Summary

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide high-level consultation to OCYF staff and leadership on complex or sensitive cases involving disproportionality, cultural responsiveness, and trauma.
• Promote consistent, inclusive, and equitable decision-making aligned with OEE’s guidance and DHS equity goals.
• Support staff in applying OEE-endorsed tools and frameworks in work with LGBTQIA+ youth, immigrant and refugee families, and other historically underserved groups.

• Serve as the primary liaison between OCYF and OEE, ensuring OCYF's practices are informed by and accountable to DHS’s broader equity strategy.
• Collaborate with OEE to translate strategic priorities into OCYF practice and support implementation through coaching, consultation, and internal coordination.
• Share feedback and observations with OEE to inform ongoing policy and strategy development.

• Help identify opportunities within OCYF for applying equity-centered improvements in policy, staffing, and family engagement.
• Participate in internal committees and workgroups as a practice advisor, helping align OCYF efforts with department-wide standards and tools.
• Assist OCYF leadership in ensuring equity commitments are reflected in quality assurance and case review processes.

• Support OCYF’s engagement with culturally specific providers, coalitions, and community partners to expand equitable access and relevance of services.
• Help integrate OEE-endorsed community engagement practices and feedback loops into OCYF work.
• Represent OCYF in collaborative efforts where OEE direction is being operationalized.

• Deliver technical assistance to OCYF teams to reinforce trauma-informed, inclusive, and culturally responsive practice.
• Reinforce and help apply concepts and materials developed by OEE through regular coaching and consultation.

• Use DHS data dashboards to identify trends and disparities in service delivery and outcomes within OCYF.
• Collaborate with OEE to monitor the effectiveness of equity strategies and implementation efforts.
• Prepare summaries or reports for OCYF and OEE leadership to highlight progress, gaps, and practice implications.

Additional Responsibilities

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of child welfare practice, including safety assessment, risk management, permanency planning, and family engagement.
• Deep understanding of equity, disproportionality, and systemic bias in child welfare systems, including impacts on Black families, LGBTQIA+ youth, immigrant and refugee families, and other historically underserved populations.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and inclusive practice models.
• Familiarity with organizational change principles and applying equity strategies within large public-sector systems.
• Working knowledge of quality assurance, case review, and continuous improvement frameworks in child welfare.
• Understanding of data-informed practice, including interpreting dashboards, trends, and disparities in service delivery and outcomes.
•  Excellent communication skills, including the ability to convey complex concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
• Skill in facilitating difficult conversations related to bias, equity, and accountability with professionalism and credibility.
• Effective training and technical assistance skills, including coaching and reinforcing practice change over time.
• Knowledge of community engagement and cross-system collaboration within human services environments.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, DHS data dashboards, SharePoint, and virtual meeting platforms (e.g., Zoom, Teams). Familiarity with internal analytics tools and case management systems is preferred.

Education/Experience Requirements

• Master’s degree in social work, public administration, public policy, psychology, sociology, education, or a closely related field
  AND
• At least 3 years of professional experience in child welfare, human services, or a related public-sector or community-based setting, including:
  • Direct practice or supervision experience
  • Demonstrated experience applying an equity lens to policy, practice, or systems-level work

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
  AND
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in child welfare or human services, including significant experience in equity-focused practice improvement, consultation, or systems change.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations 

Act 33, 34 and FBI clearances.
-AND-
Valid driver’s license
 
The approved salary range for this position is $63,000 - $68,000 per year.

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