave - ten (10) days of accumulated annual leave per year.
- Sick Leave - fifteen (15) days of accumulated sick leave per year.
- Parental Leave - up to sixty (60) days of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child.
- Holidays - State employees also celebrate at least twelve (12) holidays per year.
- Pension - State employees earn credit towards a retirement pension.
- Positions may be eligible for telework.
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