Dir., Child & Family Servs. (CFSA)
About the Company
The Bowser Administration seeks qualified candidates to serve as the next Director of the Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA), the city’s public child welfare agency serving 2,600 children and youth and their families.Through fifteen years of aggressive child welfare reform accomplished through emphasizing prevention by addressing upstream factors and family wellness, CFSA has become a respected agency that routinely uses nationally recognized best practices to protect children and strengthen families while continuing to work toward higher levels of performance.
About the Job
The Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) is the entity responsible for child welfare and child protection in the District of Columbia. Neglected and abused children and their families and those at risk of child maltreatment receive services from CFSA. The position of Director, Child and Family Services Agency is established in accordance with the "Child and Family Services Agency Establishment Amendment Act of 2000", D.C. law 13-277, which establishes the Child and Family Services Agency as a cabinet level agency and transfers to Child and Family Services Agency the power to conduct social service investigations of alleged child abuse and neglect cases.
The Director provides leadership and direction in the execution of the agency's programs, in deciding policies, and in planning and executing the development of programs within the framework of general policy determinations of the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, and the D.C. Council.
Responsibilities
Plan, coordinate, supervise, and evaluate Department operations
Develop policies and procedures for the Department mandated by law, to ensure efficient operations of the Department, and to implement directives from the Mayor
Set and review Department performance and effectiveness, and formulate programs or policies to alleviate deficiencies or expand successes
Develop policies to assure the well-being of children in the care of the agency
Manage a portfolio of programs to ensure the families and children live together safely in strong communities, the agency has focused on a full continuum of services including community-based prevention strategies, prevention of out-of-home placements, kinship care, foster care, and therapeutic group homes, adoptions and post-adoption services; are provided through the agency directly and through a wide range of Community partners and Service providers
Organize planning, developing, coordinating and implementing an effective child well-being program for the children and youth of the District of Columbia
Manage day-to-day basis with the coordination and general review, for adherence to prescribed policy and procedures, of the activities of the Child and Family Services Agency
Assures effective management and cost-effective use of resources through the Agency by means of final approval on key policies and decisions (resource allocation, personnel actions, contracts and procurement)
Assures accountability for use of resources and for accomplishment of goals and objectives by establishing and implementing management policies, procedures and systems for CFSA programs
Performs other related duties as assigned
Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in social services, health care administration, public administration or a closely related field
Ten (10) years or more of executive level experience
RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
There is a legal requirement that each new appointee to the Excepted Service either:
be a District of Columbia resident at the time of appointment;
or become a District resident within one hundred eighty (180) days of appointment
The law also requires that Excepted Service employees remain District residents during the duration of the individual’s appointment
Failure to remain a District resident for the duration of the appointment will result in forfeiture of employment
