Guardian Ad Litem Office, 18th Circuit- Ops Child

2 weeks ago


Sanford, United States The State of Florida Full time

Requisition No: 830146

Agency: Justice Administrative Commission

Working Title: GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE, 18TH CIRCUIT- OPS CHILD ADVOCATE MANAGER- 21818004

Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 21818004

**Salary**: $19.89 / HOURLY

Posting Closing Date: 07/31/2024

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**STATEWIDE GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE**

**GUARDIAN AD LITEM CHILD ADVOCATE MANAGER-OPS**
- Click on the “Career Opportunities” icon.
- Scroll down to the link, “Submit Your Guardian ad Litem Employment Application Here.”
- Select SEMINOLE for job location

OR

**THIS IS A FULL-TIME (40 HOURS PER WEEK) OPS POSITION.**

**ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION**

The Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office is Florida’s award-winning, state-funded child advocacy organization. With more than 10,000 staff and volunteers, which includes more than 180 attorneys, its primary focus is the powerful and effective representation of Florida’s abused, neglected, and abandoned children. Most of these children are abruptly removed from their homes, and sadly, many end up in foster care. The Office’s mission is to provide the most vulnerable children in Florida with an adult from their community who will be a consistent, positive presence in the child's life as part of a multi-disciplinary team that always includes an attorney, child welfare professional and hopefully a community volunteer if one is available, providing the highest quality community advocacy and independent legal representation to protect each child's legal interests.

A critical function is to provide dependency judges with thorough and accurate information regarding the children under the court’s jurisdiction. The Office’s core values strongly reinforce and enhance its mission. Those values are:

- Commitment to Children
- Communication Built on Trust
- Collective Empowerment
- Collaboration
- Courtesy

**WHAT BENEFITS ARE APPLICABLE TO FULL-TIME OPS POSITION**

As a fulltime OPS employee, your employee insurance rate will be significantly low due to the contribution of the State of Florida. In fact, single coverage is as low as $50 per month with family coverage costing only $180 per month.
- Participate in FICA social security and Medicare. (mandatory)
- Workers Compensation (mandatory)
- Unemployment Compensation (mandatory)
- Participate in Deferred Compensation (voluntary)
- Participation in group insurance (Only available for employees who work an average of 30 hours or more per week) you may enroll in the $25,000 basic life insurance and pay the entire monthly premium. OPS employees are not eligible for optional term life insurance.
- Health Insurance. OPS employees are eligible for health insurance if they are reasonably expected to work 30 hours or more per week on average.

**ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY**

This is a highly independent, responsible position focused on achieving the Guardian ad Litem Office’s vision: to represent every child under the jurisdiction of Florida’s dependency courts. This position works on a multi-disciplinary team that may include trained volunteers, pro bono attorneys, and staff attorneys to provide the highest quality community advocacy and legal representation to protect each child’s rights and best interests. In this position, you may work directly with children, as a Staff Advocate, or work with children in collaboration with assigned volunteers, as a Child Advocate Manager, or by a combination of the two roles.

**ABOUT THE WORK**

The Child Advocate Manager position encompasses a broad range of consultative, administrative and advocacy activities. The Child Advocate Manager may also supervise a group of Guardian Ad Litem Office Child Advocate volunteers. Some examples of a “typical” working day may include the following:

- Collaborate with the Guardian ad Litem Office multidisciplinary team, management, Department of Children and Families, contracted service providers, Department of Juvenile Justice, Department of Education, Law Enforcement, etc.
- Overseeing the work of Guardian ad Litem Office volunteers.
- Gathering and documenting independent pertinent case information.
- Providing best interests advocacy recommendations to the Guardian ad Litem Office multidisciplinary team, to the court and to our child welfare partners.
- Preparing written reports to the court.
- Provide testimony to the court.
- Attending internal and external case-related court hearings, depositions, case plan conferences, dependency mediations, staffing’s and meetings.
- Visiting and contacting assigned children, parents, caregivers, schools and service providers.
- Utilizing the organization’s database and reporting systems.
- Participating in internal and external training, meetings and conferences.

**ABOUT THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES**
- Self-motivated and achievement oriented.
- Strong desire to learn and pursue personal development.
- Ability to take direction and work as part of a team.
- Ability to effectively i



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