Description

Our vision is to ensure that “Washington state’s children and youth grow up safe and healthy—thriving physically, emotionally and academically, nurtured by family and community."

Job Title: Trauma-Informed Care Manager (MA5)
Location: Statewide (Remote)
Closes: Sunday, May 5, 2024
Salary: $72,552.00 - $97,596.00 Yearly.
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The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is seeking a dedicated professional to fill the vital role of Trauma-Informed and Healing-Centered Care Manager. This position offers a unique opportunity to drive the transformation of early childhood learning environments through trauma-informed care (TIC) education. If you’re interested in making a difference in your community, apply today!

Click here to learn more about DCYF.

The Opportunity:
As the Trauma-Informed and Healing-Centered Care Manager, you will play a vital role in providing leadership for stakeholder/partner workgroups aimed at enhancing trauma-informed and healing-centered supports for early learning professionals. You will lead community partner review efforts and drive the long-term development of statewide workforce development initiatives to expand trauma-informed practice throughout the early care and education system.

Some of what you'll do:

• Develop a statewide implementation plan in coordination with DCYF and
  other state agency partners and early learning planning efforts, lead agency
  improvement teams through the implementation process for the agency related to
  TIC initiatives.
• As the designated expert, lead the current and future long-term development of statewide workforce development policies in expansion of trauma-informed practices throughout the early care and education systems.
• Identify model(s) for TIC training statewide and conduct community-based partner/stakeholder review/input process to elicit feedback and modify model(s) according to feedback.
• Examine national models for recruitment and preparation of a diverse and high qualified workforce.
• Establish and facilitate a professional development workgroup and guide in establishing vision and strategic direction for completion of planning and implementations efforts for DCYF and its partners.
• Lead implementation of identified priorities and strategies for Early Learning TIC.
• Lead delivery of workforce professional development efforts related to TIC, including in person and virtual training in key content areas such as determined through planning efforts, research, analysis, and obtained data.
• And much more!

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's in public policy or administration, Social Work, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology, or the equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years professional experience in mental health, social work, and/or early childhood education. AND Foundation in early childhood education, child development, family systems and parenting, adult learning principles, ACES, Key Principles of Trauma-Informed Care, impact of preschool expulsion, and toxic stress.

Degree must be obtained from an accredited college or university whose accreditation is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), or foreign equivalent verified by a NACES-approved organization at naces.org.

Foreign Equivalency certification must be attached to the application for degrees obtained outside the U.S. Incomplete applications may be screened out of the recruitment process.

In addition to those required qualifications, our ideal applicant will also have some or all of the following:

• Master's or PhD in Public Policy or Administration, Social Work, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology, or the equivalent, clinical license or license eligible in mental health field.
• Knowledge of infant mental health, infant-early childhood mental health consultation theoretical foundations, and evidence-based research.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge working with vulnerable children and families with ACES/trauma history.
• Demonstrated experience working with early learning childcare or public health programs.
• Demonstrated knowledge with reflective supervision and consultation.
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating large system planning efforts.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge to research, evaluate and draw conclusions from data to support recommendations with facts and analysis.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge with equity and social justice issues and understanding of implicit bias as it relates to preschool expulsion and long-term outcome.

How do I apply?
Complete your applicant profile and attach the following documents:

• Letter of interest describing how you meet the specific qualifications for this position.
• Current resume detailing experience and education.

Supplemental Information:
The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is committed to Washington’s children and youth growing up safe, healthy, and thriving. We invite all candidates to join us in our mission to create a diverse and equitable workplace that reflects the communities we serve. If you are excited about this role but you believe that your education and/or experience might not align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to apply anyway.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained service animal by a person with a disability.

This position requires a valid unrestricted (other than corrective lenses) driver's license.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

This position is in a bargaining unit represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE). For more information: https://wfse.org/.

If you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment or if you would like to request an accommodation throughout the application/interview process, contact David Ozment (Talent Acquisition Specialist) at [email protected] If you're experiencing technical difficulties creating, accessing or completing your application, call NEOGOV toll-free at (855)524-5627 or email [email protected].

Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may call (360) 902-2276 or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (800) 833-6388.