Program Specialist - DHW (Child Welfare Funding Team Program Specialist)

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s Division of Family and Community Services has an opening for Program Specialist – DHW position on the Child Welfare Funding Team at Central Office in Boise. We are seeking applicants who have critical thinking skills, developed interpersonal skills, and excellent written and verbal communication skills. In addition, applicants should have good problem solving abilities, and experience with policy and process research and analysis.

This announcement will be used to fill the current vacancy in Boise only. If you have previously applied for Program Specialist – DHW and wish to be considered for the current vacancy, you must reapply under this announcement. Previous scores will not be used.

Responsibilities:

Lead and implement statewide policy and practice development
Evaluate foster care applications for title IV-E eligibility to maximize federal funding
Perform continuous quality monitoring and training in determining title IV-E eligibility, obtaining Social Security benefits for foster/adoptive youth, and working with families who encounter challenges with ICAMA or Medicaid benefits
Collaborate with clients, providers, other divisions, and Deputy Attorney General’s office
Review and comprehend federal rules, and align them with department rules
Review court orders and examine complex paternity cases
Coordinate policies and rules that cross programs, such as adoptions, foster care licensing, residential licensing, child support, Self Reliance, Medicaid, and title IV-E
Serve as direct link to field staff on title IV-E, title XIX, Medicaid for foster and adopted youth, and Social Security benefits

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience developing, recommending, and evaluating operating procedures and recommending changes
Experience developing technical written materials such as policies, technical manuals or rules/regulations
Experience providing technical program assistance to staff

Additional Qualifications: Are not required; however, having the minimum qualifications and the education and/or experience below will increase your score.

Experience in more than one of the following areas: title IV-E Funding, title XIX Funding, Social Security and/or Medicaid regulations in making foster care eligibility, adoption assistance, and Medicaid eligibility determinations. Typically gained by at least one year of experience working with more than one of the above areas.

Experience communicating detailed written and verbal analysis of requests for technical program assistance to teams/groups. Typically gained by at least one year of experience in a business setting providing analysis of requests for technical program assistance and making recommendations for automation, process, policy and procedures to make business improvements.

Experience working with public social/rehabilitative service delivery systems. Typically gained by at least one year of experience in a community-based social services setting.

Experience interpreting and applying policy and regulatory guidance in daily work. Typically gained by at least one year of experience in business setting successfully completing this type of work.

Knowledge of Child Welfare practice. Typically gained by a Bachelor’s degree in a human services field and at least one year experience working in the child welfare field.

Exam:

There is an exam for this position to determine an applicant’s eligibility. Click the “Preview Exam” button below to review the exam. You must receive a score of 63 to pass this exam. If at any time during the screening/testing process your responses or resume do not support the answers you provided, your name will be removed from the register.