Location: Columbia,SC, USA
Job Responsibilities
Do you have a passion to provide meaningful contributions to your community? Would you like to be part of an organization whose central mission is helping to protect, stabilize and strengthen the lives of South Carolina's children, families, and vulnerable adults? If so, the SC Department of Social Services has the right job opportunity for you!
Job Duties:
* Reviews, evaluates, and develops performance reports for a caseload of child care programs of varied types. Utilizes multiple data systems to manage their caseload, conduct assessments, and communicate with programs or early childhood partners. Maintains reliability to ensure consistency in the implementation of ABC Quality policies, procedures, protocol, and standard assessments. Provides technical assistance and training to child care programs to ensure their understanding and to promote continuous quality improvement. Participates and supports special projects that align to the ABC Quality mission and to ensure the effective and efficient service delivery to child care programs.
* Manages and plan reviews for a caseload of child care programs of varied types. Conduct program reviews of child care providers as assigned to ensure compliance with all applicable eligibility requirement and standards. These reviews include program observations, interviews, and document reviews, which are entered into multiple data systems. Prepare reports to provide feedback and recommendations to child care programs based on program reviews. Serve as trouble-shooter for complex service problems and resolution of concerns.
* Participates in and support special projects and pilot studies as assigned to enhance the statewide service delivery for child care programs.
* Provides technical assistance, training and consultation for child care programs to support their understanding of policies, program requirements, and quality assessment standards. Develop resolutions to identified problems / needs. Coordinate with state agencies, regional / local entities to provide needed client services and to maintain effective agency relationships.
* Field tests existing program assessments, monitors tools and software and recommends improvements based on results and efficiency.
* Provides feedback and recommendations to anchors and program managers on priorities, goals and objectives for the program review process of total child care system, to include procedures, standards, philosophies, definitions and criteria for all child care providers.
* Ensures that personal identifying information (PII) is properly used, accessed, gathered, shared and disposed. Protect the agency networks and applications by safeguarding systems, equipment and data.
* Performs Red Cross shelter duty or other emergency shelter duty or services as directed.
Minimum and Additional Requirements
A Bachelor's Degree and three (3) years of professional experience in social services programs, correctional, education, business administration, general administrative management, or relevant program experience.
A Master's Degree and one (1) years of professional experience in social services programs, correctional, education, business administration, general administrative management, or relevant program experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Master's Degree in Early Care and Education, Child Development, Education, Family and Consumer Science or a related field.
Additional Comments
This application for employment with the SC Department of Social Services must be completed in its entirety. A resume may be included; but shall not be substituted in lieu of the completion of this application in part or in whole. See Resume is not acceptable information for the completion of any part of the requirements of this application. If such is submitted, this employment application will be considered incomplete and may not be forwarded as eligible for consideration to hiring managers.
Must possess a valid driver's license. Requires laptop and/or tablet PC use with program specific software, on-site monitoring, stooping and climbing. Adheres to Agency policies regarding confidentiality and protection of sensitive information. Requires schedule coordination, regular telephone use, in and out-of-state travel (including air and/or solitary). Overtime may be necessary.
If you certify, by completion and submission of this application, that you possess educational credentials that qualify you for the available DSS positions, you will be required to provide a certified official transcript, if you are selected for job offer.
The South Carolina Department of Social Services offers an exceptional benefits package that includes:
* Health, Dental, Vison, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and Children
* 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
* 15 days sick leave per year
* 13 paid holidays
* Paid Parental Leave
* State Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Programs
DIVISION: Early Care & Education (ABC Quality) / Richland County