INTEGRATED PRACTICE COORDINATOR

 

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.

This is a Management Service position, and serves at the pleasure of the Appointing Authority.

• Plan, develop, coordinate and evaluate child welfare initiatives to assure high quality service delivery. Interpret and explain relevant law, regulation, policy and procedures to program staff and other relevant parties. Monitor and manage child welfare budgets, resource allocation, procurement, and contracts related to child welfare initiatives and training.
• Provide direct supervision to one MSW, LCSW-C unit supervisor providing state funded Interagency Family/Voluntary Placement services and two child behavioral specialists. Through direct supervision, observation, case record reviews and contact with program staff, assure the delivery of high quality clinical and administrative supervision to front line staff in the program. Demonstrates knowledge of social work methodology, public administration related to social services, and relevant personnel practices.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to implement and evaluate program initiatives. Through communication, case record reviews and contact with program staff assure the delivery of high-quality clinical support to the Assistant Director and over 200 staff in the child welfare program. Demonstrates knowledge of social work methodology, public administration related to social services, and practice implementation science.
• Work on a variety of projects to improve coordination of services between major functional areas among child welfare services, within the agency across divisional lines, and between the agency and other child and family serving agencies. Develop internal and external resources, intra-agency and inter-agency supports. Participate in intra-agency and inter-agency work groups and committees to address program and child welfare issues.
• Develop and implement QI and other managerial processes within the child welfare program to enhance continuous quality improvement. Includes administrative, peer case reviews, state level and external reviews. Actively involve supervisors and frontline staff in the development of such practices.

Education:   A Master’s degree in social work from an accredited college or university approved by the Council on Social Work Education.

Experience: Seven years of professional experience in a social work capacity in a public or private agency or institution, five years must have been in an administrative supervisory or consultative capacity.

Notes:

1. These requirements are established by the Social Services Administration by authority provided in Human Services  Article 4-204 of the Annotated Code of Maryland and the Maryland Department of Budget and Management, Office of Personnel Services and Benefits, does not have authority to accept substitutions or equivalents.

2. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience at a rank of Corporal/Petty Officer or higher as a commissioned officer in Social Work classifications or Social Work specialty codes in the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education.

Applicants must meet the selective qualification(s) to be considered. Include clear and specific information on your application regarding your qualifications.

Possession of an LCSW-C licensure from the Maryland Board of Social Work

The successful candidate will have demonstrated many or preferably all of the following:

• One year of experience with in-home family services.
• One year of experience with child protective services.
• Three years of child welfare experience.

1. Candidates for positions in this classification must be licensed by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners.

2. Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties are required to possess a motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.

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.