Judicial Programs Analyst (Office of Children & Families in the Courts)

Description

AOPC’s Office of Children and Families in the Courts seeks to ensure that every child grows up in a safe, nurturing, and permanent family. The department is seeking an Analyst who will support the leadership of dependency court improvement and oversee specific county, regional, and statewide dependency court improvement initiatives. The position will serve as a point of contact for assigned Family Engagement Initiative counties, Leadership Roundtables, and local Children's Roundtables. Additionally, the role will assist in various court improvement program activities, presentations, and the development of tools for counties and statewide dependency court improvement.

Primary Duties

• Facilitates collaborative partnerships between Judges, court managers, Office of Children, Youth & Family Services staff, local Children & Youth staff, County Boards of Commissioners, and other partner agency staff.
• Provides technical support and oversight to Children’s Roundtables, working with local teams to ensure safe permanency and positive well-being for children.
• Manages assigned Leadership Roundtables by facilitating meetings, developing agendas/minutes, and providing technical assistance and support to Roundtable co-chairs.
• Develops collaborations between courts and child welfare agencies to identify and address gaps and barriers affecting permanency cases, and to strengthen communication and integration between the systems.
• Collaborates with AOPC Research and Information Technology to provide user-friendly data to local Children’s Roundtables.
• Assists local Children’s Roundtables in utilizing data to analyze current outcomes, develop and implement strategies, and monitor progress.
• Directly oversees and provides technical assistance to assigned Family Engagement Initiative counties, including multidisciplinary training and outcome evaluation.
• Provides expertise regarding compliance with the Adoption and Safe Families Act, Title IV-E, the Child and Family Services Review, state permanency laws, and other statutory and regulatory mandates affecting court cases.
• Supports implementation of statewide Dependency Court Improvement Program initiatives, including annual dependency conferences and other training/educational projects.
• Promotes community awareness of child abuse and neglect, the needs of foster children, and the need for foster/adoptive families.
• As needed, works on statewide teams to discuss policies, and strategize child welfare/court system improvements.
• Presents CIP information to various community and professional groups and forums.
• Develops tools & resources for dependency courts to support Court Improvement Programs.
• Provides direct support to the CIP Statewide Roundtable, as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, or Public Administration PLUS
• Three years of professional experience involving program analysis.
• An equivalent combination of education, experience, and/or training may be considered.

Additional Requirements/Preferences

• Child welfare supervisory or management experience preferred.
• Experience representing parents, children or a county child welfare agency preferred.
• Master’s degree in Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, or Child Development preferred.
• Experience in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint preferred.
• Occasional overnight statewide travel required.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Satisfactory criminal background check required.

Additional Information

• Excellent benefits program including comprehensive, low-cost medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans for employees and eligible family members beginning on the first day of employment; 13 paid holidays, 12 paid sick days, and 12+ paid vacation days per year; salary increases; student loan forgiveness plan; employee assistance programs; and retirement plans.
• Free parking.

Unified Judicial System Hiring Policy

The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania recruits, employs, and promotes the most qualified applicants without regard to their political affiliation, race, color, age, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, or other non-merit facts or considerations. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to applicants with disabilities as may be necessary to ensure that all applicants are given a fair and equal opportunity to compete for all employment positions. Applicants who need accommodation for an interview should request so in advance. UJS hiring and employment policies and procedures are intended to conform to all applicable state and federal laws governing fair and non-discriminatory hiring and employment practices and are subject to change as necessary to remain in compliance with such laws.

Applicants requiring accommodation, for any part of the application and/or interview process, should contact Human Resources at (717) 231-3309 or human.resources@pacourts.us.